In all seriousness
Jul. 15th, 2014 02:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kaberettwho the hell am I supposed to contact given:
... because this isn't actually sustainable. I can't do my job without entering the building; I can't enter the building without getting poisoned, and if I were actually on a contract I'd be seriously thinking about constructive dismissal, but that's not how PhD stipends work.
(No, really, at least two hundred metres of corridor and the entire central stairwell are currently not actually usable by me without causing damage. The only mostly-safe route to my areas of work has no working lifts. I literally cannot get to my desk +wheelchair without exposure, or to my lab at all unless I time breathing very carefully. As for getting to my desk without chair, it's about six flights of stairs, which isn't sustainable given my joints. It is shit.)
- smokers are (illegally!) rendering my building so toxic that I can't actually enter/exit it without rendering myself unable to breathe
- an initial e-mail 4 months ago to disability services & building manager has resulted in no useful follow-up, and nor have the two most recent chasing e-mails
... because this isn't actually sustainable. I can't do my job without entering the building; I can't enter the building without getting poisoned, and if I were actually on a contract I'd be seriously thinking about constructive dismissal, but that's not how PhD stipends work.
(No, really, at least two hundred metres of corridor and the entire central stairwell are currently not actually usable by me without causing damage. The only mostly-safe route to my areas of work has no working lifts. I literally cannot get to my desk +wheelchair without exposure, or to my lab at all unless I time breathing very carefully. As for getting to my desk without chair, it's about six flights of stairs, which isn't sustainable given my joints. It is shit.)
Re: Draft
Date: 2014-07-15 02:06 pm (UTC)first para: small sentence structure change
"within five metres of the door. When doors are open (as they often are in warm weather), smoke is present"
second para: strike third sentence entirely about your role and your coworkers. Then move first sentence of fourth para here
third para: put the first sentence last
Change fourth para to:
I need your help and advice to address the problem of smoke within the building as soon as possible.
This makes it flows nicely through:
1. this is the situation
2. this is why it is a problem, and what I am already doing about it
3. this is the impact of the problem
4. this is what I need