Excessive Overkill

I enjoy going to my gym for a workout and taking the stationary bike classes known as spinning. They are held in a separate workout room. The room has a glass wall and can be looked into from the rest of the facility.

Spinning is a challenging workout and many people like to spin with the lights out. Light still shines in from outside but the darker conditions inside help you focus more on the exercise. Sometimes this meant that the room would have its lights off after the class.

Apparently this was a big concern for club management. The fear was that it would make it harder for them to show the spinning room to perspective members. Never mind the fact that the light switch is in the doorway.

So an electrician was hired to rewire the light switch. Now it is on a 60 minute timer, which is the maximum amount of time the lights can be out. The rest of the time, the lights are on.

To me, this is a classic example of over thinking a problem. A lot of money was spent to rewire a switch that could easily be turned on in about a second. I doubt that delay will keep people from joining the gym. Plus, at a time when energy conservation is popular, leaving the lights on in an room, that's empty for a good bit of the day, seems like a waste.