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Please do not store personal items in your office (that is, clothes, boxes full of books, exotic pets, personal radioactive waste, etc). Summertime and Winter Break in particular is when we do minor renovations where there may be only a week or two notice. If your stuff from your sublet-ed apartment is in storage bins in your office I might need to haul it away. I could always use more stuff. Please do make your space comfortable for you to work in, within reason. Anything that is renovation-like, please clear with me first. Do your best to minimize damage to walls, floor, ceiling etc. Remember that when you leave, I have to sign your graduation paperwork before you get your degree. This is why. White glove inspections are mandatory.
No bike storage in offices or hallways. In fact, it’s against fire code, since multiple bikes can be an evacuation hazard. Less importantly, (but important to *me*) lugging a bike through the halls leads to accidental dings and marks on the walls and floors. There also is not enough space. Leave your bike outside. Yes, several professors, who shall remain nameless, are bad boys and keep their bikes in their offices. I’ve told them not to. They are bad and don’t get cookies. Alas they won’t let me fire professors any more.
Some offices are shabbier than others. I'm sorry, it was that way when I got here too. I've been renovating offices slowly, but it is expensive and takes time. Meanwhile you have some reasonable expectations you can act on; paint should not be peeling off, insulation around piping should be neat and nicely wrapped, walls should not have holes, pipes should not leak, windows that open should also close, your feet should be on solid flooring. These things can be repaired. Email or call me or go straight to facilities at 3-4948 or the website for reporting repairs at http://atlas.mit.edu.
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