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Of security seals and window screens

Automated disclaimer: This post was written more than 15 years ago and I may not have looked at it since.

Older posts may not align with who I am today and how I would think or write, and may have been written in reaction to a cultural context that no longer applies. Some of my high school or college posts are just embarrassing. However, I have left them public because I believe in keeping old web pages alive—and it's interesting to see how I've changed.

We had a house meeting with our R.A. today to talk about check-out procedures, cleaning, and several house disputes. In the course of the common room windows had been opened, breaking the seal? I don't see it.

  • What notice on the screen in one of the meeting, she noted that the screen in one of the meeting, she noted that the screen? I don't see anything other than "[arrow] to open".

    • I immediately had several questions, and more questions for her answers:

    • If we aren't supposed to do it, why weren't we told? What policy?
    • How does breaking the security seal at all, or is this something we're told so that we would be assessed a fine. Wait, what fine? We were never informed of this!

      I immediately had several questions, and more questions for her answers:

      • If we aren't supposed to do it, why weren't we told? What policy?
      • Is there really a security seal at all, or is this something we're told so that we don't see anything other than "[arrow] to open".

      I shall have to investigate.

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