things broken in nui maynooth which have never been fixed

unclejunior · 14-10-2011 09:45AM #1

i thought i'd start this thread to make it aware to the people who are suppose to be in charge of the university that some students are pi.ssed off with the incompetence of the maintanance of certain areas of the university.
this morning i used the male toilets in the arts block. the hand dryer in there has been broken since may and has yet to be fixed. this is an effing disgrace since the management here had the whole summer to fix it but never bothered. after using the toilet i went to get a drink from the water fountain in the arts block, afterall commuting is thirsty business but low and behold the water fountain is broken and has sck over it since again may. now i have to go to the atm, get money out and buy a bottle of water.
honestly like, why am i paying over 4 grand a year to be here? wheres the money going?

feel free to ad anything which college maintanance has failed to fix

TonyStark · 14-10-2011 09:50AM

unclejunior wrote: »

i thought i'd start this thread to make it aware to the people who are suppose to be in charge of the university that some students are pi.ssed off with the incompetence of the maintanance of certain areas of the university.
this morning i used the male toilets in the arts block. the hand dryer in there has been broken since may and has yet to be fixed. this is an effing disgrace since the management here had the whole summer to fix it but never bothered. after using the toilet i went to get a drink from the water fountain in the arts block, afterall commuting is thirsty business but low and behold the water fountain is broken and has sck over it since again may. now i have to go to the atm, get money out and buy a bottle of water.
honestly like, why am i paying over 4 grand a year to be here? wheres the money going?

feel free to ad anything which college maintanance has failed to fix

Did you report these to college maintenance?

Kinski · 14-10-2011 11:31AM

My spirit.

the_syco · 14-10-2011 11:54AM

TonyStark wrote: »

Did you report these to college maintenance?

I'm guessing the OP hasn't.

unclejunior · 14-10-2011 12:32PM

TonyStark wrote: »

Did you report these to college maintenance?

who are they and where can i find them?

the_syco · 14-10-2011 02:01PM

unclejunior wrote: »

who are they and where can i find them?

I'm so sorry. I didn't realise that you were completely <snip>, and didn't read the http://campusservices.nuim.ie/helpdesk.shtml link...

LeixlipRed · 14-10-2011 02:15PM

Get a petition going :pac:

mp3guy · 14-10-2011 03:47PM

Ah. Now I can email to get things fixed. I wonder will they actually be...

K4t · 14-10-2011 04:45PM

unclejunior wrote: »

after using the toilet i went to get a drink from the water fountain in the arts block, afterall commuting is thirsty business but low and behold the water fountain is broken and has sck over it since again may. now i have to go to the atm, get money out and buy a bottle of water.
honestly like, why am i paying over 4 grand a year to be here? wheres the money going?

feel free to ad anything which college maintanance has failed to fix

I have noticed that too. It really is disgraceful.

They can afford to install fancy new seats in the arts block but are unable to provide basic 'needs' like a hand dryer in the toilet and drinking water.

SWOT · 14-10-2011 07:43PM

In fairness, it ain't that bad. Although if we're on the subject, showers in the gym can sometimes be very cold or the other extreme..

Ill take the fancy new seats over a single hand dryer and water fountain (why should they provide free water?!)

Norrdeth · 14-10-2011 07:53PM

SWOT wrote: »

Ill take the fancy new seats over a single hand dryer and water fountain (why should they provide free water?!)

Because it's nice to I suppose, and bottled water is an awful money making racket.

eogriffin · 14-10-2011 09:40PM

Briefly on the situation in the Arts Block. Has anyone else noticed the phenomenal disparity in the number of hand basins and the number of hand dryers? 13 vs 2 I think...

Tesco Massacre · 15-10-2011 02:49PM

I haven't noticed anything broken, but there hasn't been any soap in the dispenser in Auxilia for the past 2 weeks.

What a world.

dublindafter · 15-10-2011 07:44PM

I enjoy having dry hands too!

Things always break in the gym and continue being broken for days on end.

kksaints · 15-10-2011 07:44PM

The handdryer in the Rhetoric annex male toilet doesnt seem to work but I doubt too many people use it anyway.

Daemos · 15-10-2011 08:28PM

The lock on the first cubicle in JH - been broken for over a year

Kinski · 15-10-2011 08:37PM

Iontas has about the only decent gents on campus. Never use the arts block ones, they're a disgrace. They're just one step above those group toilets they had in Full Metal Jacket.

Oh, and people who piss on the toilet seat: there is a whole circle of hell reserved just for you.

LeixlipRed · 15-10-2011 11:42PM

Everyone can do that by accident. Just clean it the **** up

Kinski · 16-10-2011 09:49AM

Those seats do lift up. I've never done it, and there's no need for anyone else to. I thought most lads mastered directing a stream of piss into the bowl when they were about 4, but if it's such a major challenge to do that, then just use the urinals. But try not to get it all over the wall.

squishykins · 16-10-2011 07:08PM

The taps in the Ladies bathroom in the common room didn't work last year, and still don't. I tiny stream comes out of all three and nothing more.

DB21 · 16-10-2011 09:58PM

squishykins wrote: »

The taps in the Ladies bathroom in the common room didn't work last year, and still don't. I tiny stream comes out of all three and nothing more.

That's happening in the men's now as well.

rcaz · 16-10-2011 10:01PM

dublindafter wrote: »

I enjoy having dry hands too!

Pfft. That's why God gave you jeans.

Sophie_ · 17-10-2011 02:18AM

Report it to Campus Services, they aren't mind readers you know!

DB21 wrote: »

squishykins wrote: »

The taps in the Ladies bathroom in the common room didn't work last year, and still don't. I tiny stream comes out of all three and nothing more.

That's happening in the men's now as well.

Sophie_ · 17-10-2011 02:20AM

I bet you didnt report it to Campus Services, they aren't mind readers you know! Besides I bet they could be fixing stuff like this every week, some people just don't care!

Daemos wrote: »

The lock on the first cubicle in JH - been broken for over a year

CaoimH_in · 17-10-2011 07:02PM

Sophie_ wrote: »

Report it to Campus Services, they aren't mind readers you know!

Sophie_ wrote: »

I bet you didnt report it to Campus Services, they aren't mind readers you know!

Not mind readers, indeed.

unclejunior · 17-10-2011 10:57PM

the water fountains in maynooth are a fcuking disgrace. the little trickle that comes out of them.it wouldnt surprise me if they were deliberately left like that so students will buy drinks from the shops instead.

its obvious from reading the other posts here that the management in maynooth dont give a sh1t about the quality of the university. its shocking that the uni gets almost 4 grand per year per student and the place is in the state it is. absolutely shocking

Seren_ · 17-10-2011 11:01PM

To be fair though unclejunior, there are worse places. I assume you've never been to Sligo IT :pac:

Sophie_ · 17-10-2011 11:24PM

The fountains used to work but the water tasted really awful from them, I don't understand why they don't just remove those ones and install some of those fountains that are connected to the mains, all water systems I think they're called.
The trouble here of course is how long would they last before they are abused!

There should be water for drinking ffs it's a basic right you expect anywhere!

Unfortunately the management like every other public University or School run by the state don't have the money, the University dont get the 4K from the government/EU, that's why they want to bring fees back and charge us a huge registration fee. They don't even have enough money to put the heating on. It's a fcuking disgrace alright!

unclejunior wrote: »

the water fountains in maynooth are a fcuking disgrace. the little trickle that comes out of them.it wouldnt surprise me if they were deliberately left like that so students will buy drinks from the shops instead.

its obvious from reading the other posts here that the management in maynooth dont give a sh1t about the quality of the university. its shocking that the uni gets almost 4 grand per year per student and the place is in the state it is. absolutely shocking

unclejunior · 18-10-2011 12:34PM

Sophie_ wrote: »

The trouble here of course is how long would they last before they are abused!

how do you mean? the reason the one in the arts block isnt working is because it started spitting out sediment with the water.

macgrub · 18-10-2011 02:23PM

unclejunior wrote: »

i thought i'd start this thread to make it aware to the people who are suppose to be in charge of the university that some students are pi.ssed off with the incompetence of the maintanance of certain areas of the university.
this morning i used the male toilets in the arts block. the hand dryer in there has been broken since may and has yet to be fixed. this is an effing disgrace since the management here had the whole summer to fix it but never bothered. after using the toilet i went to get a drink from the water fountain in the arts block, afterall commuting is thirsty business but low and behold the water fountain is broken and has sck over it since again may. now i have to go to the atm, get money out and buy a bottle of water.
honestly like, why am i paying over 4 grand a year to be here? wheres the money going?

feel free to ad anything which college maintanance has failed to fix

Someone in NUIM maintenance must be a boardsie. :rolleyes:
Earlier today, I saw two shiny new hand dryers in the Gents toilet in the Arts building.
Woohoo

Sophie_ · 18-10-2011 02:57PM

I never said anything about the current one in the Arts Block being abused, what I said was, it used to work but the water was rotten, now I know why, my point is you put anything new in these places and within weeks they get wrecked and were back to square one with no drinking water in the Arts Building!

unclejunior wrote: »

how do you mean? the reason the one in the arts block isnt working is because it started spitting out sediment with the water.

things broken in nui maynooth which have never been fixed

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