• tpyo@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Yes, my father did. He had the same one for many years at one place (nearly a decade, until he was laid off) then another for many, many years (nearly two decades, until he retired)

    I was able to visit the first job as a child and I loved it. It was incredibly cozy. It wasn’t decorated with past achievements of what he once was, but some awards and certificates he may have earned in his current life to celebrate his growth. A lot of personalization like family photos, silly pictures, memes (they had memes printed out on paper many decades ago, too!), snacks, projects he was working on, a LOT of computer parts (he worked at a major computer company), a couple nice comfy desk chairs

    Other people had different tastes of course. If you’ve ever been to college where people live in dorms, it’s almost the same feeling. Some are bare and kept to the absolute essentials. Others were absolutely plastered with personal effects

    The company he worked for obviously allowed that freedom and I can’t say the same for everywhere, especially if cubicles are shared spaces with an alternate shift

    Those are some very good nostalgic memories for me so I wanted to share, thanks for giving me an opportunity