What are the most unusual facilities you've encountered in an office?

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NickFitz replied

15 December 2009, 18:34
Beer, wine, strawberries, biscuits, crisps, frisbees, games of rounders - although this wasn't in the office; once a month the team used to head down to St James' Park for the afternoon

In the office we had this tool for enforcing coding standards, though
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Paddy replied

15 December 2009, 18:26
Originally posted by Churchill View Post

Read it again. I thinks it's funnier after the edit...

Going home, pissed on a bicycle...

Going home pissed, on a bicycle...

Going home pissed on a bicycle...

Waiting for the Politie to knock on the door...
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threaded replied

15 December 2009, 17:52
Communal spaghetti at lunch time.

Big table, monster big bowl of spaghetti in the middle. Everyone turns up at the same time and tucks in.

Weird bunch that lot.
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original PM replied

15 December 2009, 17:44
kinda see your point!

been a long day!
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Churchill replied

15 December 2009, 17:33
Originally posted by original PM View Post

Pedantic jollock buggler

Read it again. I thinks it's funnier after the edit...

Going home, pissed on a bicycle...

Going home pissed, on a bicycle...

Going home pissed on a bicycle...
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original PM replied

15 December 2009, 17:32
Originally posted by Paddy View Post

The same plus wine and snacks in The Netherlands. Going home pissed on a bicycle on Fridays

Originally posted by Churchill View Post

Ftfy.

Pedantic jollock buggler
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Churchill replied

15 December 2009, 17:30
Originally posted by Paddy View Post

The same plus wine and snacks in The Netherlands. Going home, pissed on a bicycle on Fridays

Ftfy.
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Paddy replied

15 December 2009, 17:19
Originally posted by Cliphead View Post

Free beer on Fridays when working in Brussels.

The same plus wine and snacks in The Netherlands. Going home pissed on a bicycle on Fridays
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Naaarwich replied

15 December 2009, 16:59
Vintners Place in London has a swimming pool and a gym. Some afternoons when you are tired its brilliant to just pop down and sit in the steam room for a while.
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BoredBloke replied

15 December 2009, 16:53
Originally posted by singhr View Post

Stockley Park for most of time and a stint in Brentford. The staff shop was great if you liked ribena, painkillers and toothpaste - nothing you could really make a meal out of though.

Only went to stockley twice. So were you on the GSN project? What did you do? I made a mint out of selling their smoking patches. I could get them for 4.79 and Tesco sold them for 17
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singhr replied

15 December 2009, 16:50
Originally posted by milanbenes View Post

at the research center of the mobile telephone/network infrastructure manufacturer, they had a music/jamming room in the basement next to the gym (which was fitted out better than most in towns with the tv's and everything)

Milan.

I would love that right now. I'm working on some new songs at the moment and that would really float my boat.
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singhr replied

15 December 2009, 16:47
Originally posted by TonyEnglish View Post

Where were you? I used to head down to J Block a lot. Never spent much time at GSK house as I was sent to work in Greenford in their regulatory section

Stockley Park for most of time and a stint in Brentford. The staff shop was great if you liked ribena, painkillers and toothpaste - nothing you could really make a meal out of though.
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milanbenes replied

15 December 2009, 16:41
at the research center of the mobile telephone/network infrastructure manufacturer, they had a music/jamming room in the basement next to the gym (which was fitted out better than most in towns with the tv's and everything)

Milan.
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BoredBloke replied

15 December 2009, 16:39
Originally posted by singhr View Post

No way - I worked on that too. The canteen in that old SKB building had the best food ever - it was more like a gourmet restaurent. Mind you the GSK building was pretty tasty too.

Where were you? I used to head down to J Block a lot. Never spent much time at GSK house as I was sent to work in Greenford in their regulatory section
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Pogle replied

15 December 2009, 16:38
Originally posted by Churchill View Post

Gun Rack - NDS Jerusalem

I think that gets the award
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