by John Fletcher
Chris Sterling was the head of the Music Department – a lady who had a wonderful sense of humour with a sharp and firm mind in achieving what she wanted. During the early stages of construction of the main building Chris submitted her needs for music recital rooms; all was noted to be included in the design. When the building reached lock up stage and the interior sections were well established an inspection of the recital rooms had Chris steaming into Bob Waugh’s office the Properties Manager “Not Happy! The acoustics are terrible, the walls transmit sound, they don’t absorb sound” Bob explains budget cuts had to be made and required the wall materials to be downgraded. Chris, still not happy, instigated a request for egg cartons to be collected. She made it known that the purpose was to have them glued to the recital room walls to improve the acoustics and deaden the instrument sounds. Quite a collection of egg cartons were received and Chris was stacking them up in her lobby. Bob had to give in and he found funds to upgrade the room materials to an acceptable compromise with Chris. Most of the staff were disappointed as they wanted Chris to enforce her bluff or was she bluffing? Bob wasn’t game to call her on it!
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