Hill House employee cited most

While Residential Living employees have been cited for over 100 breeches of department policy since September, employee Lillian Blair was one of the worst offenders, alone racking up seven violations, according to documents obtained by The Daily Pennsylvanian from a source in High Rise North. Since October, Blair, a Hill House desk receptionist, has failed to show up for work, slept on the job, watched television while on duty, not properly checked identification and behaved "improperly," according to the documents. And while Director of Residential Living Gigi Simeone would not comment about this specific case, she said her department takes swift action when problems arise. "Whenever we receive a report that one of our receptionists is watching TV, for example, we follow up immediately," Simeone said in a memorandum obtained by The Daily Pennsylvanian, addressed to Security Services Director Christopher Algard. "We deal with it, not make excuses, when it happens." The memorandum was carbon copied to University Police Commissioner John Kuprevich and Residential Living Safety and Security Manager Joe Kirk. But despite Simeone's statements, Blair still works at Hill House. In February, Blair was cited twice for watching a mini-television at her desk. And in December and January, Blair was discovered sleeping at her post on two separate occasions. "The incident appears to be [part of] an incessant problem," the document states. Blair has also been cited for being absent from her post during her scheduled hours. On December 19, for example, Blair was supposed to begin her shift at 4 p.m. The desk receptionist who staffed the shift before Blair left at exactly 4 p.m., without waiting for Blair to arrive. And although Residential Living and Allied personnel were contacted several times, the post remained vacant until 7:25 p.m. In addition to her other violations, on October 10, Blair was cited for allowing a student into Hill House without identifying or signing him into the building. "Approximately 15 minutes later, she did the same thing and took the same action with another student," a document stated. Blair was unavailable for comment last night.