Let's be honest: we're pretty lucky to be able to go to Stonehill. It's been named one of the nation's best colleges by The Princeton Review and was ranked #155 in Forbes' overall best colleges in the country. While it's not cheap by any means, it's still a complete privilege to be here. But every now and then, we probably find ourselves complaining about things we know we really shouldn't care about. Here, my fellow Skyhawks, are some of the most common First World problems of Stonehill:
1. Getting constant notifications from your class' Facebook page because "it's that time of year again" and the athletes have run out of money on their meal plan.
2. Trying to cross the little stream between Boland to the Heights but the plank is messed up, meaning you risk getting your Sperrys muddy.
3. When you know your panini is done being pressed but Robbie left to go get fresh chips.
4. Maneuvering around the missing bricks in the walkway.
5. Going to fill your cup with water but accidentally getting some blue Powerade in it.
6. Just wanting to order some fries from the Hill but about five people in front of you are ordering Caramel Macchiatos.
7. Struggling to quickly get your Hillcard out of your Vera Bradley case at the registers during Monday's 11:30 lunch rush.
8. Being friends with anyone who lives in the Sem during the winter.
9. Trying to get up on the ledge at the courts but a sports team has already marked their territory to stalk out their prey.
10. Cutting across the quad because you're late for class, only to have the sprinklers go off.
11. Wanting a hearty, meaty meal for dinner but it's Monday and the college is trying to lower your risk of diabetes.
12. Standing in line on the right side for Chicken Wrap Thursday (because it's worth it) only to have the other side remind you that "there are two lines."
13. When all of the cups are stuck to one another in the stack.
14. The only available dryer for your clothes not only requires you to put it through multiple cycles, but is louder than the Peer Mentors that welcomed you at Orientation.
15. When you need to confess your sins from the weekend but you know Father John Denning too well.
16. Not seeing that one important e-mail that you've been waiting for because it gets lost in the flood of Monday morning updates and announcements.
17. Having to relocate your 2014 Jeep Wrangler to Lot 17 because of a parking ban.
18. When the group exercise and multipurpose room are both closed and you have to resort to using a mat directly next to the guys grunting as they lift weights.
19. When the person in front of you gets the last piece of grilled chicken and you have to wait for another batch to come out.
20. Having to get up just to check if your order is ready at The Hill because they aren't calling out numbers.
21. When the Hillcard machine at Back Bay takes forever just to approve your $4 bagel sandwich. Or, even worse, it's not working.
22. Spending more time standing outside the courts on a Saturday night, trying to decide which house to go in, than actually being in one.
23. Having class in Stanger in five minutes but the line for Dunks is halfway outside Shields.
24. When your friend tells you that they've "already grabbed a table" in the Commons but you can't find them in the sea of Shep Shirts, pastel Chubbies, Sperrys, Patagonia jackets, Bean boots or North Face book bags.
