My 9-5 Space

As I walk inside this small but homey space in my hometown of San Jose, the first thing I will see is that it is filled with fake but beautiful white tulips in various corners of the room. The flowers are not fresh because some patients have intense allergies but the tulips are still pretty to look at. The front of the space has clear glass windows and doors. There are hardwood floors with a nice rug with a checkered design at the front entrance. On the left side, I would see a front desk with a staff member greeting me with a smile. There are other smaller tables in the waiting area that has stacks of magazines on them. Ten reasonably sized comfortable chairs are beside these small tables for the patients to sit in. There are six long white wooden tables from Ikea that are scattered throughout the store. There are white dim lights from the square panels on the flat ceiling and various decorative lights dropping from the ceiling. There are four computers that were located in the office, two at the front desk and two near the back of the room. The walls are beige but there are large stylish posters of models everywhere wearing the newest glasses. Along all these walls are built in maroon stands for glasses, glasses and more glasses. In the center of the room are large glass display cases for what item but of course more glasses. There are three rooms for optometry offices in the back of the office, one for each Optometrist. All sorts of interesting gadgets are inside these dark rooms with no windows. Things that shot air puffs, machines that displayed a visual road, big equipment with various knobs on them and last but not least the famous eye chart. On the other side of this office, away from the rooms and front desk, there is a lab where we made the lenses for the glasses. I could also hear the sounds and rustling of the lab technicians and machines that cut out the prescription lenses. The feeling of all the lens materials on my hands is rough since they have not been cut or polished yet. The texture of the equipment and tools used to fix, adjust, and to make a perfect pair of glasses are rigid and grooved. The coatings of lens materials have an interesting but unique smell to it but the perfect ventilation system in the lab keeps all the fumes to a light scent and thoroughly aired out. This office is located in a busy shopping center. I can hear the patients and staff talking, the shoppers rustling from store to store, the cars as they drove by, the soothing music in the background. I can smell a faint hint of coffee from the shop next door depending on where I stood in the office. I could see the sun set through the glass windows and know that the day is over. It is a very nice place to work and until tomorrow, bye office.