---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 4/5/04 11:37:03 AM Central Daylight Time, amccoy@mail.ewu.edu writes: One of the first things I noticed here at the university after 20+ years of private work was that there are almost no real consequences for mistakes. The incident was guys from trucking who moved some pianos chipped off a good-sized chunk of veneer from a piano. In the private world they, or their insurance, would have had to pay to get it fixed. I have had to do that when I have made mistakes (like screwing up someone's hardwood floor, and scratching a piano case!). At the university, no consequence. Other than me noticing and making a mental note that I will have to be more supervisory in the future. The other thought about this is that one of the things that makes a good employee is integrity. The movers should have reported the incident and the repair come out of their budget instead of ours. So I try to have integrity myself and muster the energy to confront students, TAs, faculty, staff when I see people not caring for our pianos (and other things). Gotta start somewhere. Alan Alan In the private world, a piano is owned by one person, and it is usually played by one person. In a college setting, especially practice rooms, pianos are played by a lot of different people. I agree that on a campus, as everywhere in the "public" world, because there are no consequences, people do tend to mistreat property. But I dont' see where the "consequence" thing comes in. Unless practice rooms are kept locked, and students have to sign out the rooms, it is much too easy to say. "it was that way before I got there". How are some of you handeling this accountability problem? Wim ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/ad/16/f2/f6/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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