Showcase Building

Unlike companies that show forward thinking when planning out a campus, the Shitshow’s campus is made up of a hodgepodge or random buildings.  With the exception to the newly built executive office suit, most of the buildings saw their prime during the 1950’s and have never been renovated after their primes. 

However, the Shitshow has recently decided that one of the buildings that often times has customers and executives visiting should be treated as a “showcase” building.   The first step was plastering over the dilapidated brick structure.  The second step was to replace the spotted and stained carpet with new industrial grey carpet.  The third step was to remove the cubical walls erected in the 1970’s with new cubical walls.  The fourth step was to remove the 1950’s steel furniture with Formica work surfaces with new plastic molded modular cubical furniture. 

For awhile this seemed to satisfy the requirements for a “showcase” building, but a couple months later some executive realized that they forgot to put in a lobby / lounge for distinguished guest to wait in while the rest of their party to arrived.   Long and behold the Shitshow added a lounge.  But of course the lounge addition was executed in pure Shitshow style.

To furnish the lounge the Shitshow took a couple discarded couches, tables, and chairs from storage and d them in the only open area near the front of the building.  Not a bad start until you realize the couches, chairs and tables all and face the copier/printer/fax machine that half the people in the building use.  That’s right, as these VIPs wait in the lounge they get to stare at the printer while flunkies galore walk through the waiting area to pick up print outs and try to fix jammed printers. 

Because the showcase building only showcases why we call it the Shitshow, I throw rocks.