new office analysis

New office pros:

It has been officially certified as Not Falling Down
It is currently proudly displaying a Union Jack-painted washing machine in its reception, which is hilarious.
The doors are just normal doors and don't randomly malfunction and lock everyone in or out.
We are allowed ACTUAL BINS here. This is such a stupid thing to be happy about, but I might be happier about this than anything else. Why would you take all the bins, previous office? Why?
There is WiFi and a quiet room, and I have been given to understand that there is a free gym for general staff use.
Everybody is in such a state over the sudden move that they keep buying and passing out doughnuts for no real reason. I approve of this.


New office cons:

I am in a basement. Not just any basement. An Emergency Basement.
It is a little-used and therefore rather smelly Emergency Basement.
There is music leaking in from the post room all day, not loud enough to listen to but not quiet enough to ignore. It's about 95% terrible, which is sort of worse than if it was all terrible because the 5% keeps getting my hopes up.
The building is weird and twisty and non-signposted, so I have absolutely no idea where I am, how I got here, or how to get back out again.
The nearest "tea point" has no way of a) heating water or b) storing milk.
In lieu of security doors, they have rather scary security guards all over the place. Because of said security guards, I have to actually wear my security pass, with its picture of Scary Wonky Radioactive Oompa-Loompa Jen, at all times.
It really does smell quite bad. This bears repeating.