[PRL] PRL refrigerator maintenance

[Karl Lieberherr]

Please have all your items taken from the refrigerator by 2pm.

-- Karl

On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Karl Lieberherr <lieber at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
> For a change a very practical message with few abstractions in it :-)
>
> The refrigerator outside my office is used by several PhD students
> and a few faculty. So we want to keep it in good working order.
>
> The refrigerator needs cleaning once a semester. I am looking for
> a volunteer to organize this activity at the beginning of every semester.
>
> Currently, the smell that comes from the refrigerator has caught significant
> attention from my visitors. It has not made them run for the door, but
> it soon will.
> Therefore, by Thursday Oct. 8, 2pm have all your goodies, both new and very old,
> removed from the refrigerator. We will start the defrosting process.
> On Friday morning, one or two of us will clean it and by the afternoon
> we should have a fresh smelling refrigerator with plenty of room.
>
> There are two rules we should follow to keep the refigerator functioning well:
>
> 1. Please promptly remove your food items that are past their time!
> 2. Please put your food in well sealed containers so that juice and
> smell cannot escape!
>
> Note from Doreen:  Make sure that all disposed items are placed in
> the bathroom trash, which is emptied nightly.  Otherwise
> the odor will be worse in the lab.
>
> I am looking for a PhD student who occasionally uses the refrigerator
> to organize the cleaning and initiate this process at the beginning
> of every semester. On behalf of all refrigerator users I would like
> to thank this person in advance.
>
> -- Karl
> PS. I checked with Doreen and  learned that we have to clean our
> refrigerator ourselves.
> The cleaning people won't do it.
>