The drain to no where

Surprise your library is a death trap, but don't you worry, I'm sure it'll be ok.

Today we learned an important lesson. Our facilities people for 30 years have been a load of morons. The roof is being repaired, it's nearly complete, yet the new discovery has us laughing, really. It seems that the roof has numerous drains meant to help rid that flat roof of standing water. But wouldn't you know it if those drains were more for decoration than function.

Every time a leak has been reported it must have gone like this:
"Yep, it looks clogged, nuthin' we can do here ta fix it. We'll git cha some buckets. Ya'll better move them books or theys gonna git wet."

For 30 years!!!! No one even thought of say, poking around in them thar drains? Nahh. That would be work. Must have been an "I t'aint no roofer, I cain't fix it" mentality I guess.

The contractors discovered that the drains were stuffed with rocks, plastic and all sorts of things that should not be in there. But it gets better. Not only were the drains filled with trash they really didn't go any where. They were there, left unfinished, no pipes attached, no drainage system created. For 30 years any standing water on the roof trickled its way through the building. Most of the water drained into the elevator shaft. The water that didn't make it to the elevator shaft found its way onto our books. That would explain that freaky leak on the lower level that destroyed a good portion of our historical collection.

Now that's quality construction.