Situation: I am sitting on a chair facing the table and looking out through the window closer to the whiteboard while there is no chair on the same side of the table with me on my right.
Alternative situations: Sitting beside a backpack in a chair to the left of me, I glance at the window across the room. I am standing in front of the boardroom table, reaching over it to get my pen.
Question: What is nearer to me, the backpack or the whiteboard?