Google in London
February 19, 2016
I know that the Sun newspaper is not an academic journal. I admit to reading its football coverage once every week or so. Enjoyable stuff.
I noted a example of “real” journalism with the alluring title “Kicked in the Googlies.” I am not sure what a “googlie” is, but the notion of kicking reminded me of football, so I read the article.
I learned that the focus of the story was Alphabet Google. The article presented some interesting “real” journalistic facts; to wit:
- Google’s London office has a dance studio
- There are 5,000 Googlers in the Covent Garden office, which is definitely good news for the vendors next to their stalls selling oddments
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner are free. Well, bad news for the food emporia in the new Covent Garden which was Ludenwic and then became a fruit and veggie garden. The gardens gave way to folks who sported at theatres and ogled other folk.
- Onsite haircuts are available in the event that the locks need trimming.
I liked this phrase:
The company is spending £1billion on a new London HQ which has more in common with a holiday camp than an office.
Whoa, Nellie. The write up reveals that Alphabet Google is proposing a new structure near King’s Cross station. The idea is to include “a meditation room, a running track, a games area, and five massage parlors.”
The point of the article is that these offices (real and proposed) are not permanent. The idea that Google is not paying its fair share of taxes holds the disparate factoids together in a chewy caramel of modern fiscal responsibility.
Interesting write up. I envision the ghosts of medieval life enjoy a return to life as it once was. I say, did we ride our horses through your home? Pity that.
Stephen E Arnold, February 19, 2016
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