BrickTopia Stock Exchange - Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Floors 

The fourth floor of the building is devoted to the MIS department.

In the background of this picture, one sees the Hex-2000 super-computer.  Made up of 36 networked, super-speed CPU's, this machine drives the high transaction volume of the stock exchange.

On the lower right is the exchange's new MIS manager, Saddam Hussein.  Saddam had a long career as a ruthless middle-east dictator.  After loosing power due to a pesky US invasion, Saddam was in need of a new home.  The BrickTopia Stock Exchange saw its chance to acquire a true leader, and hired Saddam immediately.

On the lower left is Saddam's Information Minister, also a former, middle-east, government figure.  The Minister is currently listening to complaints from some workers on the exchange floor. 

The computer has been slow lately because Saddam and his buddies have been playing the new, hit computer game "Street Fighter XXX: Bush vs Saddam."  This has been eating up all the CPU power on the computer.  The minister has requested that the game temporarily be halted while he goes down and proves his statement that there is "absolutely nothing wrong with the computer system.  It is running at peak performance."  Once the demonstration is complete, gaming can resume.

         

 

 

Here, one sees the MIS "training facility."

Although occasionally used to train staff in new technology, the primary purpose of this room is to "train" staff who are unnappreciative of the computer facilities provided by MIS.

MIS recently selected the buggy, and poorly featured "Lotus Notes" email package instead of the much more popular and user friendly "Microsoft Exchange."  Apparently, Saddam got a payoff as part of the deal.

The employee hanging by the roof complained that Lotus Notes kept deleting his meeting requests.  The information minister repeatedly stressed that this was a "feature," but the employee did not seem convinced.  Therefore, he was invited up for some "Lotus Notes Training."

The training session is about to culminate in a ritual where the employee will understand that minor difficulties with Lotus Notes are to be appreciated, when compared to the alternative of a snake bite to the face.

 

 

 

      

 

 

Up on the fifth floor is a gym where workers can unwind after a hard day of greed and corruption.

One notes the various new skin colors that have appeared due to recent immigration into BrickTopia. 

Contrary to other societies, Bricktopia has welcomed the new citizens with open arms, and many immigrants, through hard work, have risen to high social standings.

          

 

 

Across the way is "Chez Brad, a Spa for Women."

Here female workers enjoy a lush spa treatment. 

They eagerly trade intimate stories about each other's private lives - information that their husbands would be crusified for sharing.

Luckily, no men are allowed, so the husbands will never find out.

Not quite "no men."  In fact, all the attendents are male, but they are instructed to be completely servile to the slightest wims of female clientel. 

For an extra surcharge, customers can even have a private "massage" session with one of the attendants. The potentially family audience of this web site prevents additional discussions about such sessions.

          

 

 

Here, Klaus VonBrickenstein and his wife pose in their luxurious penthouse appartment.

 

         

 

 

Klaus' bedroom is tended by his faithful butler, James.

         

 

 

Here, one sees Klaus' kitchen, with a staff of chefs laboring away to create another wonderful dinner.

         

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