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A big international corporation (Siemens) had, at one point, standardized their buildings world wide to have room numbers starting with 2 on the ground floor, 3
by perlgeek 4y ago
A big international corporation (Siemens) had, at one point, standardized their buildings world wide to have room numbers starting with 2 on the ground floor, 3 on the floor above etc., leaving space for two basements.
All room numbers were 5 digits, and skipped numbers if there were multiple windows in one room, based on the theory that such a room might later be sub-divided, and wanting to avoid renumbering of rooms down the hallway.
(I encountered this around 2003, so might have well changed since then; didn't find any references only with a quick search).
- mywittyname 4y agoI worked for them relatively recently and didn't encounter this; or at least never noticed. Then again, our office building was an open office plan where desks next to the windows and rooms (conference or office) were all in the center of each floor.