Since one of Patton Hall’s elevators has been out of service for a few days, 325 residents have been limited to using one elevator to reach their rooms and to exit the facility.
Residents of Patton Hall have expressed their displeasure in the elevator’s most recent breakdown.
Kiara Sadler, interdisciplinary major with a concentration in prelaw, said using one elevator is a hassle.
“You have to leave earlier just to make sure that you can get on the elevator in time to get to your class,” Sadler said.
She said she hopes housing will either open up the doors to the stairs for people to use it or have a person on call 24/7 to fix the elevators.
Michael Thompson, a prelaw major, described how the elevator situation is affecting his everyday life.
“It’s really slowing me down. Waiting for the elevator every morning really just puts a big gap in my schedule and messes everything up,” Thompson said. “This has been a problem for a couple days now and the longer it goes on the worse it is. So at least they can do something about it quicker.”
James Dinsmoor, a music education major, said that the elevator has made him late for a class.
“It’s really difficult to get to classes and to get up here since Patton Hall doesn’t really have a stair case on the first floor. It’s made me late to one class,” Dinsmoor said. “I just explained it to my teacher and she was like ‘Ok. Yeah I get it.’”
He said that the elevator breakdown hasn’t been the only technical difficulties at Patton Hall.
“That’s how it’s been here at Patton for the whole year and not much has been done about it. Everything here breaks down. It’s not just the elevators. It’s also the laundry rooms,” Dinsmoor said.
Staff from Georgia State University Housing were unavailable to comment. Staff from Maintenance and Operations were unavailable to comment as well.
In October 2013, The Signal reported that Patton Hall’s elevators were not inspected for more than 21 months. The elevators were inspected a few weeks later. However, breakdowns have still occurred.
