People fill water bottles at the fountains here all the time (they get extremely heavy use), and that’s the only piece of equipment around here that always works. (I hadn’t even considered the fountains as equipment that can break until this.) The sensors on the sinks are always broken, ditto the toilets. The microfilm readers limp along. The roof leaks like a sieve. The computers are anybody’s guess. Even the three ring binders can’t be trusted. The water fountains, on the other hand, are immortal.
I’ve seen this so long I can no longer resist given this comment. This is what my brain translates every time I skim the topics.
I am so damn pissed: College forcing me to blow for my money
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Water fountains have motors?
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They often have a compressor motor for cooling, but those are usually called the water cooler.
I don’t get it… Am i being wooshed here? The school has added this device to its classrooms. The students have to pay for it.
And?
What did you expect to get for free from college? If they didnt make you directly pay for the device, the cost of it would still be born by you since it would come out of your tuition.
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No, it’s my understanding that water fountain motors aren’t designed for continuous operation, and will burn out quickly if used in such manner.
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They don’t use water pumps to pump the water. They instead rely on the water pressure from the line they are tapped into. The only motors are for the compressor and the fan, neither of which care how much water is pumped, they just care what the temperature of the water in the reservoir is. Depending on the environment, they may run almost nonstop anyway, even if nobody is drinking any water.
So go ahead and fill your water bottles guilt free. Unless someone is behind you while you try to fill a gallon jug.. Then you are a giant douche. :mad:
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But I’ll make you an offer. Put your money where your mouth is. Send me $40.00 and I will never complain again, even in future semesters should I have to pay the registration fees again (and I probably will). Heck, you’re even getting something out of it, since you’l never have to listen to me again on the topic. And after all, blowing clicker price + registry fee + batteries cost isn’t anything big, right? If you complain, you’re just lacking “perspective” about how trivial this is.
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I already don’t have to listen to you. I’m really not seeing your logic here.
Oh, good luck with that essay. Take my advice and ask somebody else to proof it.
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I already don’t have to listen to you. I’m really not seeing your logic here.
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I suspect the logic is “put up or shut up”. Just a guess though.
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I suspect the logic is “put up or shut up”. Just a guess though.
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There is no logic to that, however. Some of us tried to explain how and why a school would use the device. Some of us went so far as to explain why a school might just push the cost onto the student.
Now - the professor sounds like they do not know how to properly use this bit of tech in the classroom. The OP, however, decided to slam professors (plural), and slam the device itself. That is what led to the debate (and more of a GD than Pit tone for most of it).
Why would I send $40 to a stranger? I might subsidize a student in my classroom who is flat broke and does not have a blue book or scantron sheet. However, if I spot that student with A Starbucks cup or other signs of disposable income - I might regret my generosity.
A $25 - 30 clicker is a minimal expense in the grand scheme of a university education.