decorated in beige and white tones. There were plenty of magazines and newspapers. She
liked the cookery magazine that her colleague was reading whilst sitting on a round sofa.
This was probably the Relax Zone, she thought. It is open 24 hours a day, with internet
service (where she could also surf the O-Zone Facebook page), library and a large flat
screen television.
The Fashion Zone incorporated a new uniform and dry cleaning facility where there was a
friendly woman on-site to help. The His Zone and Her Zone were new changing areas with
showers and lockers. They were clean and easily accessible, located near the middle of the
O-Zone. At the Health Zone there was a doctor and a nurse. In addition, there were regularly
scheduled health-related programmes there to help stop smoking and moderate cholesterol
intake.
The Cafe´ 48 was a good place to go to for a delicious meal. The employees of the hotel could
choose their menus two weeks in advance. Each department rotated to select them. There
were five menu choices per day, including a vegetarian one. She was particularly fond of the
Thai omelet accompanied by shredded dried meat sandwiches she saw posted at the
entrance. As she strolled through the generously lit sitting area, she read the environmental
messages placed on tables – one message she saw argued that it was possible to conserve
water consumption by turning off faucets when not in use.
As she left the dining area she went into the Talent Zone where employees had a
photography display. Her eyes were drawn to a black and white photograph of an open air
market taken by her colleague. She was surprised to see it since he had never spoken about
this hobby before.