Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Heyl: Carnegie Mellon University admits dyeing error
TribLIVE: So it was unusual when CMU disclosed something on Wednesday that amounted to the tacit admission of a mistake: The water in toilets and urinals in the Gates-Hillman Centers housing the School of Computer Science is dyed blue.
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To be completely honest, I have no idea why this article is on the Green Page. Nevertheless, it's pretty humorous, in a basic sense. However, in the midst of this article, there is a social problem: siphoning water from public restrooms. I tend to fill my water bottle up at public sinks, so having something like the water dyed blue would definitely deter me. Honesty, the thought process itself makes sense, even if it is a bit silly. This is a great example of social engineering as well. Good for you, CMU.
Is this real life? This is crazy. Who thought YELLOW would be the correct color for this?
Okay so to respond to Katie, I think this article conveys two very important concepts:
Design by committee is not always a bad idea. The choice of yellow dye would never have made it out of a meeting room.
Don’t sent “Drama-All”-type emails to an entire building about the color of toilet water. It only brings about snarky media articles like this one.
I feel like the subject of this article was overshadowed by the author's unreasonable snark. His tone was really off putting and while yellow is obviously not the best choice for dying public bathroom water, I am happy that CMU took the time to inform people that the water was being dyed period. Knowing that people fill up their water bottles up in the sinks and responding by sending out a preemptive email to mitigate confusion is great management on the part of the school.
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