I just realized something incredibly odd about the layout of one part of my residence hall.

Y’see, certain rooms on the first floor are designated as handicapped-accessible, meaning that not only do they have the necessary amenities for the physically disabled within, they also have doors which will automatically open once unlocked. Makes perfect sense so far, right?

However, there’s one corridor which is only accessible by going down three steps from the front entrance or climbing a flight of stairs to get to the back entrance.

And what’s at the end of that hall? You guessed it. A handicapped-accessible room.

I’d like to know what they were thinking when they designed that. Maybe the three steps down were supposed to have originally been a ramp? Or maybe there’s a temporary ramp which can be used to cover the steps depending upon that room’s occupant? Who knows…