Carman? McBain? 616? All the above?

As our incredibly long three-and-a-half week winter break winded to a close, many of us were anxious to get back to campus to chill with pals and be free from the hands of our parents who are still stuck in the days of high school micromanagement. However, a return to campus meant the departure from our childhood bedrooms and the return to dorms that have as many quirks as the city itself. Hey, at least your current discomfort will make for a good future story?  

The Creative Solution

• “My bathroom’s ceiling has a large hole in it from leakage and we now have a large black tarp separating us from the damage. When you pee it feels like a dementor is looking over you.”
• “The lights in my dorm shorted out, and maintenance just gave us a cheap floor lamp as a replacement.”

The “Maybe Maintenance Is Trying To Hit On You?” Problem 

• “My room is not. At all. In any way. Falling apart…YET they have torn apart my entire shower twice to retile because the ’tiles were messed up.’ If anyone would like to admire my beautiful and new (not to mention unnecessary tiles), please, feel free to pay a visit.”

The Danger Zone 

• “The radiator leaks all over the floor and also occasionally spouts boiling hot water about a foot into the air from a leak on the side.”
• “A piece of my wall in Brooks broke off and fell on me while sleeping last year. Woke up nursing a hangover and a dirty piece of dorm room paint.”

The “Did I Just See That?” Double-Take  

• “My roommates and I came back from winter break with the handicap shower head completely removed from the pipe in one of the two Brooks showers on floor 8. It was altogether some kind of sick joke and nonsensical because we were told to ‘tidy up’ our rooms so maintenance can fulfill outstanding requests over break…”
• “Came back to my room to find a fridge full of dirt.”

Pics Or It Didn’t Happen 

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