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Ceiling tile temptation

2007 Reader Submission
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As everyone who has been through school knows, objects thrown at the acoustic ceiling tiles often stick. While teaching in a high school, I discovered many of the usual items stuck to the ceiling tiles; spitballs and pencils are the most common. However, some students can get more creative than that and land themselves in potentially injurious or even life-threatening situations.

Unfortunately, it is difficult to ensure that all of the classroom doors are locked when multiple classrooms are connected. It is impossible to lock every single cabinet inside the classroom. This led one curious and industrious student bent on mischief to the discovery of the following items: about a dozen pairs of scissors and a length of thick rope. I walked into the classroom after lunch and beheld the following scene:

A dozen pairs of scissors were stuck, point-first, into the acoustic ceiling tiles above a desk. The student was standing below the scissors, attempting to lasso them down with the thick rope. I quickly intervened to assure that he did not get hurt and I removed the scissors before they could fall out and hurt any unsuspecting person walking by.

Although no one was hurt, the potential for serious injury has lead me to include this one in my "lab safety don'ts" stories.

Submitted on 05/31/2007

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: personal account, late fall 2005

Copyright © 2007 DarwinAwards.com

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James said:
Neutral: Personal Account
Your intervention more or less ensured that this would be a non-event! I do wonder what the mischief-maker had in mind?!


Graham said:
Neutral: Personal Account
This is why Man keeps asking, "Is there intelligent life on other planets?" Because there ain't any here!


Bruce said:
Neutral: Personal Account
I wonder what would have happened if you had entered the room 5 minutes later...


Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Reminds me of shop class in high school. At any time you could look up at the ceiling and find screwdrivers, wire cutters, file, and various other hardware embedded in the acoustic tile. As far as I know, no one ever removed any of it, unless someone had a need for that particular tool. I think this is a good personal account. Thanks for sending it in.


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