In my office there is a space where there used to be a coffee machine—which they removed in order to put one in an open space, I guess to discourage people from just staying there too long—but is still in use in order to have a water machine, a sink, and some posters. One day, I get there and see someone standing perfectly still, straight back and all that, staring at a wall. The whole vibe was incredibly off, it gave me the impression of an NPC which wasn't assigned any task to do, and was just standing still in an idle animation. Turns out he was reading some poster on the wall, but my god it looked weird.
It’s also incredibly weird how compulsively people check their phone—I no longer have a smartphone and so for me there is nothing to really check there. It really feels like a default NPC idle animation at this point.
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2024-07-22