We went to Lincoln this morning to hear a gospel group at Samith and Stephannie’s church. They were a bluegrass-inspired group from Minnesota – a family of nine with more stringed instruments than a music store. It was a little like being in Silver Dollar City, minus the funnelcakes.
Afterward we went to see Samith’s office. It’s called Five Nines, which is some computer term. (I asked why they didn’t just call it ’45’.) It was so, so, so weird for me to see this. It’s a place of work for – get this – only grownups. It was all new and shiny, with desks and framed art on the wall, and just so….. grown up. It was hard to get used to. Rooms and rooms and rooms of full-sized furniture and beautiful shelves. No toys, no cubbies, no boots in the hall. Strange.
They had the usual computer-nerd stuff lying around. I loved it.
Lloyd got to sit in the cool, not-purchased-at-an-auction chairs. I think he may have liked them. (His office is a re-purposed closet, you might remember.)
Do other grown-ups have places like this? I feel like Dorothy, and everything just went to color.
Brad says
I just wasted fifteen minutes trying to figure out the significance of five nines. Could I get a little help?
Lauren says
It has something to do with how much (insert computer term here) is available when you’re (insert other computer term here). If you have a lot of (computer term), then you have 99,999 available.
That’s all I’ve got. Lloyd will be awake shortly and can clarify.
Charles says
Didn’t they just misspell “Guys”? Mmmm, Five Guys burgers and fries!
Jill says
Five Guys is coming to Lincoln in a couple of months. I’m going to gain 50 lbs. Yum.
Lloyd says
yeah, what Lauren said. 99.999% availability (uptime).
kiwe says
Hmmm…I also didn’t know that there were work spaces that were only for grownups. A place without multiplication tables and presidents on the wall. A place that doesn’t smell like feet and hand sanitizer. A work space that is bigger than just one room. Hmmmm
Kristi says
It’s so clean…. Disgusting.
Karla says
My bank recently built a new corporate center, oops, corporate centre. It was added on to my operations building, and because it’s so nice and fancy, my building feels really run down. I was hoping to find some good pictures of the inside, but there’s not much online.
For those of you interested, I give you my bank’s new corporate centre:
http://www.centier.com/aboutus/centreribboncutting.asp
Lauren says
It’s so shiny!!! I bet they don’t have to wipe noseprints off those windows.
Karla says
When we have weather roll it, we’re all pressing our noses on it. All those windows give a great view! 🙂
Here’s another one, if it will work… http://www.troyergroup.com/pages/areasofExpertise/commercial/centier.asp
Karla says
Okay, I have two other links, but it’s not letting me post them… 🙁
Karla says
The short building on the right in this picture is the building that I work in. We’re the black sheep of the corporate campus. 🙂
http://nwitimes.com/business/local/article_5bfccc3f-fcef-5890-88cd-53c5d47ecfcc.html?mode=story
Keren Lowell says
My office is a through-way from a hallway to the art room, and the carpet NEVER gets vacuumed. So I guess it’s officially a grown-up work place then.
Keren Lowell says
Is Lloyd’s hair growing back already?
Lauren says
Yeah, I knew it wouldn’t last long. He could volunteer to cut his hair for charities once a month and be fine, huh?