our building continues to be a marvel of engineering

In that it hasn't collapsed around us yet. Found out tonight the real reason why the doors to the garbage chute have been locked on every floor since the week we moved in - not because of some lazy residents tried to put too large items in and blocked it entirely, oh no. It's because the chute ends in a 90-degree angle. But then, we shouldn't be too surprised with the results when you've got cheap, unskilled laborers constructing something they probably have not made acquaintance with in their lives.