Yeah, so my AMA flopped. I only got one on-topic question (which I answered BRILLIANTLY). Even the guy who went to Ghana for one month and who didn't respond to anything got four questions!
What the fuck. Just the other day, there were people commenting on photos that I'd posted, saying things like "Why did you go to Mali? What were you doing? Did you keep a journal? What was the religious makeup of the community? Did the Muslims perform a jumma prayer? Sorry I keep asking so many questions, this is just so interesting. I'm going through your post history to see your other submissions."
And two people said they were gonna show and they didn't.
Apparently it's my birthday this Friday. I'm planning on going back home to Guelph for it.
Some cleaning person came into our apartment today. Our room gets cleaned every two weeks, but it's a pretty brief and not very thorough job. According to the Residence handbook, they don't move any objects, they don't clean the floors, and they don't go in your room. We don't get notified before they come over, either, and the service is not optional.
Sounds like all they do is come in and wipe down any open space on the table or counter. I figure this "service" is just a way of checking up on us to makesure we haven't wrecked the place too bad.
I found out that the reason I have a full size fridge and a separate room is because I'm living in the Private Suite. I didn't make the connection that this place matched up to the description of the better room perfectly. Thing is, on the application form, I said that I was not interested in a Private Suite, and when I paid for my dorm room, I only paid the price of the Traditional (like $2000 less). Huh. I hope they're not planning on me paying them for Private Suite down the road...
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Yeah, that "cleaning" sounds to me more like insurance than anything else.
ReplyDeleteBack in the Stone Age, the dorms we had on campus were simpler, just places to sleep and study, so there we just had a linen service, coming by once a week IIRC to give you new sheets. In the nicer on-campus apartments, everything was up to you - we had a refrigerator and stove, but we had to do all the cleaning ourselves.
I joke, but that really was a long time ago - I graduated in 1991, so obviously things probably changed a lot since then. (This internet thing, for example.) And I imagine a lot of schools do things their own way.
I like that you got a free upgrade, apparently. Maybe because you're older (and presumably more responsible)? As long as they don't make you pay for it, that's great.