Rose’s office

This is an approximation of what Rose’s ten-foot-square (three-meter-square) office looks like, at pretty much any time during her years as a youth social worker.

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[Super Trampoline]

I lived in a 10 x 10 room for a year and a half and then a 10 x 15 for the last year. But the 10 x 10 room had a baby grand piano and an organ in it. But I built a bunch of platforms that almost doubled the floor space

[FanOfMostEverything]

Just looking at this arrangement, I can feel this room on an emotional level.

[KwirkyJ]

My reaction on a near-instinctual level: "Where are the filing cabinets? Where are the bookshelves?" At the same time, however, I can recognize the utilititarian necessity of a smaller space. This offers interesting insight, beyond its use as a writing reference -- thanks for sharing.

[Dave Bryant]

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Y’welcome!

The gray square with the potted plant on it is a supply cabinet. There are no filing cabinets in any of the offices; files are locked in central filing rooms for client privacy and confidentiality, and to preserve chain of custody, when not actively in use—and these days, of course, a lot of work is done electronically. It’s a bit of a pain, and some of Rose’s co-workers aren’t as assiduous as she is about checking in files, but that’s the policy.

[Dave Bryant]

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I just had a sudden urge to take a day to create this. I don’t need much excuse to tinker with architecture, but a picture is indeed worth a thousand words, and I think this does help to convey how tiny, impersonal, and low-budget Rose’s working conditions are. In fairness, part of why the offices are so basic is because Social Services scrimps as much as it can to maximize budget for actual programs and, to a lesser extent, payroll.