And I do mean that literally.
BG The nursing department at the community college where I teach (my full time gig) moved into a brand new academic building 3 1/2 years ago. Overall the building is very nice and we like it a lot (I love the fact I have my own office; I had to share in our old building), but there have been problems.
The carpet was subcontracted out and the contractor did a very poor job of installation. It keeps bunching and bubbling up. The worst problems have been in our conference room, the Chair's office, and our one large lecture classroom that is carpeted (the rest of the classrooms are tiled).
On top of that, a plumbing contractor flooded the Chair's office while fixing a plumbing issue.
Also, we've had several incidents where the Surgical Technology department on the floor above us has improperly done something with their equipment that has caused flooding on our floor (their floor floods and rains onto our floor).
Currently the college is in a lawsuit against the main contractor, the plumbing sub contractor, and the carpet subcontractor over the carpet issues. /BG
The carpet has been an issue for 3 years. My office is OK, but most of the others are not. The carpet is bunching so badly in the classroom (I have class in this classroom two days a week) and the Chair's office that people are tripping and nearly falling as a result. After two students stumbled badly last night I went to the Chair yet again to complain. She promised to put in a work order to try and get it fixed.
Meanwhile, I am struggling through class with a migraine that won't quit. At first I chalked it up to dehydration, think I hadn't drunk enough water after working out earlier in the day. But then my chest started getting tighter and tighter. I kept coughing to try and clear it, to no avail and wishing I had my inhaler, which I'd left at home (I have exercise induced asthma and usually only use it before a work out).
After class, one of my students approaches me and say, "Ms. Panacea, I don't know if I'm just crazy or what, but there's something wrong with this room. I smell something bad and it's making my chest tight and me sick to my stomach. I think the carpet is moldy."
That's when it hit me that the carpet might be responsible for my own symptoms. When I left the room, my headache started going away (tho not completely, I had to take some Excedrin as soon as I got home), and my chest started to loosen up (again, not completely, I still needed to use the inhaler).
I've emailed the situation to the Chair to start a paper trail. I think the room is toxic, and I've still got another three months to go before the end of the semester (I'll be in another classroom in the Spring). If it is the carpet, I can't handle this. I can't go to work knowing I'm going to get sick two days a week.
Stay tuned . . . .
BG The nursing department at the community college where I teach (my full time gig) moved into a brand new academic building 3 1/2 years ago. Overall the building is very nice and we like it a lot (I love the fact I have my own office; I had to share in our old building), but there have been problems.
The carpet was subcontracted out and the contractor did a very poor job of installation. It keeps bunching and bubbling up. The worst problems have been in our conference room, the Chair's office, and our one large lecture classroom that is carpeted (the rest of the classrooms are tiled).
On top of that, a plumbing contractor flooded the Chair's office while fixing a plumbing issue.
Also, we've had several incidents where the Surgical Technology department on the floor above us has improperly done something with their equipment that has caused flooding on our floor (their floor floods and rains onto our floor).
Currently the college is in a lawsuit against the main contractor, the plumbing sub contractor, and the carpet subcontractor over the carpet issues. /BG
The carpet has been an issue for 3 years. My office is OK, but most of the others are not. The carpet is bunching so badly in the classroom (I have class in this classroom two days a week) and the Chair's office that people are tripping and nearly falling as a result. After two students stumbled badly last night I went to the Chair yet again to complain. She promised to put in a work order to try and get it fixed.
Meanwhile, I am struggling through class with a migraine that won't quit. At first I chalked it up to dehydration, think I hadn't drunk enough water after working out earlier in the day. But then my chest started getting tighter and tighter. I kept coughing to try and clear it, to no avail and wishing I had my inhaler, which I'd left at home (I have exercise induced asthma and usually only use it before a work out).
After class, one of my students approaches me and say, "Ms. Panacea, I don't know if I'm just crazy or what, but there's something wrong with this room. I smell something bad and it's making my chest tight and me sick to my stomach. I think the carpet is moldy."
That's when it hit me that the carpet might be responsible for my own symptoms. When I left the room, my headache started going away (tho not completely, I had to take some Excedrin as soon as I got home), and my chest started to loosen up (again, not completely, I still needed to use the inhaler).
I've emailed the situation to the Chair to start a paper trail. I think the room is toxic, and I've still got another three months to go before the end of the semester (I'll be in another classroom in the Spring). If it is the carpet, I can't handle this. I can't go to work knowing I'm going to get sick two days a week.
Stay tuned . . . .
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