{"id":174,"date":"2017-11-09T20:43:52","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T20:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/?p=174"},"modified":"2017-11-22T11:42:23","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T11:42:23","slug":"university-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2017\/11\/09\/university-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"UNIVERSITY OF THE YEAR"},"content":{"rendered":"

How long does it take to repair a leaking shower door in the changing room of the new Faraday building? Although brand spanking new, the door was damaged in the repair then discovered to be a discontinued part, so an entire shower unit, less than a year old, was ripped out. After several revisions of Planon status a new unit was eventually bought and lay next to a messy hole in the floor awaiting assembly until last week when the job (requested 24th August) was finally completed. A random survey of the half dozen daily users who had to traipse towel-clad to the nearest facility discovered a range of opinions as to how long one would tolerate such a situation at home before devising an alternative fix (e.g. an IKEA shower curtain at \u00a31.50). Answers ranged between 24 and 48 hours. During the survey it was discovered that one reason for the queue of users was that the showers in the even newer Physics building were installed with NO door or curtain. Their first use led to a flood, and they have been deadlocked ever since!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How long does it take to repair a leaking shower door in the changing room of the new Faraday building? 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