Employees are injuring themselves by walking into the glass walls of Apple's fancy new headquarters:
The centerpiece of Apple Inc.'s new headquarters is a massive, ring-shaped office overflowing with panes of glass, a testament to the company's famed design-obsessed aesthetic.
There's been one hiccup since it opened last year: Apple employees keep smacking into the glass.
Surrounding the Cupertino, California-based building are 45-foot tall curved panels of safety glass. Inside are work spaces, dubbed "pods," also made with a lot of glass. Apple staff are often glued to the iPhones they helped popularize. That's resulted in repeated cases of distracted employees walking into the panes, according to people familiar with the incidents.
Some staff started to stick Post-It notes on the glass doors to mark their presence. However, the notes were removed because they detracted from the building's design, the people said. They asked not to be identified discussing anything related to Apple. Another person familiar with the situation said there are other markings to identify the glass.
What kind of markings? Bloodstains?
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by VLM on Saturday February 17 2018, @02:55PM (2 children)
Other senses work too, for example visually a very strong updraft or strong downdraft would be invisible, but WTF why is air blowing in my face six inches before I impact the window would work.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Saturday February 17 2018, @08:06PM (1 child)
You trying to bring back 1957 [tumblr.com] all over again?
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Monday February 19 2018, @01:11PM
LOL, in retrospect up or down is dumb, a very strong side side flow in the direction its safest to turn toward would be the most natural solution, strong wind in your face from the right, naturally turn left. At least you'd stop direct nose first impacts.