The way options are arranged changes what people notice and choose.
More quotes11.32: Floor 7 receives the smell of grilled onions through the ventilation system.
11.38: three people leave their desks for the canteen.
11.43: the queue reaches the drinks cabinet.
11.48: Floor 8 receives the same smell.
11.55: two Floor 7 diners finish before the usual peak.
12.04: six Floor 8 diners arrive. Four tables have become free.
12.17: the queue is nine people shorter than yesterday.
12.21: facilities records the stagger as successful.
12.24: one person fasting for a medical appointment shuts their office door. Another opens the lunch brought from home earlier than planned.
12.31: a diner asks whether the extractor fan is broken. The smell is stronger beside the lifts.
12.44: the ventilation switches to Floor 9.
12.52: two people who had planned a late lunch join the queue.
13.05: seating remains available.
13.14: a member of staff asks for the music to be lowered and the kitchen door closed. Neither affects the aroma travelling upstairs.
13.36: the last lunch order is taken.
14.10: the chart shows a flatter demand curve and four additional table turns. It has no field for nausea, changed plans or people who ate elsewhere.
14.25: cleaning begins. The corridor still smells faintly of onions.