She finds the door wide open and the place empty, another failed dotcom joining the officescape of the time-tarnished metallic surfaces, shaggy gray soundproofing, Steelcase screens and Herman Miller workpods-already beginning to decompose, littered, dust gathering . . . Well, almost empty. From some distant cubicle comes a tinny electronic melody Maxine recognizes as "Korobushka," the anthem of nineties workplace fecklessness, playing faster and faster and accompanied by screams of anxiety. Ghost vendor indeed. Has she entered some supernatural timewarp where the shades of office layabouts continue to waste uncountable person-hours playing Tetris? Between that and Solitaire for Windows, no wonder the tech sector tanked.
( Thomas Pynchon )
[ Bleeding Edge ]
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