Thread by @garius

Saying 'The rain is coming through the ceiling' to University Facilities departments is apparently like shouting 'there's a dog in the playground!' at a primary school.

I think the whole department is here.

You've only got one ladder, chaps. I suspect some of you can leave.

Someone has just turned up with a Maglite!

It's now his turn up the ladder.

I think he might be the only one allowed to use the Maglite.

HR probably have an e-Learning module you have to pass.

I wonder if there's a Maglite stipend?

That would probably explain why he's the only one who's been allowed to do the course.

What happens when he leaves? Universities are SHIT at succession planning. I bet it'll be MONTHS before someone can use the Maglite again.

Another person just told him to turn the Maglite off as he's come off the ladder now.

I presume this is somehow related to the University's sustainability targets on battery use.

They've taken the ladder away now. Maybe it's required elsewhere although I don't know what for.

It's June, so I'd have thought the chances of a student being stuck up a tree are at their lowest right now.

Three men with loud walkie talkies have arrived. They look serious.

They're looking out the window trying to see what's causing it.

I won't lie: they don't look THAT disappointed that they can't. We're on the third floor here, so I think they're already dreaming about a scissor lift.

And who wouldn't be?

The urgency is going as the water has stopped.

A colleague has pointed out this might be because it has stopped raining. This point of view has been acknowledged.

I think they're retreating to plan next steps for now. The sound of walkie talkies is retreating down the corridor.

If I hear the quiet beeping of a scissor lift in ascendance later, then I will post video.

(I should add to all this that I'm sitting my office, full of computers, on a campus that's a UNESCO World Heritage Site, so I do get their reaction and I'm glad for it. I'm tweeting from a position of love!)