Maligned by office workers everywhere, referred to by many as the “three walled prison”, the cubicle is not considered a favorite destination for any adult who has to find a way to pay the rent. But perhaps a little insight into great moments in cubicle history will help us see this faux-office in a different, more positive light…well, maybe not, but here’s the information anyway.
• The cubicle is to have made its first appearance in the offices of chipmaker Intel Corp during the 1960’s.
• Robert Propst designed the first office cube, while working for Herman Miller. “We need to stuff more people into these buildings”, Miller was thought to yell out one day during an adverse reaction to his medication.
• Author Douglas Coupland once famously referred to office cubicles as “veal fattening pens”.
• There is a punk rock band in Los Angeles called Cubicle that plays songs about office life.
• The term “cube farm” refers to offices that grow quickly and therefore need to be loaded to the max with cubicles.
• Research has shown that people who decorate their cubicles with cat photos are scorned by their co-workers at lunch with a 152% greater frequency than those without cat photos.
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