Cots may be borrowed from the Front Desk for a period of 3 nights
(Institute policy dictates that as the longest allowable stay of
a guest in your room). A request for a cot should be submitted 48 hours
in advance of the time you need the cot.
Completing this form is the only way to make a cot request, unless
the House Manager gives you special exemption.
If too many requests are received,
cots will be distributed on a first-come, first serve basis (this rarely
happens).
If you request a cot but do not pick it up from the Front Desk on the day
indicated in the request, you will be charged $5.00. Additionally, your
cot reservation may be cancelled for the rest of the requested time.
Cots are not guaranteed to be made available for late requests
(late = submitted the same day that the cot is needed).
Even though late cot requests are not guaranteed to be fulfilled,
the $5.00 fee is still applicable. You should check at Desk before
it closes as to whether or not a cot has been made available for you.
You will not receive a confirmation of your request. If you have made the
request between one week and 48 hours ahead of time, you should assume
that the request will be fulfilled without any problems. You can pick
up your cot from desk on the date you have requested.
Should you need to cancel your request, you should email the Desk Captain
by the day before you wanted the cot in order to avoid the $5.00 fine.
Please note that the Desk Captain does not respond to messages left on
his answering machine about cots. Nor does he check at desk to see if
people have talked to the deskworker about reserving a cot. You must
complete this form. If you are in some sort of emergency situation
(hard to understand, as there are many couches in the dorm, as well
as plenty of floor space), you should complete this form and then
try to find the Desk Captain (leaving messages is not sufficient --
you must personally speak with the Desk Captain).
If you have a valid reason for failing to comply with this policy, you
should email both the Desk Captain and the House Manager
(bc-desk@mit.edu).