So as part of the "renovations" being made to my beloved Barton Hall (Home of the super cool ECE Department), they removed the light switches from our lounge and replaced them with motion sensors. In theory, this should be great because if nobody is in the room, the lights will automatically turn off to save energy. In reality, this is the most annoying thing since YouTube implemented advertisements (Jeesus I feel old... I remember the good ole days before Google bought and subsequently bastardized the once great video service known as YouTube).
While attempting to do my homework in the ECE lounge today, the lights abruptly shut off. At first I thought "oh jeesus don't tell me the power's out", but then I quickly realized it was just the dumb light motion sensors. To make the lights come back on, I had to flail my arms around like Terri Schaivo trying to swat a fly in order for the motion sensor to acknowledge my presence. A minor annoyance, but not the end of the world....
That was until 5 MINUTES LATER, when it happened again. And again 5 MINUTES AFTER THAT. Every fucking 5 minutes the goddamn lights turn off. Either this is just a hilarious prank, or Hopkins has figured out the only way to get me to exercise. Like I'm all for saving energy, but lets be real - the cost of the stupid motion sensors won't be recouped in energy savings for 5 years. Not to mention IT IS ANNOYING AS FUCK. Like please Hopkins just put the normal light switches back. Kthx.
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