You”re just coming back to you”re dorm room. It”s been a hard day, it”s raining and your bag seems to have grown dumbbells inside. You are just about to open your door when you eyes widen as you see that little star on the whiteboard on the front of your door. You”re roommate has a special visitor tonight.
So you go next door and wait. You try to be understanding cause we all need a little lovin” but why can”t your roommate”s urges just work with your schedule? Preferably when you”re at lab from 1-5.
Experiences like this are common among the halls of most dorms. Lucky underclassmen become familiar with each other”s lifestyles. They know how many times they actually wake up for class, how many bags of popcorn they go through, and how many times they have to wash their sheets. Sudden closed doors are noticed, that and the walls are very thin.
Tanille Brooks, an LSA senior and an Resident Advisor in Bursley knows this maybe all too well. “I don”t really care as long as people are quiet. But I”ve had problems with noise levels, I never know if I should go and knock on the door or not. I mean it”s kinda embarrassing for the three of us.” Tanille admitted.
It”s always a good idea to turn up Barry White on your stereo to mask any other sounds. And to the one having that special someone over, you don”t want to turn and see your roommate standing in the doorway. The next thing she”s running down the hall trying to get the image out of her head. And you can expect conversation between you and your roommate to be a little awkward after that.
School of Natural Resources and Environment freshman Ellen Stout had a few words of advice for avoiding roommate intermissions, “Don”t get it on in the middle of the night, your roommate is not sleeping but covering her ears with fright. So at least have your roommate leave before you start.” Ellen advises.
But many are learning to plan ahead. Many are reserving dorm rooms to steer clear of any unexpected intrusions. Jeff Powers, an Engineering freshman, has been vaguely told to keep away from his triple room in advance. “Well, one of my roommates is never that direct about the whole having a girl over thing. He just kinda asks, you guys aren”t gonna be in Friday night, right? The rest is up to our imagination. Of course he doesn”t need a whole Friday night, more like a whole seven minutes.” Jeff explained.
Engineering freshman Holly Shoals nods when asked about the subject of getting dirty in a dorm room. “I think it”s a good study break. People need to de-stress.” Shoals says.