First station
HARDEST thing to adapt as a college student for the corpo life is the 9-6 schedule. In college, you can finish a class by 10AM, grab lunch, and call it a day. In the office, there is no way out. Go sit still inside your cubicle for 5 hours - have a lunch or toilet breaks maybe. There comes a point when my productivity absolutely plateau, that is when I wish I could just leave. You feel guilty going home even when it's actually time. My saving grace: this is only for 3 months.
Two lift opened their doors, everybody went in, rushed and packed, I relented and decided to wait for another lift. I started wondering why lifts can't simply be like trains with their departure and arrival schedules and all. End the having-to-wait-until-a-packed-lift-departs before you click a button. Make the lifts horizontally wide and bright. Actually have everything painted whlte. This is all my ruse to install a huge panel at the walls. Imagine the panel, instead of ads, plays you ambient pictures/videos accompanied by Brian Eno typa music. I imagine how majestic it must be standing inside. Congrats, I just discovered installation art.
Edit: I just realized this idea is stupid. A lift stopping at every floor is not what lifts are for. Anyways, the kind of installation I suggested would work if travel times is just the right duration. It has to be enough to give a fleeting sensation. And the visuals in the panel can continuously change. Play hues of red, the sea, the sky, the galactic space... Idk why I am getting into this.
Before my lift came, I saw a poster of a concert off a panel. The smiles of musicians made me feel (and think) 'What a privilege it is to make a living by your art'.
This is where many many many people spend hours, days, years to make a living no less. This is where seasoned employees decorate their cubicles with families and coworkers. I now understand why corporations are obsessed with building a 'family'-like team. Why company culture is important. Why. I think I got to understand a bit more where my parents came from.