The fellow who fitted wall tiles during
the repair and renovation work of our institute must have been hard
pressed to save money, having had to bid a low price in competition
with other contractors, and allegedly having to spend a significant
bit of it to pay off people for many reasons. Guy probably saved on
the cement and any other adhesive used to stick the tiles to the
walls. After the adhesive property of the stuff wore off, the tiles
have started coming off. He fitted them with long screws over steel
plates at some places. But that must be expensive. He must have also
realized that finally the entire wall would be stainless steel armor
plated, which he probably could ill afford. Now he has left the sites
of the fallen off tiles alone. I have a suggestion for him and others
like him who have to do what he had to do. I have a new design for
wall tiles.
It looks exactly like the surface left
behind when the tiles fall off. When the surrounding white tiles
remain in place, the sites of fallen off tiles look ugly. But if the
original tiles look similar, no one will notice it when a few fall
off. The only problem would be to convince the administration to
accept that design of wall tiles. One can sell the idea by calling it
modern art and the current fad. If that fails, one can use the
conventional universal motivator used in public sector – one that
rarely fails.
