Cape Town
Travel    Posted by Darren April 7th, 2008There can be few IBM offices in the world with a view as incredible as the Cape Town office. Just beyond the hot-desk area is a set of windows and double doors which lead to a patio area and provide a full view of Table Mountain. It would be even better if there wasn’t a bloody great crane and a half-finished building in the foreground. I’d post a picture but I left the camera’s USB cable at home. So go and do a Google image search for Table Mountain, and then add a big yellow crane. It pains me to say it but (even with the crane) it’s more impressive than the view from any window in the Staines office.
April 8th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Oh Darren. I remember near the end of the nineties, when the Thames burst its banks and flooded the lower level parking area at the Staines office. Nothing but Porches and Mercedes bobbing in the water.. One of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.
(Alas, no more. IBM’s car policy (as opposed to Lotus’ one) could be described as ‘utilitarian’)
–* Bill
April 9th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Ah, you mean this… http://www.dadams.co.uk/flood.htm