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azurelunatic) wrote2002-04-19 02:30 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2002-04-19 02:30 pm
Things I see: open gate
On my way to and from school and work, I walk past the back car gate of the fenced-in apartment complex right next to the school.
More than half the time, the gate's off its track, and is either rolling along happily on concrete, unusable by cars, or just standing wide open.
The first mistake they made in this gate is that they didn't install a human-gate, not with a punchcode; not with a lock; not with *anything* other than a car coming out from the inside (sensor open) or someone with an automatic gate opener (in car or on foot) from either side.
College kids standing there. Some vault the wall. Some wait around for cars to come in or out. Some carry the gate clicker. Some pull the gate off the track and slip in through the crack.
The trouble all started when a car crashed into the gate and fairly well bent and creamed it. First it was unusable by car, open on foot, then it was moved so it stood wide open. There was a sign saying that there was a reward for any information leading to the prosecution of those responsible for damaging the gate...
Before then, students were used to going around or waiting. Now, every other day, the gate is off its tracks, wearing a groove of rock dust on the pavement, grinding away tired and not quite in place.
More than half the time, the gate's off its track, and is either rolling along happily on concrete, unusable by cars, or just standing wide open.
The first mistake they made in this gate is that they didn't install a human-gate, not with a punchcode; not with a lock; not with *anything* other than a car coming out from the inside (sensor open) or someone with an automatic gate opener (in car or on foot) from either side.
College kids standing there. Some vault the wall. Some wait around for cars to come in or out. Some carry the gate clicker. Some pull the gate off the track and slip in through the crack.
The trouble all started when a car crashed into the gate and fairly well bent and creamed it. First it was unusable by car, open on foot, then it was moved so it stood wide open. There was a sign saying that there was a reward for any information leading to the prosecution of those responsible for damaging the gate...
Before then, students were used to going around or waiting. Now, every other day, the gate is off its tracks, wearing a groove of rock dust on the pavement, grinding away tired and not quite in place.