Because they've brought it on, big time. Since we've moved in we have dealt with:
- all three of our elevators being down, at completely unscheduled intervals and sometimes with people inside! It's from overheating hydrolic oil in elevator 2, or something about magnetic tape, or maybe we haven't fed the little hampsters that spin the wheel or perhaps Tom Cruise is filming "Mission Impossible 5: Badger Protocol"
- campus legend "Tunnel Bob" has been sighted multiple times skulking around the building, pressing his face into windows and scaring the bejeezus out of staff - seriously, when the director of technology services comes running up to my office on the second floor at 6:30 pm to report that Tunnel Bob has just pressed his face against his window I am thinking "what the hell? I really need a taser" but externally I say "thanks for letting me know...let's contact campus police"
- the running argument with custodial over who is responsible for providing toilet paper was finally resolved (thank you VC Bazzell for recognizing the absurd nature of the debate) so after week three of being in the building we are fully stocked. I am no longer humiliated by asking "can you spare a square?"
- furniture is still being delivered and will be coming in over the next 2 months - so for instance private offices only have one guest chair because the fabric was backordered. The second guest chair will arrive in about 4 weeks - please go light on entertaining in your office.
- the custom furniture for the Dean's private office and reception is back ordered and expected some time in July. In the mean time we are telling the Dean candidates the private office "is the minimalist look... trust me, it's all the rage in Europe"
- the licensor is inspecting the preschool this morning at 9:00 am, keep your fingers crossed for a positive report. Jill Riley, director of the Preschool and the whole entire staff have blown me away - they closed at 5:00 pm last Friday, moved over the week-end and in 3 days unpacked and set up the entire preschool.
- the card access system is burping about every other day which means on one day my card would work, and the next day I am frosted out of spaces. Soooooo not helpful and sooooo out of our control.
- 80% of the sod that was installed on the project was rejected and had to be ripped up. This week new sod put down and it looked really funny to see the front lawn get rolled up and put onto skids. Of course I knew what was happening but it sure caused a few raised eyebrows among our staff - I couldn't resist a few lines " budget cuts are a bitch" or "we decided to just pave the front lawn to save on maintenance" and "WHAT? Pulling out our sod??? Are you serious? OMG I can't believe this is happening - Robin's gonna kill me"
