[PRL] PRL refrigerator maintenance

Karl Lieberherr lieber at ccs.neu.edu
Tue Oct 13 13:35:51 EDT 2009


The refrigerator in 308 is back in good working condition.
I would like to thank Jed Davis for cleaning it on Thursday and Friday.

-- Karl

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Karl Lieberherr <lieber at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>



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