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I have some sympathy for people who were never told this or who are too young to have had a reason to encounter it. I work in a university and the number of tim

I have some sympathy for people who were never told this or who are too young to have had a reason to encounter it. I work in a university and the number of times I've been asked, "What floor is room 302 on?" by new students is greater than zero.

jessaustin 10y ago
I think I've been in buildings where two-digit rooms were on the ground floor, and so 302 would have been on the "fourth". Although one would expect university students not to need help with this...
- Symbiote 10y ago
  That's the standard way to number floors in much of the world outside North America and East Asia. The ground floor is zero, the first floor is up a single flight of stairs. My university made the system a little more obvious, with numbers like 0.01, 1.10, 3.14, B.04, 2B.01.
- projektir 10y ago
  I live in an apartment where the numbering system varies depending on the building, one of them has 11-- for the first floor, 12-- for the second, 13-- for the 3rd, and I think 10-- is "Terrace" level. > Although one would expect university students not to need help with this... Rather curious why you felt the need to make a comment of this nature.
  - jessaustin 10y ago
    To satisfy your curiosity, I meant only that one would assume admission to university would require a modicum of intelligence or perhaps even awareness, which intelligence and awareness would amply suffice for the task of reading basic hallway signs.
    - projektir 10y ago
      I always found the it interesting that when somebody tries to find something to feel better than someone else about, and they pick the most basic, mundane thing. Tying shoes, adding small numbers, reading hallway signs.
      - jessaustin 10y ago
        The scales have fallen from my eyes!
to3m 10y ago
I think university was the first time I'd been anywhere with numbered rooms that were arranged in a structured fashion, though even that wasn't entirely consistent and many buildings seemed to have mostly named rooms. After the way my secondary school was laid out, I'm not sure I can ever trust room 302 to be anywhere in particular, nor even to be the only one going by that number... This could be a UK thing, though. See also? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12535580 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12535580

jessaustin 10y ago

I think I've been in buildings where two-digit rooms were on the ground floor, and so 302 would have been on the "fourth". Although one would expect university students not to need help with this...

Symbiote 10y ago
That's the standard way to number floors in much of the world outside North America and East Asia. The ground floor is zero, the first floor is up a single flight of stairs. My university made the system a little more obvious, with numbers like 0.01, 1.10, 3.14, B.04, 2B.01.
projektir 10y ago
I live in an apartment where the numbering system varies depending on the building, one of them has 11-- for the first floor, 12-- for the second, 13-- for the 3rd, and I think 10-- is "Terrace" level. > Although one would expect university students not to need help with this... Rather curious why you felt the need to make a comment of this nature.
- jessaustin 10y ago
  To satisfy your curiosity, I meant only that one would assume admission to university would require a modicum of intelligence or perhaps even awareness, which intelligence and awareness would amply suffice for the task of reading basic hallway signs.
  - projektir 10y ago
    I always found the it interesting that when somebody tries to find something to feel better than someone else about, and they pick the most basic, mundane thing. Tying shoes, adding small numbers, reading hallway signs.
    - jessaustin 10y ago
      The scales have fallen from my eyes!

to3m 10y ago

I think university was the first time I'd been anywhere with numbered rooms that were arranged in a structured fashion, though even that wasn't entirely consistent and many buildings seemed to have mostly named rooms. After the way my secondary school was laid out, I'm not sure I can ever trust room 302 to be anywhere in particular, nor even to be the only one going by that number... This could be a UK thing, though. See also? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12535580 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12535580