Terrible, thy name is ResLife. When my two apartmentmates and I picked up our keys, we were each given a key to our front door, a key to our respective rooms, and oops, looks like we only have two keys for the door to get into our second floor apartment. Well, that’s not a problem we were told, this is usually dealt with in a matter of days, in fact we should check back tomorrow and see if it’s in! Thanks. Long story short: we kept on coming back, ResLife staff kept on not having the key, and guilt-tripping us about nothing in particular, other than our presence there I guess. So here we are at the end of September. All told we’ve been to the ResLife office five times between us, left numerous voice messages, and still they have not performed their simplest job: making sure every resident on campus is able to enter and exit hir housing unit without having to juggle keys between peeps.
So it was with great sarcastic pleasure that I received a friendly email regarding Operation Safehouse. “Operating [SIC!] Safehouse is scheduled to begin on Monday, September 26th. A note will be left on your door indicating if you have done something that compromises your safety.” Although I semi-understand the need for a routine safety inspection, it’s the cute (and misspelled) code name that irks me. Just tell me when you’re going to be snooping around my living space and get it over with, okay? This isn’t fun camp for superfriends.
Another neat story: my friend recently won a rare petition for off-campus housing, and he’s now living in a house with a sunroom, a washer/dryer and a wine cellar, all for less than he would have paid for a year in High Rise (he was still waiting for his key when he moved out). I know we hate capitalism and everything but seriously the reason ResLife can offer terrible living facilities for exorbitant prices is because they have a monopoly on housing. Eliminating off-campus housing did not serve the student body, it served ResLife’s mismanaged, slow-moving bureaucracy. And, creating a greater sense of community! So, with that said, just give me my key and go away because you’re terrible.
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