Well it happened again and this time earlier. At about 11:30 P.M. in the waning hours of Valentine’s night, the electrical system of the locked doors in the psych unit I work in had another meltdown. After being “fixed” earlier in the day, we were hoping that our problems with the system would be over and we could relax our guard and not have staff stationed on every door. The nursing supervisor had to send extra staff members for the day shift just to watch the doors and after it was repaired, the people were sent home. I was dreading coming to work tonight and was hoping for the best that the doors were fixed. They were, but not for long.
For some reason, something is tripping the control panel of the locked doors. We jokingly blamed one of our co-workers who doesn’t usually sit in that spot, that her magnetic field or aura is affecting the panel somehow. She sat there two nights in a row, and the system failed two nights in a row. Coincidence? We hope so, but we advised her not to sit in that spot again. I took a picture of the control panel complete with its rubber bands but I don’t have the necessary USB connectors to copy it to this computer, so I may have to add it later.
The control panel for the locked doors are held together by a web of rubber bands because it's that old and some of the switches don't work properly. The #1 switch is rewired to a makeshift push button and the #3 switch is rewired to #16. I know it’s kinda confusing when you read it. Imagine how confused the workers here are too if they didn’t know which switch controls what door, and not everyone knows it.
Well I found a way to get the picture on this computer. I took another photo with my cell phone and emailed it to myself. Please don’t laugh too hard when you see our patched up control panel. Remember, we are a locked psych unit and you could be one of our patients in the near future.
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