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| DSD Office: Yellow at the top of the map. Also, bathrooms are in red. |
The DSD office is located at the top
of the map in yellow. I cannot remember what DSD stands for but it was
basically the home of the checking computer system. It was home to the
computers that told the registers what stuff cost when a register would scan
the UPC Codes. It was a small office where two ladies worked to maintain all
the computer operations. Both Lisa and Toni fled the store before the lockdown
since their cars were both parked out back. I wonder if they made it or if they
are safe?
Now, the office is fairly well
insulated with closing doors and such and with the computers just designed to
operate the registers, this place could have become a big, useless void within
the store… but then we broke out the USB cords.
Today, this is the station that Kim
runs her “DJ Studio” out of. In case you forgot, fairly early into this thing,
we cut off the Musak that was pumped in via satellite to keep us all from going
bonkers. We then put every MB of music onto a single computer in the DSD
office. It is amazing the amount of music that people carry around in their
smart phones these days.
Well, using the intercom system to
broadcast around the store, we just locked the phone intercom to broadcast and
then placed the phone by the computer’s speakers. The set up works pretty darn
well and it having all that music certainly alleviates some of the doldrums.
Kim does this really great job of finding the right volume level. She sets the
volume to the perfect ambient level for sleeping and then she cranks it when a
good song comes along that everyone enjoys. This is also how we broadcast music
for Dance Party Thursdays which we always hold in the back room because of the
space.
And I figure that we need to enjoy the
music while we can. There is no telling what we will get to keep and what we
will lose when the power goes out.
