Fire Alarms.

Let me just share with you my love of fire alarms. They're the most purposeful use of my time... NOT. They're one of those perks of living in college dorms that just so happen to never get mentioned, ever. That is until you're minding you own business at midnight, nonetheless, and you hear BEEP BEEP BEEP. Thank you college kids that don't know how to use an oven properly. You'd think people of this age were capable of being trusted with fire, but apparently you'd be thinking incorrectly.


Perks you're told about for living in Freshman dorms:
You meet tons of new people - True.
You will have lots of new friends around you - probably not, these people are the same people you see every day, and once freshman year is over how many of those people do you think you'll still talk to? Exactly.
Moving on...
Study rooms open 24 hours - Yes they are, they're also usually occupied by people listening to music and/or talking with friends sitting next to them or on Skype.
You get all the information you need through your RA's - This one is a true one, unless you get unlucky with a crappy RA, but that's unlikely.

And so we move to perks that usually aren't mentioned:
Fire alarms in the middle of the night - They happen, and it's especially fun when it's ridiculously cold outside.
The pleasure of community bathrooms - You'll hear they aren't that bad... FALSE. These bathrooms are miserable, think about having to walk about three miles to go to the bathroom when you wake up in the morning having to pee like a crazy woman... NOT FUN.
And then there are roommates - They tell you roommate's aren't that bad, this is also incredibly incorrect. While I love my roommate this semester, I had two not so awesome roommie's last semester. I'm pretty sure one wanted to kill me and the other was just a psycho, crazy lady.

So back to my point about fire alarms, they're like the spawn of Satan. BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP... stuck in your ears yet? No? BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP... wanting to pull your hair out yet? Well, just for good measure BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP. I'm sure you can hear those damn fire alarms in your head now!



Ahh, fire alarms in the middle of the night. Did I mention how much I love them? :)