Sunday, September 26, 2010

A Fun Little Game Turned Not So Fun

The one major fail I have noticed of the Danes "Greenness" is the way the light system is set up in my apartment's stairwell. Instead of the lights being motion censored, you push a button when you walk in the stairwell and the lights are on a timer. The reason this isn't the greenest approach is because the lights end up being on for a lot longer than it takes for people to walk up the stairs. 

For the past month I have made a little game for myself. If the lights are on when I walk into the stairwell, I don't push the button to reset the timer, I chance it. I race up the stairs to see if I can get to my floor before the lights go out. (There is no way of knowing how long until the lights go out again).  I had become quite good at this game, never actually getting stuck in the dark. 

However, going downstairs just now the lights went out and I was trapped in the stairwell too scared to move. Having come home from Oktoberfest today with 3 brand new stitches, I have decided this is no longer a good game for me to play. 

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