Dorms

[Nemesis 0]

Ever break out humming the Friends theme when you see her?

I would so do that! I broke out humming the star wars theme when I met Harrison Ford

[Travis Kroells 0]

Hell, I starts making engine noises when I met Rusty Wallace in Soiux Falls!

 

 

"Vroom Vroom!!!"

 

"Security!!!"

 

True story too...at least I got his autograph still, after my friends tricked him into beliveing I was retarded.

[Vex Xiang 0]

True story too...at least I got his autograph still, after my friends tricked him into beliveing I was retarded.

 

Tricked?

 

:mellow: :P :P :P

[Anika818 0]

I will be living in a dorm at CCCC. I will have a roommate. (No, it's not a guy.)

My sister attends a CCCC in Nebraska...(Yes with the same number of "c"s too)

Would that be the same place you attend?

[Feanor 0]

McDonalds Testimonials

 

Scroll down and read some of the testimonials from McDonald's employees.

 

I work a minimum wage job while I get through college...there's a difference when a company doesn't treat its employees with respect. No one 'needs' the experience of being treated like dirt.

oh, I don't know, my two years at mcdonalds being treated like an inferior lifeform by people who do not have the potential to be more than hourly managers for the rest of their lives gives me a great appreciation for the great job I have now with nice coworkers and managers. :D

[Seiben 0]

My sister attends a CCCC in Nebraska...(Yes with the same number of "c"s too)

Would that be the same place you attend?

What's a CCCC? Don't mind me, just an ignorant Canadian here. :D

[Anika818 0]

What's a CCCC? Don't mind me, just an ignorant Canadian here. :D

If I remember correctly it stands for something like:

Central Community College in Columbus....something like that

[Seiben 0]

Oh, that's what it is, eh? I thouht it was some kind of American residence thingie or something. :D Columbus, eh? Georgia or Ohio?

[Anika818 0]

Actually Nebraska...unfortunatly, Columbus is not an origional city name, many states have it as a name of some town.

[Merina 0]

My sister attends a CCCC in Nebraska...(Yes with the same number of "c"s too)

Would that be the same place you attend?

This CCCC is in Kansas.

 

(Cowley County Community College)

Edited July 11, 2004 by Merina

[Images 0]

Just applied for university accomodation. Decided to click the prefer single sex option because like hell am i gonna sacrifice my toga and towel rights.

[Dumbass 0]

You actually had to REQUEST to live with your same sex? Heck, I had to fill out a form with the RAs just to have a female guest!

[Images 0]

well i didn't realy have to request as such. it just asked which one do you prefer, mixed or single sex?

[Dumbass 0]

Oh, well, you did the right thing then. I mean who would want to live in a dorm with a bunch of transgendereds?

[Vex Xiang 0]

I think he means co-ed dorms, no an opposite-sexed roomate.

 

Parents would flip!

[Brian Graham 0]

(I also say everyone should have to work in fast food,) its a wondeful character building experience.

I agree with you there.

 

This gives everyone an opportunity to realize how much work goes into making food.

 

Plus, I think it will make customers more tolerant if not everything goes right.

[Seiben 0]

I think he means co-ed dorms, no an opposite-sexed roomate.

 

Parents would flip!

I do believe the dorms in my school are co-ed. Not a very big problem here. Heh. :D

[Dumbass 0]

Parents would flip!

You bet they would. Heck, my dad would go for another degree! :D

[Marris Krax 0]

I think he means co-ed dorms, no an opposite-sexed roomate.

 

Parents would flip!

This was probably part of the reason my dorm experience sucked. Co-ed dorm, all girl floor. Too many hens in the hen house.

 

And I have no idea why I quoted Vex for this, but I'm not fixing it, so HA! :D

Edited July 13, 2004 by Marris Krax

[Dumbass 0]

OK, maybe I need some clarification on the definitions we are using.

 

To me, a co-ed dorm means boys and girls living alongside each other. This does not necessarily mean everyone has a roommate of the opposite sex, but it also doesn't mean boys have one floor and girls have another in the same building. For a guy, a co-ed dorm (by my definition anyway) means my roommate will be a male but my next-door neighbor might be a female.

 

Is that what we are talking about? If so then I don't see where a co-ed dorm would raise any more concerns with parents than a downtown apartment building.

[Seiben 0]

OK, maybe I need some clarification on the definitions we are using.

 

To me, a co-ed dorm means boys and girls living alongside each other. This does not necessarily mean everyone has a roommate of the opposite sex, but it also doesn't mean boys have one floor and girls have another in the same building. For a guy, a co-ed dorm (by my definition anyway) means my roommate will be a male but my next-door neighbor might be a female.

 

Is that what we are talking about? If so then I don't see where a co-ed dorm would raise any more concerns with parents than a downtown apartment building.

Nor do I really. Dorms are so strictly enforced these days, you can't even do anything really.

[Cmdr Laura Issia 0]

To reply to several at once --

 

Where in the world are these rent numbers coming from? I've been apartment-hunting lately and not finding anything that cheap, I tell you!

 

Most co-ed dorms are single-sex rooms, co-ed floors, halls, or buildings. Some places do have co-ed rooms, though. When I was at college, there were no co-ed rooms, but there were co-ed suites -- singles or doubles sharing a living room and bath, usually with 6-10 people per suite.

 

And where are dorms strictly regulated? I lived in the most 'strict' set of dorms on campus (multiple colleges, multiple policies -- it's kinda a long story), and that was just on the basis of us having keycard locks and an escort policy, so no off-campus people could physically enter the dorms without a student escort, and you had to keep your guests in line-of-sight and not let them wander the halls alone. Beyond that, you could do anything you wanted, as long as you didn't burn the dorm down. (Or paint your walls. Man, the fines for that...)

[Dumbass 0]

OK, since we're on the subject of why dorms suck, let me compare my college dorm with my Army barracks (not my Basic Training barracks, just regular unit barracks).

 

Dorm

*One central bathroom for the whole floor.

*Crappy food w/ no variety.

*2 to a room.

*Expensive rent.

*Fined for damages.

*Could be inspected, but this rarely happened.

*Drinking not allowed.

*Smoking not allowed.

*Strict rules on guests, had to be signed in.

*Health insurance required, had to pay myself.

*RA on every floor.

*Phone provided in every room, long distance and voicemail charged to individual.

*Had option of renting refrigerator, had to get permission for small coffee maker.

*Meal options: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Late Snack (could choose from 3 a day w/ Delux meal pack). Not open weekends. All you can eat soup/salad/desert.

*Kicked out of dorm during semester break.

*Had to know which bed was mine.

*Conduct strictly enforced.

 

Barracks

*Each room had it's own bathroom.

*Decent food w/ a little more variety.

*3 to a room.

*Free rent.

*Don't pay for damages, but would have to fix myself (with disciplinary action if damage was extensive).

*Daily inspections.

*Drinking allowed if over 21.

*Smoking allowed (at least in 1991, don't know about now).

*No rules on guests.

*Free health care, albeit not as good.

*Specialist E-4 on every floor (not a requirement, but usually worked out that way).

*Phone not provided in room, but common floor phone w/ free long distance.

*Refrigerator and coffee maker provided.

*Meal Options: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. Brunch on holidays in lieu of Breakfast/Lunch. Open weekends. All you can eat everything, but you better eat all you take.

*Could stay in barracks while on leave (not that you would want to, but it was an option).

*Had to make bed every day (By the way, that's a myth about needing to pull the covers so tight that a quarter could bounce. Even in Basic I didn't have to do that.).

*Conduct enforced, but minor violations overlooked.

 

Ironically, I had better living conditions and more freedom as a 19-year old Private E-2 in the Army than as a 26-year old Junior in college. Granted there were more rules in the Army but as long as long as we were responsible in obeying most of them they usually let the rest slide. Not so with RAs who want to document everything no matter how insignificant.

Edited July 13, 2004 by Dumbass

[Merina 0]

Dorm

*One central bathroom for the whole floor.

*Crappy food w/ no variety.

*2 to a room.

*Expensive rent.

*Fined for damages.

*Could be inspected, but this rarely happened.

*Drinking not allowed.

*Smoking not allowed.

*Strict rules on guests, had to be signed in.

*Health insurance required, had to pay myself.

*RA on every floor.

*Phone provided in every room, long distance and voicemail charged to individual.

*Had option of renting refrigerator, had to get permission for small coffee maker.

*Meal options: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Late Snack (could choose from 3 a day w/ Delux meal pack). Not open weekends. All you can eat soup/salad/desert.

*Kicked out of dorm during semester break.

*Had to know which bed was mine.

*Conduct strictly enforced.

Dorms

*each have own bathrooms

*can leave campus if you want to

*hate having roommate you know from high school (especially if they graduated with you)

*paid with finacial aid

*???

*???

*no duh

*no duh

*of course (but at least they can stay the night if you want them too)

*on my dads plus had to have immunizations on record

*don't know who the RA is

*get to bring own phone (hopes to have a cell phone)

*only wants to eat two meals: Lunch and dinner

*no kidding

*well of course

* in an all girls dorm what do you think

[Cmdr Laura Issia 0]

*5 dorms with 2 bathrooms per floor (approximately 25-35 people per floor). 3 dorms with jack-and-jill bathrooms (that is, two rooms share one)

*Excellent food with wide variety. Several campus eateries. Option to leave campus if desired.

*Freshmen 2 or 3 per room. All other years singles. (When I went through. Rising class numbers now have sophmores in doubles, though). Options like 2-room quads and suites (each with own bath).

*Yeah, well, they have you over a barrel, what do you expect?

*Fined for damages.

*Theoretically could be inspected, actually only at check-in, check-out, and one for safety violations (overloaded outlets, halogen lamps, heavy objects over bed -- earthquake region) during Winter Break.

*Drinking allowed if 21 with your door closed. Or under, if you don't get caught.

*Smoking allowed in 4 dorms, forbidden in 4. Can only smoke in room with door closed. (The door rules on both of these have to do with public/private space regs... drinking and smoking can't be done in 'public' residential spaces.)

*However many guests you wanted, as long as you don't leave them unattended in the dorm. Overnight stays limited to 72hours (after which they had to leave for 24 and then could come back... some people basically had live-in SOs under that rule)

*Health insurance required, but full-time student still covered under parents' family plan.

*2 RAs per dorm -- basically 1 per floor.

*Phone jack provided in each room, you bring the handset. Voicemail, on-campus calls, and local calls free. Long-distance charged to individual.

*"Microfridge" deal with supplier -- unit about 4' with separate fridge and freezer sections, and a microwave. The idea being that the fridge shuts off while the nuke's in use, a power supply thing. Or bring your own fridge. Small electrical appliances (coffeepot, electric kettle, etc) fine, no microwaves or open heat sources.

*M-F Breakfast, Continental Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. M-R Midnight Snack. W - Afternoon Tea. Weekends and Holidays Brunch and Dinner. All you can eat everything.

*Thrown out over Winter and Summer Break, can stay Fall, Thanksgiving, and Spring if desired.

*Generally only the one bed to worry about.

*Conduct ignored as long as the neighbors didn't complain to the RAs and nothing was burning, exploding, or demolishing the building.