Stardate May 19, 2010 – We’re busily cementing mesh squares of tile onto the wall. We find we have two versions of I14, and no I11. I realize that one of 14s is really 11 – but the student re-did the square to fit square I14. This means the orange foot is on the wrong side of the square. This means that his original was correct, he just mis-labelled the square. This means not only did he spend a LOT of time doing work he didn’t have to do, to correct a mistake that really wasn’t a mistake – NOW it means that I have to re-do the square. Peel off the orange and yellow tile, and re-position them on the opposite end of the square. Fill in the background with beige, cut to fit. (Because if I peel off the glued down beige tile, it will have lumps of glue on the back, making it an uneven surface to glue, plus leaving less bare tile on which the cement will adhere.)
So I spend the hour after class revising the tile. Cutting, peeling, fitting, re-gluing.
And I missed my departmental meeting on scheduling. On the other hand, no one called me to say “Why aren’t you at the meeting right now?” So we both have some responsibility in the matter.
Another mishap averted.
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