Wired has a tidbit about the winners of their Saddest-Cubicle Contests.. Damn I have it good.
We used to have a small Ikea desk we would make the intern sit at. We called it The Bannana Stand and even contemplated having it putting in the company directory as a conference room.
Conf-NYC "Banana Stand" 4x (East 34th Street)
We opted not to because at the time conference room space was so scare we were certain people would turn up having scheduled it sight un-seen. Instead we placed a sign on it that said, "El Soporte de Plátano" with a lovely picture of banana's on it. We did make him sit there for several months.
The fact that it was yellow was a classic Ikea mistake on my part. My co-worker and I had identified that we needed a small table as a shared workspace and had identified the MUDDUS as a good option. I went to Ikea, picked one up off the racks, got it home, got it to work (via and then, some weeks later from the original purchase, went to set it up. I had intended to get a white one... oops! it's yellow. The idea of trying to return it was just out of the question... so we gave it a good name and put it into use.
Now the real question arises, I have a new intern starting after the new year. Do I make him sit at the Banana Stand as well? It is a bit of a tradition, and the last intern turned out so well. He's now a full size software engineer here.
hat tip to EW for bringing this to my attention
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