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taylweaver) wrote2005-06-27 06:47 pm
taylweaver) wrote2005-06-27 06:47 pm
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Kill that intercom!
So it's been another eventful day at the office...
Thankfully, no more photocopying - though apparently the machine smelled like something was burning today. It needs a vacation.
So today, I had to enter the building through the freight entrance, because of work they are doing on the front of the building. This work involved a lot of water - don't ask me why. This water managed to mess with the old intercom system, which shouldn't even be connected anymore, because we got a new and better one. (the intercom being how one gets in through the front door which is currently not accessible).
So what did the old intercom - which has apparently not been disconnected yet - do? It made evil noises. For over an hour. Someone in the office said it sounded like a dentist drill. Thankfully, I don't remember how that sounds, but it was rather grating. And loud. And disruptive. And coming from two different places in the office.
And we had absolutely no way to shut the thing off. we tried unplugging it, but there is no plug. Just a cord that goes into the wall or ceiling. We considered cutting it - no, not my idea - but someone pointed out the potential danger in that. We tried to unscrew the top of it with a secretary's screwdriver - but the screws were not normal screws.
The assistant director tried holding the thing by the cord and banging it against the floor - well, maybe that was more a way to let out frustration... anyway, it didn't work either.
Then another person who works in the office had an even better idea. He gave each intercom a good, hard stomp. It worked like a charm.
Hooray for peace and quiet.
Relatively speaking.
Thankfully, no more photocopying - though apparently the machine smelled like something was burning today. It needs a vacation.
So today, I had to enter the building through the freight entrance, because of work they are doing on the front of the building. This work involved a lot of water - don't ask me why. This water managed to mess with the old intercom system, which shouldn't even be connected anymore, because we got a new and better one. (the intercom being how one gets in through the front door which is currently not accessible).
So what did the old intercom - which has apparently not been disconnected yet - do? It made evil noises. For over an hour. Someone in the office said it sounded like a dentist drill. Thankfully, I don't remember how that sounds, but it was rather grating. And loud. And disruptive. And coming from two different places in the office.
And we had absolutely no way to shut the thing off. we tried unplugging it, but there is no plug. Just a cord that goes into the wall or ceiling. We considered cutting it - no, not my idea - but someone pointed out the potential danger in that. We tried to unscrew the top of it with a secretary's screwdriver - but the screws were not normal screws.
The assistant director tried holding the thing by the cord and banging it against the floor - well, maybe that was more a way to let out frustration... anyway, it didn't work either.
Then another person who works in the office had an even better idea. He gave each intercom a good, hard stomp. It worked like a charm.
Hooray for peace and quiet.
Relatively speaking.
Who leaves first: you or the intercom?
(Anonymous) 2005-06-27 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)I hope you can bear the next few days with the grating of the intercom/dentists' drill (if it starts up again). Aren't you leaving your dad's job-place-thingy this Tuesday or Wednesday, and starting the summerschool-Chinatown-teaching-job-thingy?
Water, water, everywhere...
Water is used in construction to cure concrete (i.e., to make sure it sets well), but with yesteday's weather, you'd think they wouldn't need it. Concrete guys really like humid days and grumble at dry weather.
Water is also used as a lubricant/coolant when you're drilling stone, which they also could have been doing.
For any other theories, you'll have to ask the 'polite' engineers.