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I bought a yearly zoo membership, which is where I work most days now. I get to hang with the animals after work, and there are plenty of quiet, forgotten spac

I bought a yearly zoo membership, which is where I work most days now. I get to hang with the animals after work, and there are plenty of quiet, forgotten spaces within zoos. The zoo cafeterias/cafes are basically empty on weekdays, so I just bop around day to day.

jpm_sd 4y ago
Wow, I love this idea! I already have a zoo membership and an aquarium membership... I wish my body handled laptop ergonomics better. I just can't deal with it for days on end, got to have my desktop, big monitor, fancy mouse and comfy chair.
- JacobDotVI 4y ago
  Try a roost stand (or equivalent) and external keyboard and track pad (I use the smallish apple ones). This has saved my posture when working from outside my office. It’s not the equivalent of the home base setup but it’s good enough that my neck isn’t screaming at me at the end of the day
  - urban_strike 4y ago
    Another vote for a folding stand + separate keyboard and mouse at desk-level. I'm always working outside the house, and once you can adjust to working on a single monitor it's been great ergonomically.
JohnAaronNelson 4y ago
That’s super creative. I’ve never heard of someone doing something like this before.
- ct0 4y ago
  Im surprised to see the alternative of a zoo higher than say, a library. Imagine being on a call with a potential vendor and hearing a monkey in the background.
  - tartoran 4y ago
    Just a perfect day Feed animals in the zoo Then later, a movie too And then home
  - moogly 4y ago
    Imagine being in a library and some asshole in your vicinity is on a work call.
    - ct0 4y ago
      People do talk in libraries.
  - bombcar 4y ago
    As if the secret isn't handing the phone (and perhaps the laptop) TO the monkey and then taking a nice nap.
joxel 4y ago
Zoos depress me. Do you really have no problems seeings the locked up animals the entire time? Does seeing a tiger in a cage for the 200th time give you excitement or something? Seems weird.
- bombcar 4y ago
  Some zoos are better than others. The San Diego Safari park for example, and even somewhat their zoo, is pretty wide open using pits instead of cages.
  - mathieuh 4y ago
    A rose by any other name...
- joenot443 4y ago
  I think zoos can be depressing because we like to imagine animals as experiencing life the same way we do, in which boredom becomes paralyzing after a couple hours. Growing up on a hobby farm with chickens and horses, I never got the impression the animals were unhappy. I think if the option were given to most mammals, they'd choose life in captivity cage with fresh food every day and eventually a peaceful passing over a hungry life in the wild which eventually ends in becoming prey.
  - bombcar 4y ago
    Sometimes you see animals doing things that pretty much indicates they don't like what they're in (a panther pacing back and forth in a 20x20 cage all day, for example) but with a larger enclosure I think we can say they're "satisfied" insofar as animals can be satisfied. It's probably better than being a pet for most of them. The "wild animal park" near San Diego has a 300 acre enclosure, for example. That's pretty darn big, and it houses various "compatible" animals. https://sandiegozoowildlifealliance.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/SP22.08.24.22_Map%20FRONT.pdf https://sandiegozoowildlifealliance.org/sites/default/files/... Of course, the depressing part of the little tram tour is the "and over here is the last male of this species". The good part is the park was started as a breeding ground for endangered species (animals don't breed well in small enclosures) and that has been pretty successful.
kylehotchkiss 4y ago
This is brilliant... I also have a zoo membership and really want to try this now.

jpm_sd 4y ago

Wow, I love this idea! I already have a zoo membership and an aquarium membership... I wish my body handled laptop ergonomics better. I just can't deal with it for days on end, got to have my desktop, big monitor, fancy mouse and comfy chair.

JacobDotVI 4y ago
Try a roost stand (or equivalent) and external keyboard and track pad (I use the smallish apple ones). This has saved my posture when working from outside my office. It’s not the equivalent of the home base setup but it’s good enough that my neck isn’t screaming at me at the end of the day
- urban_strike 4y ago
  Another vote for a folding stand + separate keyboard and mouse at desk-level. I'm always working outside the house, and once you can adjust to working on a single monitor it's been great ergonomically.

JohnAaronNelson 4y ago

That’s super creative. I’ve never heard of someone doing something like this before.

ct0 4y ago
Im surprised to see the alternative of a zoo higher than say, a library. Imagine being on a call with a potential vendor and hearing a monkey in the background.
- tartoran 4y ago
  Just a perfect day Feed animals in the zoo Then later, a movie too And then home
- moogly 4y ago
  Imagine being in a library and some asshole in your vicinity is on a work call.
  - ct0 4y ago
    People do talk in libraries.
- bombcar 4y ago
  As if the secret isn't handing the phone (and perhaps the laptop) TO the monkey and then taking a nice nap.

joxel 4y ago

Zoos depress me. Do you really have no problems seeings the locked up animals the entire time? Does seeing a tiger in a cage for the 200th time give you excitement or something? Seems weird.

bombcar 4y ago
Some zoos are better than others. The San Diego Safari park for example, and even somewhat their zoo, is pretty wide open using pits instead of cages.
- mathieuh 4y ago
  A rose by any other name...
joenot443 4y ago
I think zoos can be depressing because we like to imagine animals as experiencing life the same way we do, in which boredom becomes paralyzing after a couple hours. Growing up on a hobby farm with chickens and horses, I never got the impression the animals were unhappy. I think if the option were given to most mammals, they'd choose life in captivity cage with fresh food every day and eventually a peaceful passing over a hungry life in the wild which eventually ends in becoming prey.
- bombcar 4y ago
  Sometimes you see animals doing things that pretty much indicates they don't like what they're in (a panther pacing back and forth in a 20x20 cage all day, for example) but with a larger enclosure I think we can say they're "satisfied" insofar as animals can be satisfied. It's probably better than being a pet for most of them. The "wild animal park" near San Diego has a 300 acre enclosure, for example. That's pretty darn big, and it houses various "compatible" animals. https://sandiegozoowildlifealliance.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/SP22.08.24.22_Map%20FRONT.pdf https://sandiegozoowildlifealliance.org/sites/default/files/... Of course, the depressing part of the little tram tour is the "and over here is the last male of this species". The good part is the park was started as a breeding ground for endangered species (animals don't breed well in small enclosures) and that has been pretty successful.

kylehotchkiss 4y ago

This is brilliant... I also have a zoo membership and really want to try this now.