Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Securing exercise equipment?

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Sep 14, 2006, at 1:40 PM, Bonnie Fergusson wrote:

> Now you must have the key to the Common House to get
> in.  Of course our guest room is through the exercise
> room so all guests must have a key to the Common
> House, and therefore the exercise room.  Still it does
> seem to have helped.

There seems to be something about the psychology of locked door that 
increases accountability--even when everyone has a key. We also lock 
our kids room--the person who opens it for a child is responsible for 
putting it right again-- and it works wonders.

The workshop still gets to be a mess but I've noticed that the messes 
accumulate on workdays when the door is likely to stay unlocked. We are 
about to lock the basement for other reasons but it will probably stay 
cleaner as well.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org