- Interior construction can be very loud. If I was a construction worker on a construction site that would be one thing, but when I am trying to talk with a customer on the phone and it sounds like someone is going to come through the wall with a sawzall, something seems wrong.
- One of the sales guys whose office is along a wall we share with the construction site was startled to find someone's arm reaching through the ceiling area into his office.
- I love the smell of new carpet. I an indifferent about the smell of paint. The smell of drywall makes me sneeze.
- I have opened the door into our shared hallway and run into scaffolding, a ladder, and one of the guys doing the construction on three separate occasions. I now walk a longer way around to get to the bathroom so I don't have more incidents.
- While I prefer not to work construction, the guys doing the work in that office generally have better hours than I do. They usually haven't arrived on the site when I get in the office in the morning and they have usually already left by the time I head out.
- The office space is supposedly going to be used by a large domestic automaker that has announced that it is shrinking its expenses. I guess the company still needs conference rooms, though.
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
office space
A couple of months ago the finance company that rented about half the floor where I work moved out. A from a few weeks later until now construction has been going on in that area pretty much nonstop to turn it into a large conference room. Here are a few of the observations that I have made about the construction.
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I remember when I was fresh out of college and working as the Marketing Director at GCCU, when we started our building program. This was a great experience for me because I was doing all the promotions, press releases, and open houses...
However, I worked at a desk in the KITCHEN...lol! Of course, that is where we were putting in the elevator!!!!
I literally had to get ear plugs and a dust mask from the drilling into the concrete foundation for them build the elevator pad.
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They make Dust masks?! How lifelike are they?
Seriously, though, that would be pretty frustrating.
You mean to tell me that the guys next door arent being quiet. Shame on them for not using the new quiet tools - like the padded hammer.
They do have great hours if you can wake up early. Generally, they start anywhere from 6-7am and finish at 3pm.
Yeah, why doesn't everyone else adjust to placate me? Doesn't make sense. :)
I think the guys must meet somewhere else and travel here together, because I remember doing that when I was on a crew. I remember starting anywhere from 6 to 8 very well and so this is the only reason I can think of why they wouldn't get started until 8:30.
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