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Last month I was looking for a completely different file. A shipping document, if I remember correctly. Or maybe a packing list. Honestly, I can't remember now. What I do remember is finding an old photo buried in a project folder. The photo wasn't important. The building in the picture doesn't even exist anymore. It was demolished years ago. But something in the background caught my attention. A row of lockers. Not beautiful lockers. Not new lockers. Just lockers. The kind nobody photographs on purpose.

A locker looks simple until it starts causing trouble. That is what one water park operator told us after their second summer season. Not the first season. The second. During installation, everything looked fine. The locker rows were straight. The color matched the changing room design. The doors opened cleanly. The lock numbers were printed clearly. Everyone was happy enough. Then real use began. Wet towels. Kids pulling doors with both hands. Sunscreen on fingers. Chlorine water dripping from swimwear. Cleaning staff washing floors every night. Afternoon sunlight hitting one side of the locker room harder than the other.

The problem isn't your students being too rough. The problem isn't Barry's team not working hard enough. The problem is baked right into the material we've been using for a century: sheet metal.