Little pet peeves. We all have them, but often when not surrounded by them we loose sight of how much they actually bother us. While home for the summer, I forgot how truly annoying some norms of college really are, and I'm salty all over again. Here are some of the most annoying things on college campuses:
1. People who don't know how to cross the street.
We have all seen that one kid who cant get it together and decides to just cross already so they step off the curb, chicken out, and hang out in the bike lane for a few seconds before either crossing the street or retreating to the curb. No matter how many times I witness this, it still scares me every time. That poor kid is either going to be hit by a car or a bike!
2. Cat-Calling.
This is the worst part about living on a college campus. I literally wear noise canceling headphones when I walk around (which probably isn't safe) to avoid hearing some of the derogatory things people yell at me. The worst part is, they are usually pretty explicit and there is nothing I can safely do about it.
3. People who don't wear flip-flops in the shower.
I am not kidding when I say I have seen several people walk to the shower wearing their flip-flops, take off their flips-flops outside the shower, and then get in the shower without their flip-flops. What are you doing!? You can't possibly think that is sanitary! Can you? I mean, you do know how many diseases can be on those floors, right? Get it together, people.
4. When you run out of your go-to study snack the night before an exam.
I ran out of candy this week, guys. It was tragic. I had to take time away from my valuable studying time to go buy some. Actually, I really needed to get out so it was okay... and I got my candy.
5. When someone is in your unassigned-assigned seat.
Is nothing sacred?
6. When the dates in your syllabus are wrong and your professor still expects you to know when to turn things in.
I'm not kidding, this has happened to me. I am not a mind reader, help me out here.
7. When a professor emails you at 10:52 p.m. to tell you that there is an assignment due the next day.
That's okay, I didn't need sleep. Sleep is an illusion, really.
8. Professors that don't respond to emails.
Get the outlook app on your phone, you will get notifications every time an email comes in. Just click on the email and respond. I'm spending way too much money to not be able to ask you questions.
9. Professors who say "it's in the syllabus."
Maybe I didn't understand your syllabus. If I'm asking, I'm probably not the only one with the same question. Just help me out, it would have taken you the same amount of time to answer my question as it did for you to be snarky.
9. Buying textbooks.
Nothing like being ramen noodles poor and having to shell out a few hundred dollars for textbooks.
10. Being told what to do.
We have finally moved out. We finally have the freedom to do whatever we want. So please, let us do just that. Don't tell us what political party to be affiliated with, don't tell us when to go to bed, don't tell us to laundry, don't tell us to study, an don't tell us who to date. Let us have our own trials and errors.
Side note: everyone hates this, you shouldn't tell people what to do in general. See what I did there? By telling you not to tell others what to do, I told you what to do.
11. When the food in the cafe is terrible.
College cafeterias are really a hit or miss. The good news is, like a wise woman once told me "if it looks good it is good, if it looks gross it is gross." Unfortunately, when you are tired and hungry after a long day of class and everything smells weird, looks weird, or is all around inedible, it can throw even the most put-together student over the edge.
12. Being handed anything on the street.
So I didn't even hear what you said because I have headphones in. Also, I'm not coming to your open house, club meeting, or tap recital because I'm a busy person. Finally, I'm definitely not going to eat this candy because my mama raised me right. So now I have to carry this thing until I find a trash can. Thank you so much.
13. The too smart kid in class.
This one is simple, you're making us all look bad, calm down or take harder classes.
14. Waking up.
I don't care if my class is at 8 a.m. or 1 p.m. waking up in the morning is the worst thing I do all day. I get so little sleep it always feels like I just got in bed. The sad part is, I sleep way more in college than I did in high school.
15. Realizing how late it is.
We've all done it, you say you're going to bed early and then you look at the clock and it's 3 a.m.
16. Having to pay for anything unexpected.
We all have that one thing we refuse to spend money on even though we really need it. Maybe it's fruit, maybe it's an air freshener, maybe it's printing, whatever it is you never remember to budget for it and it's always crazy expensive. For me its cleaning supplies. They're so expensive and I wasn't anticipating running out of laundry detergent or bleach and yet here I am.
