[pepperdog]

I guess a lot of people here don't remember the open offices. I must say it was much easier for management to see who was where in those days.

My first night (12-8)on a new job in an open office in a aircraft maintenance hangar: the bell or the 20 minute lunch period rang at 4am, everyone pulled their little brown bags out and ate quickly, several then laid their heads down for a quick nap. When the bell rang at 4:20 everyone went back to work, except one man who I thought was sleeping and didn't hear the bell. It was soon discovered he was dead. Quite exciting first day of work!

[Tokra]

When the bell rang at 4:20 everyone went back to work, except one man who I thought was sleeping and didn't hear the bell. It was soon discovered he was dead. Quite exciting first day of work!

Back in the 70s I worked on the floor of a major stock exchange. One heavy trading day a broker keeled over dead with a heart attack. The other brokers just stepped over him and continued trading.

The show must go on.