HILC, my old dorm, is having hot water problems. Also known as Low Rise 8, they’re having trouble repairing a broken hot water pipe, as chronicled by a hilarious series of emails from the HILC RHD:

Hi everyone. A hot water pipe in the building broke last night, which affected hot water this morning. Facilities was able to make a temporary fix, but will need to make a permanent repair to the pipe tomorrow (Tuesday). This unfortunately means that there will be no hot water available between 8 am and approximately 4:30 pm. Please plan accordingly.

It’s hard to imagine how a hot water pipe could break in the Spring, but things happen. So far, this is just an unfortunate tragedy. Then, 20 hours later, we get another email:

Hi everyone. One of the pieces that Facilities needs to fix the pipe didn’t come in this morning, and so the hot water will be shut down tomorrow (Wednesday) rather than today, at approximately the same times (8am to 4:30 pm-ish). THis was a better alternative than having the water shut down over night. Please plan accordingly (again). Thank you for your understanding.

The replacement part didn’t come, eh? That would just suck, but then we get another email:

Hi everyone. The Trades people who are working on the pipes have not been able to complete work to fix the hot water pipe. We are hoping that this will be completed tomorrow. Unfortunately though it means that hot water should be turned off tomorrow (Thursday) from 8 am to about 4 pm. Please plan accordingly. Thank you for your patience with this matter.

I guess the final score is Hot Water Pipe: 1, Cornell University: 0.

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