Government Planning

The courthouse has been a big mess all week. The bank of elevators running to the 12-17th floors has been undergoing "preventative maintenance". Of course, these are the floors that I primarily go to on a daily basis. And naturally, they've been doing the work in the morning during the busiest time of day. So 3-4 of the 8 elevators are out of service.

I came back in the afternoon on two occasions and guess what. All the elevators were running. Makes no sense. Unless, the elevator repair unions don't allow their members to work after 1 p.m. That would be a nice gig.

P.S. I subsequently heard a rumor that someone had a heart attack on the elevator which caused some of the delay. But that doesn't explain the yellow signage that had been shutting out some of the elevators all week. In fact, I would venture to guess that because of the stress of the elevator situation and the extreme crowding caused by it on the few remaining operating elevators, that this may well have contributed to the person's reported heart attack.