Why I Love the LOB
Five random reasons why I love working in the Legislative Office Building, despite the remaining asbestos insulation and windows that last sealed properly in 1960:
1. The 6th floor cafeteria includes a 25-foot salad and Chinese food bar, where, okay, the Chinese/Asian/Hawaiian fusion food is hit-or-miss and they almost never have my chocolate Old Fashioned in the morning, but where I can get two slices of bacon and a couple scoops of grilled potato wedges for less than the cost of a latte and where my lunch that consisted of potstickers and cucumber salad and various kinds of chicken and included an honest-to-God scary-hot fried bird chile cost – no kidding – $3.16.
2. It’s full of neat Capitol people but is actually across the street from the Capitol, which means I can watch the white marble dome change colors in the sunlight on my way to and from work, but as soon as I step into the lobby, I know I’m entering a drama-free zone.
3. I’m in a cubicle in the middle of a 5th-floor office down a hallway full of identical offices, which means I can do things like leave scissors on my desk without fear that an angry spouse of a domestically-abused constituent that we’re trying to help will come in and throw them at me, and that if anyone tries to shoot up the Capitol like they did years ago, the bullets probably won’t reach my window.
4. You can feel the burn almost immediately when climbing the narrow, winding stairways at either side of the building.
5. Suddenly, the Daily File makes sense.
1. The 6th floor cafeteria includes a 25-foot salad and Chinese food bar, where, okay, the Chinese/Asian/Hawaiian fusion food is hit-or-miss and they almost never have my chocolate Old Fashioned in the morning, but where I can get two slices of bacon and a couple scoops of grilled potato wedges for less than the cost of a latte and where my lunch that consisted of potstickers and cucumber salad and various kinds of chicken and included an honest-to-God scary-hot fried bird chile cost – no kidding – $3.16.
2. It’s full of neat Capitol people but is actually across the street from the Capitol, which means I can watch the white marble dome change colors in the sunlight on my way to and from work, but as soon as I step into the lobby, I know I’m entering a drama-free zone.
3. I’m in a cubicle in the middle of a 5th-floor office down a hallway full of identical offices, which means I can do things like leave scissors on my desk without fear that an angry spouse of a domestically-abused constituent that we’re trying to help will come in and throw them at me, and that if anyone tries to shoot up the Capitol like they did years ago, the bullets probably won’t reach my window.
4. You can feel the burn almost immediately when climbing the narrow, winding stairways at either side of the building.
5. Suddenly, the Daily File makes sense.
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