• EnderMB@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    It’s amazing how common this is. One of my old employers got a great discount on rent for office space in a central location because no one wanted to rent on the 13th floor.

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      9 months ago

      I wonder if non-Christian people do not mind living in 13th floors. That superstition of number 13 being unlucky is mostly believed by Christians.

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        9 months ago

        13 being unlucky is mostly believed by Christians.

        More like westerns, the superstition started out in Mesopotamia.

        I wonder if non-Christian people do not mind living in 13th floors.

        Yes, but then they avoid “their” unlucky numbers. Like 4 in Japan.

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        9 months ago

        Weirdly, the boss was very Christian. I guess he valued money over his beliefs, and the superstitions of others?

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        In Vancouver the buildings don’t have 4th, 13th, 14th, or 24th floors. So it goes from 12th floor to 15th floor.

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        9 months ago

        I don’t remember what the number was, but O had a guy ask me at work for a different sandbox server because the number was unlucky in his country or something. So like Dev06 was a no go.