Squatter's Rights

In a meeting yesterday we were discussing creating a faculty lounge. This let to a brief discussion as to where such a thing might be located, which then led to a discussion of how to make the necessary changes in the schedule to make it work. This sounded like a recipe for inaction to me, so I suggested that we just pick a room and start using it as our lounge, regardless of whether there are classes scheduled there. My theory is that if the teachers are sitting around drinking coffee or chatting or playing ping-pong or whatever in a room, the class that's trying to meet there will have plenty of incentive to relocate themselves and will almost certainly do so if we make it clear that we're not leaving. That way there's no need for the administration to get involved.

Sometimes simple solutions are the best.