Things About College That Bug Me

Now, don't get me wrong, I love college life. The people are fantastic, when it's not miserable out the campus is gorgous, and...the people are great. But, there are a few (the word 'few' being used lightly) things that could be better...and since this is a blog about college life I figured I should be honest to college holisticly, because I learned in psych that's the best way to view everything. College isn't just learning and crafting and celebrity spotting people! It's got its downsides! However, in an effort o stay possitive, I am including possible solutions to these problems as well.

• Crazy, grumpy cleaning ladies (get new ones)
• Unreliable busses (put larger clocks up by the drivers seat, make them digital so there's no problem reading them)
• Crazy, grumpy bus drivers that try and take your head off with their side mirrors (fire the bastard!!)
• Black ice on paths (rock salt)
• Black ice in parking lots (rock salt)
• Black ice under large puddles (ROCK SALT!)
• Large puddles when you're not wearing rainboots (more even pathways, wear rainboots everywhere)
• Only one meal per meal period on the meal plan (ditch that rule!)
• Waking up early (there's really no way around this, I've learned)
• Scheduling is a pain (make advisors more well-versed in all aspects of scheduling so that picking classes is slightly easier than solving a rubix cube)
• Smelly dorms (take out the trash on weekends PLEASE! see point one)
• Professors who have super minimal, super-limited office hours (there's nothing really we can do here)
• Smokers gathering outside of every doorway (spritz them with spray bottles everytime you see them until they give up and quit smoking)
• Being super hungry and super lazy and you don't want to go get food (delivery UD! get with it)
• Crappy common rooms; yes our dorm was renovated, but a lot of things have changed since the 1940s! People sit on real couches now! (new furniture)
• Doing laundry (bring it all home)
• Infrequent hugs. I really only hug a few people, and none of those people are anywhere near me right now. Sad, I know. (Keep someone who gives good hugs under bed, lots of hugs on break, be more open with hugging new people)
• Internet randomly going down (FIX THIS NOW)
• Repetitive food. (please, please, please have something other than pasta and succotash for once!!)
• Construction on campus (do it in the summer)
• Hypocryte professors (send undercover administrators to take some classes with 'problamatic teachers' like secret shoppers, only secret students!)

That's about all for now. Many of these things are specific to my school, but some aren't. And like I said before, the good things FAR outweigh the bad. I may have to do my own laundry and walk to dinner, but there's always someone awesome around to chat with. And for that, I am thankful (though I don't know how many of them still read this...but shoutout to the roomies, T-Storm, Peas-n-Carrots, Annie Oakley, JennyFromTheBlock, Honey B [thats a new one, wonder if she can figure out who she is...] among many others!) And of couse, I miss everyone back home too :)

And with that, I take my leave for the night.

Stay tuned sometime in the future for a post on Gender stereotyping! (we just talked about it in psych...interesting stuff...)