The Old New Thing

Pranksters breathe a sigh of relief: There will never be a Building 7

April 1, 2008 Apr 1, 2008 04/1/08

Raymond Chen

It is a longstanding prank at Microsoft's main Redmond campus to send an unsuspecting new employee to building 7 under the pretense of having a meeting or needing to pick up something. There is no such building on the main Microsoft campus. This nonexistent building has also been used as a sort of inside joke. For example, if somebody ...