the brilliant architect/engineer

A funny thing happened when I got to work today. I rained early this morning, which I will write about in another post. By the time I got to the office it had stopped raining and the large potholes were mini lakes, which conveniently double as malaria-breeding pools. When I got to the office today I noticed that there was a heavy stream of water coming from the upper floors and landing right in front of the front door. Needless to say, I was a little confused as to why it was still raining only in front of the door. Any thoughts why?

Well, there was a really brilliant architect/engineer for the building. He was smart enough to put in drain pipes to drain water from the decks on the upper floors (there are tons of decks in this building). Unfortunately for him, he was not quite bright enough to place them somewhere where they didn’t let out on someone’s head. Seriously, the drain pipes all empty out above the front door. So when it rains, all the water gets channeled to come down in front of the front door. And for some reason the downpour continues for a few hours after the rain stops. How hysterical is that?

I did actually entertain the thought that the engineer had a really evil sense of humor and that his error wasn’t really an error. But working in this building and seeing the rest of his work… let’s just say it’s pretty obvious his sense of humor was not the reason for the strategically placed drain spouts.

I think he got his degree from Hopkins.