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Author: WaterBlap

Feb 12th 2018 at 9:29:25 AM

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Grab coffee. Go to work. Arrive at office building. Say hi to security. Ride elevator up. Arrive at work. Say hi to the receptionist. Walk to desk. Arrive at desk. Sit down at desk. Say hi to your coworker. Look around. This is a Standard Office Setting.

[[DescribeTropeHere Describe the Standard Office Setting on Line 5 of the TP-1090 form.]]

For starters, this is a white-collar workplace, with cubicles and fluorescent lighting that never turns off. Most of the members of upper-management have their own offices, which may or may not be luxuriously furnished. The main room will most likely have a bullpen style setup to make it easier for characters to interact with one another. Everyone is either busy or [[RuleOfPerception non-existnt]]. There are piles of papers on every desk and though people should be working, this is a work of ''fiction.'' Obviously [[RuleOfDrama nobody is doing exactly what they should be doing]].

This could be a law firm, publishing firm, newspaper agency, advertising agency, or architectural company. This could even be a politician's campaign office. In fact, the specific type of business doesn't always matter and may not even be known. It just needs to clearly be white-collar.

Most of the characters here are {{White Collar Worker}}s, though somebody's secretary is either the SexySecretary or SassySecretary. There may be a PluckyOfficeGirl and a BunnyEarsLawyer or two.

When there's an OfficeRomance, it's usually a case of WillTheyOrWontThey. If anyone is in danger of being terminated, it's never our main cast. Firings are usually equivalent to dying or being PutOnABus, and if a character isn't fired but needs to be put out of the way, they get KickedUpstairs.

Contrast {{Adminisphere}} for a non-white-collar setting that's also an office. A DeskJockey works in a totally different industry than this.
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