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Have you tried plants? I can't see windows from my desk, but I've got my cubicle filled with plants & it kind of makes up for it. One is a tropical shrub behi
by phaedrus 8y ago
Have you tried plants? I can't see windows from my desk, but I've got my cubicle filled with plants & it kind of makes up for it. One is a tropical shrub behind my monitors which would swallow my whole workstation if I didn't prune it back. Now if only people who seem to like the gloom would stop disconnecting bulbs in the fluorescent light fixtures..
- mixmastamyk 8y agoFluorescent light is typically low quality.
- maxxxxx 8y agoFacilities doesn't allow plants Everything needs to to dull, uniform and gray.
- sundvor 8y agoLeave. (Edit: That sounds very depressing, and could be health affecting in the long term, so if you can, please do leave!).
- YinglingLight 8y agobreak up with your SO.
- colek42 8y agoJust bring one! They may not ask you to remove it.
- LMMojo 8y agoOh... If only I could keep a plant alive in my office. I struggled with one for months, got it really healthy. Left instructions with co-worker and went to Europe for a month. While I was gone at least 5 people walked by that plant and said "oh, he's gone to Europe, I'd better water his plant for him". I get back and my plant is dead. My co-worker feels really, really bad about it and tells me he followed my interactions to the letter. It was over the course of 2 weeks that the other 4 people excitedly tell me that they watered my plant for me while I was gone, even though there was a little sign in it saying "please don't water me".
- patrickk 8y agoThere is evidence[1] that tropical plants and microorganisms in the soil will remove VOCs from sealed indoor environments, although the effect will likely be limited in an open plan office. At least they are nice to look at. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Clean_Air_Study https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Clean_Air_Study
- gamzer 8y agoCritical Review: How Well Do House Plants Perform as Indoor Air Cleaners? https://www.buildingecology.com/download/critical-review-how-well-do-house-plants-perform-as-indoor-air-cleaners/ https://www.buildingecology.com/download/critical-review-how... This might be of interest to you.