Data Bases • Custom Term Papers • Free Term Papers • Free Research Papers • Free Essays • Free Book Reports • Plagiarism? Links • Top 100 Term Paper Sites • Top 25 Essay Sites • Top 50 Essay Sites • Search 97,000 Papers @ DirectEssays.com • Search 101,000 Papers @ ExampleEssays.com • Search 90,000 Papers @ MegaEssays.com Free Essays • Term Paper Sites • Chuck III's Free Essays • Free College Essays • TermPaperSites.com • My Term Papers • Get Free Essays • Essay World • Planet Papers	Search Lots of Essays Back to Subjects - Miscellaneous Elevator Problem Elevator Problem Imagine standing on the eighth floor for 4 minutes and 26 seconds, waiting for an elevator. It finally comes and you have to stop at every floor on the way down. You look at you watch and see that you are now late for class, because you didn’t anticipate one of the elevators not functioning properly. The delays would not bother you as much except that this is the second time this week that an elevator has quit working, and it’s only Wednesday. This happens to many people in Richardson Towers. Why should we have two elevators, if one is not going to work? Bret Maher, also a freshman, says that the elevators function properly on average two days a week. The rest of the time, one of the elevators is stuck on a floor. He also said that whichever floor the elevator is stuck on, has to deal with loud noises and beeping coming from the elevator. Another student, a sophomore, said, “The elevators never worked last year for us. We had to ride one elevator like a bunch of sardines the majority of the time.” I believe that, in order for us to fix the elevators, we must remain within a budget for maintenance, delays must be limited while fixing the elevators, and it must be a permanent fix. We must stay within a budget for obvious reasons: we can’t spend money we don’t have. The delays must be limited, because that defeats the whole purpose of fixing the elevators, although some delays for a short period time would be tolerated, if the fix were permanent. The fix must be permanent, because right now there are maintenance men working on the elevators three or four times a week. They must be paid and if the elevators were fixed, those men could be used elsewhere. My first solution is to install bungee cords in place of elevators. At first it seemed like a good idea, but then I realized that the cost would be enormous, because insurance would be necessary, and also someone would have to supervise the cords. Also, removing the elevators and installing bungee cords would cause great delays, defeating the whole purpose of our fix. Third, the fix would be permanent, but it would cause other problems and issues. This is definitely not a choice. A second solution is to remodel the current elevators and replace parts. This is being done now, but maybe a more extensive remodeling could work. The cost would be limited, because we would be only replacing parts. The remodeling could be done at off-peak times and decrease the amount of delay. The fix wouldn’t be permanent, though, because the new parts would break quickly. My third solution is to replace the current elevators with new ones. The cost might be high, but it would eliminate the need for maintenance men repairing an elevator 4 times a week. The elevators could be installed in the summer to decrease delays, and the fix should be permanent, or as permanent as possible. New elevators would provide people with a reliable form of transportation down Richardson Towers, which would be free of unnecessary delays! The elevator situation is definitely a problem in Richardson Towers, and many of the residents here believe the problem needs to be remedied, soon. If we choose to replace the elevators, which I feel is the best solution, then we could do it during Christmas break when no one is allowed into the dorm. They could be replaced by the time student return in January, and the problem would be fixed! Bibliography: Word Count: 600
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