[PRL] do not prop the door to WVH 308 open. ever.

[Karl Lieberherr]

I called facilities at 2754 and they said they will send a locksmith
tomorrow morning.

-- Karl

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Daniel Brown <dbrown at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 09:15, Felix S Klock II <pnkfelix at ccs.neu.edu>
> wrote:
> > PRL-
> >
> > Its a new year, and it seems like its time for me to make my yearly
> > plea (see subject line).
> >
> > Eli Barzilay mentioned to me this morning that he found the door to
> > WVH 308 propped open [1] when he was in the lab late last night (circa
> > 1am).
> >
> > This is a security hazard in two important ways ways:
> >
> >   (1.) someone can come in and steal equipment while the door is
> > propped open (e.g. some people leave their laptops in the lab
> > overnight [2]).
> >
> >   (2.) when the deadbolt is propped in this manner and strikes
> > against the edge of the door frame, it *DAMAGES* the lock mechanism,
> > eventually to the point where the door *NEVER* *LOCKS*, which means
> > that we've lost all security for WVH 308 at all times, regardless of
> > whether the door is propped or not.
> >
> > We have already had an instance of the event described in (2.) above.
> >
> > (Please do not e-mail me back with hypotheses about whether it is the
> > cleaning crew propping the door open as opposed to members of PRL,
> > unless you have hard evidence; the message needs to get out to the
> > junior members of PRL regardless of whether they are the culprits from
> > last night or not.)
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -Felix
> >
> > [1] (By "propped open", I mean that the deadbolt was pushed out so
> > that the door would not shut and thus the lock would not engage.)
> >
> > [2] If you do choose to leave a laptop in the lab unattended, it is
> > probably best to secure it via a laptop lock, which you can buy at
> > most computer hardware stores.  SamTH or I can show you an example of
> > such a lock if you do not know what I am referring to.
>
> The door to 308 has begun to fail to close because the panel encasing
> the lock protrudes on the bottom and rubs against the doorframe. So
> (a) everyone please take care to make sure the door is securely closed
> when you leave, and (b) who do we contact to fix this?
>
> (I haven't observed anyone propping it open recently, but I included
> Felix's email anyway for the new students.)
>
>  Dan
>
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