Arg…I hate it when a crazy Recruiter Guy cuts into my sentences while manically creeping up behind me…
I’m picky that way…
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Arg…I hate it when a crazy Recruiter Guy cuts into my sentences while manically creeping up behind me…
I’m picky that way…
Umm, Rawr, you say you hate it when the crazy Recruiter guy cuts into your sentences, but isn’t he kind of your author avatar?
That hallway they’re walking through in the first panel made me think of something from some kind of sci-fi show, and when I thought about it, I realized it’s because of those gussets where the walls meet the ceiling. That got me to thinking how you see that sort of design in a lot of shows, where you have a corridor that’s a polygon other than a rectangle in profile. Star Trek, Star Wars, it’s all over. Does anyone know if anyone’s ever actually used a design like that in the real world. I have a hard time thinking of a good reason for a design like that, so is it just a visual trope used in TV and movies just because it looks cool?
@Kessy: I think those are light fixtures, and I have seen them in a few places–usually office buildings, and usually not where the general public would see them.
The kind of sci-fy type corridors like you’re talking about, though, nope, never have seen those in real life. Rectangular cross-section hallways are just easier to build–and cheaper.
@Delta – Ah, that would explain why I haven’t seen them – I’m not sure that I’ve ever been in a part of an office building that’s not open to the general public, certainly not recently.
Yeah, the only reason I can think of for a non rectangular hallway would be if you needed room for something like structural elements or services – air ducts, pipes, conduits and wiring, that sort of thing. But even then I can’t really see why you wouldn’t just make the ceiling or walls a little thicker and stick them in there.
@Kessy: Not exactly “Not open to the public,” just an area that the general public would have no reason to be–unless they were lost, like I was. ^^
@Delta: “Lost”, right.
Office worker” “Um, excuse me but what are you doing with that cart of computer equipment?
Delta: “I was looking for the bathroom and got lost.”
@Farren: You underestimate Delta, I think. Just dress like a contractor and put on a tool belt and you could prolly walk off with every bit of hardware in the building without anyone looking twice.
@Farren: and @Kessy: Ssssh! Both of you! Ix-nay on the eveal-ray! >>
@Kessy: Re: the hallway design. Admittedly, I’ve almost never seen corridors like this in real life (beyond light fixtures in motorway underpasses), however I kind of liked adding those gussets to create a greater sense of depth in the panel 🙂