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Already baked. It's a very common piece of office furniture used in reception areas and the security kiosk in large buildings. |
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Welcome to the Halfbakery [ripemango] |
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[Jscotty] I thought the same, but every photo I found
showed the circular workspace configured for more than
one occupant. Moreover, what you describe doesn't
function to put more desk space within reach -- its
function is to allow the occupant to face on any azimuth.
Different thing. |
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This idea would be useful for paraplegics, and where space
was limited. Otherwise, even for those who don't *want*
to interrupt work for gossip at the water cooler, or to get
a snack from the 'fridge, etc. (an eccentric minority, I
contend) the idea offers limited improvement over simply
scooting around on a wheeled chair, to different parts of a
conventionally shaped table. |
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And don't do it for a formal dinner: |
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"His final feat of placement -- he was dealing with central
European Politburo members of equal rank -- was to have
the Embassy dining-table cut in half and a half-moon
scooped out of each end. When it was fitted together
again there was a hole in the middle for H.E. to sit in while
his guests sat round the outer circle. Polk-Mowbray was
furious." --Durrell, _Sketches from Diplomatic Life_ |
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We had these at primary school, though the kids tended to sit around the outside (I think the middle part might have been used to house paper and pens and stuff, but had long since gotten lost) |
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Our teacher used the holes to get children to stand in through the course of a lesson if they behaved badly - a sort of child-pillory where they'd have to endure the flicked rubbers and chewed up bits of paper spat through the barrels of defunct felt-tipped pens from their peers. |
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