# What type of place do you think this corridor could be located in? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 17, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125 "2013-11-17T17:20:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![compositejoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/compositejoe/32/7232_2.png) [@compositejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/compositejoe)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125/1 "2013-11-17T17:20:34Z")
I was browsing Google and happened to come across this picture: [http://www.deadendwaterfall.com/exploration/random\_corridor\_greyred.jpg](http://www.deadendwaterfall.com/exploration/random_corridor_greyred.jpg) I don’t know where or what kind of place the corridor is located in, but I wanted your opinion on what kind of place it could be located in. A school? A hospital? I’ll let you guys be the judge of that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Longshanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125/2 "2013-11-17T17:27:40Z")
Office? ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125/3 "2013-11-17T17:30:44Z")
It is far too narrow to be a school or hospital. Perhaps an office? A juvenile detention facility? ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125/4 "2013-11-17T17:30:53Z")
Yeah, an office. It’s way too narrow for a school or hospital. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125/5 "2013-11-17T18:13:04Z")
Most doctor office complexes I go to look like that. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125/6 "2013-11-17T18:23:02Z")
Cheap hotel. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125/7 "2013-11-17T18:39:58Z")
The website seems to be down now. Does anyone still have the image, that they can re-post on [imgur.com](http://imgur.com) or somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125/8 "2013-11-17T18:55:46Z")
Well, it looks like an office building. If it were a school or detention center, or any building meant for high public traffic, the corridor would be wider and probably not carpeted. The heating unit looks European and the instructions on the emergency exit are only in English. So probably in Great Britain. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125/9 "2013-11-17T19:21:06Z")
Not a school, classroom doors usually have windows. Not a hospital. Looks like an office building to me. ---
**Author:** ![half-elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@half-elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/half-elf)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125/10 "2013-11-17T19:26:00Z")
Why don’t we zoom and enhance the sign on the door at the end of the corridor? That should give us a clue. d&r ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125/11 "2013-11-17T19:33:47Z")
What about the residential unit of a boarding school? ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125/12 "2013-11-17T19:35:02Z")
> [@Heracles](#): > > the instructions on the emergency exit are only in English. Really? For all I can tell, the lighted sign could say “IIII” and the green sign on the door might be “Pugah You Yo eguh.” I suppose “Push bar to open” makes more sense, but I couldn’t swear that’s what it says. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125/13 "2013-11-17T19:36:57Z")
I’d guess hotel. The little signs on all the doors look about right for “no smoking”, or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125/14 "2013-11-17T20:11:30Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Most doctor office complexes I go to look like that. That was my first thought too, American medical office complex (probably not an actual hospital). It also reminds me a bit of the faculty offices in a lower tier university I worked in once, but really anywhere where people need private offices but are not pulling in enough for anything luxurious. ---
**Author:** ![compositejoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/compositejoe/32/7232_2.png) [@compositejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/compositejoe)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125/15 "2013-11-17T20:13:42Z")
> [@ZenBeam](#): > > The website seems to be down now. Does anyone still have the image, that they can re-post on [imgur.com](http://imgur.com) or somewhere? It’s working OK for me. 😕 > [@half-elf](#): > > Why don’t we zoom and enhance the sign on the door at the end of the corridor? That should give us a clue. > d&r I can see a map of some sort on that door as well as the fire exit signage. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125/16 "2013-11-17T20:18:49Z")
No question it is European, given the radiator and signs. Most likely Britain, with the blue signs on each door. The doors are too close together to be a hotel, and notice that most of them swing out. That’s not common for hotels. It isn’t a hospital because the hallway is too narrow. It has to be some sort of office. ---
**Author:** ![tonyfop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125/17 "2013-11-17T20:49:27Z")
First thing I thought of was a sperm donation center. Rooms are too small for a doctor’s office, but plenty of room for a chair and a magazine rack… ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125/18 "2013-11-17T21:04:45Z")
Ask smoothieahoy on the digitalspy forum regarding potential Dr. Who settings. ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125/19 "2013-11-17T21:27:01Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > It also reminds me a bit of the faculty offices in a lower tier university I worked in once This was my first thought. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125/20 "2013-11-17T21:29:24Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > No question it is European, given the radiator and signs. Most likely Britain, with the blue signs on each door. > > The doors are too close together to be a hotel, and notice that most of them swing out. That’s not common for hotels. It isn’t a hospital because the hallway is too narrow. It has to be some sort of office. What’s so European about the radiators? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125.md?page=2)