Humor will not be tolerated!! -Portia

http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/61370/

It's interesting that Rating Pending said that he asked the custodians about the soap after his early morning workout. After all, the people who clean the locker rooms work from 11 pm - 2 am. Who knew that board writers had access to school facilities after hours?

Are there any custodians who come through the RB during the day? (I seem to recall that some buildings, such as the library, have custodians who work both day and night shifts.)

Nope. There's 4-7 am and 11-2. And anyway, why would a custodian be in the showers when they are potentially being used?

I have definitely seen custodians in the RB at other times of the day. Obviously I don't know the inner-workings of that building, but I know what I saw!

Anyway, I just confirmed with my supervisor that the people who change the soap do it in the middle of the night.

Dr. Smeed has access to a lot of places at odd hours.

Craig Jessop wrote:It's interesting that Rating Pending said ...

Dr. Smeed. Not Rating Pending. And it's quite possible that he was there in the 4-7 period. He strikes me as an early riser.

Dragon Lady wrote:

Craig Jessop wrote:It's interesting that Rating Pending said ...

Dr. Smeed. Not Rating Pending. And it's quite possible that he was there in the 4-7 period. He strikes me as an early riser.

Ah, yes, well. The soap is refilled in the middle of the night after the building closes, except on Sundays when it the locker room is serviced between 5 and 8 pm. It opens at 6am. I'm the only one of all the custodial staff that goes through the locker rooms at that hour (yes, I regularly fequent the women's locker room, mwahahaha), and I certainly wasn't filling up the soap dispensers. I think our dear Dr. Smeed manufactured a story to make his answer cool.

Craig Jessop wrote:I think our dear Dr. Smeed manufactured a story to make his answer cool.

You know, I don't appreciate your casting aspersions on Dr. Smeed. Why don't you write in a question asking how he came to cross paths with one of the custodians (giving the scheduling issues you've pointed out) instead of assuming that he lied?

Katya wrote:

Craig Jessop wrote:I think our dear Dr. Smeed manufactured a story to make his answer cool.

You know, I don't appreciate your casting aspersions on Dr. Smeed. Why don't you write in a question asking how he came to cross paths with one of the custodians (giving the scheduling issues you've pointed out) instead of assuming that he lied?

Because addressing these issues on the actual Board gives absolutely no room for discussion about the incident. The editors can (anonymously and secretly) remove the question with a cute note about why it was rejected, Dr. Smeed can respond rudely in order to save face (complete with a bunch of little green thumbs from other readers to encourage the behavior), and there is very little accountability to the readers who are, by the way, the reason the Board even continues to exist in face of the repeated warnings of BYU to moderate its tone.

You could also e-mail him and ask about it.

Besides, he isn't the first one to embellish how he got information. Sometimes a good story is more fun than the truth of "I just asked some guy."

Craig Jessop wrote:there is very little accountability to the readers who are, by the way, the reason the Board even continues to exist in face of the repeated warnings of BYU to moderate its tone

Repeated warnings? To my knowledge, there have only been a couple...

Be careful not to generalize too much. I daresay the writers put far more time and effort into the Board than the readers. It's a web of responsibility that requires balance. The Board does not rest entirely on the shoulders of one entity.

For all we know, Dr. Smeed may be the soap-filler supervisor, and his "VIGOROUS early-morning workout" could refer to taking the stairs. An intelligent person can make the truth stand on its ear without ever breaking it, and without a healthy dose of such flavor, I posit the Board would lose a much greater number of readers than any tone it has ever assumed.

Or maybe, Juuuuuuuuuust maybe, I'm telling the truth? I'm in the Smith Field House every morning at 6:00, sometimes much earlier, and I have seen the janitors refill the soap. I know that that might be too far-fetched to believe, but it's true. I have seen janitors change the soap as late as 7:15. Don't tell their supervisors, Craig Jessop. This is really a non-issue and all the chips on your shoulder in the world will not unsee what I have seen.

If anything, I would embellish how vigorous my early morning exercise is to sound cool, not make something up about soap dispensers. You live in a weird world if you think that lying about soap dispensers rather than how much I work out makes me cool.

Dr. Smeed wrote:Or maybe, Juuuuuuuuuust maybe, I'm telling the truth? I'm in the Smith Field House every morning at 6:00, sometimes much earlier, and I have seen the janitors refill the soap. I know that that might be too far-fetched to believe, but it's true. I have seen janitors change the soap as late as 7:15. Don't tell their supervisors, Craig Jessop. This is really a non-issue and all the chips on your shoulder in the world will not unsee what I have seen.

If anything, I would embellish how vigorous my early morning exercise is to sound cool, not make something up about soap dispensers. You live in a weird world if you think that lying about soap dispensers rather than how much I work out makes me cool.

Aaaaaaaah... the Smith Fieldhouse. That old, apostate building that wishes it were as modern and awesome as the RB (...). For shame. I'm sorry for assuming... and hereby retract all accusatory comments, insinuations, and negative thoughts about you.