Recommended for you

Start writing a post

Entertainment

50 Things You Miss About Parks Tower

As told by a former Parks Penthouse Princess.

Merry Ellen Austin

Sep 23, 2015

University of Toledo

606

Google

1. Telling everyone the sixteenth floor had Penthouse suites.

It does. (I swear)

2. Leaving early for class and still being late because you had to wait for the elevator.

Well this is just great.

3. 16 flights of stairs during a fire drill…..

"Guys...I haven't done this much physical activity since my fall sport in high school."

4. Seeing Beth Ann’s smiling face every time you walked in the doors.

Thanks for always being a friendly face!

5. Being able to walk through the double doors to the dining hall…but then having to go outside to get back into the dorms.

Like WHYYYY?

6. Getting drunk and making it to the back door JUST before it locks at midnight.

...and you're not even ashamed of how proud you are.

7. The amazing sunrise and sunset views from the upper floors.

Who knew something so pretty could exist in Toledo?!

8. Trying to sneak onto the roof from the staircase on the sixteenth floor.

Okay, I'll be your watch while the repair guy goes to the bathroom... READY GO.

9. You and three of your closest friends planned your showers at the same time so you could talk.

Just straight monopolizing on the shower options. #WeDon'tGiveAFuh

10. Seeing Julie (the best UT employee) every night at the dining hall.

HEYYYY GIRLLL!

11. Every single floor is painted a different theme! Mario! Sweet tarts! 90s TV shows!

You become entertained at the simplest things after living in the awful white-walled dorm room.

12. Hiding things for future residents in the ceiling.

It'll be like Christmas!!!...if they ever find it.

13. Having to pause your game of Kings around midnight and 2 a.m. while RAs make rounds.

"No teenage drinking in here, guys! I'm just chillin' with the squad."

14. Putting all your alcohol in a “non-UT container” so they can’t find it during room inspections.

Why yes, you may look for contraband items in my sock drawer.

15. Trying to match colors with your roommate, failing miserably, and having a typical Parks dorm room.

So. Much. Potential....ugh whatever.

16. Feeling superior with your extra inch of space if you had a corner room.

I would have used that inch for something WAY cooler than that girl.

17. Having way too much fun hiding and jumping out at people with the confusing maze-like layout.

But getting annoyed when they do it to you, of course.

18. Getting written up during 24 hour quiet hours.

But it's 2 p.m. and all I did was sneeze.......

19. Free alarm clock, thanks to the football team.

Go Rockets, I guess.

20. Showing your Rocket Card every. single. time. you walk in.

Like, seriously, shouldn't you recognize me by now? It's January...

21. That deadly foot of space between your loft and the wall thanks to that weird metal bar.

My roommate speaks from experience: "Ow."

22. Sledding down Parks hill on literally anything. Trash bag? Sure. Pizza Box? I guess...Mattress? DUH.

You should probably switch your major to engineering because you are an "innovative problem solver" AF.

23. Watching people brave the negative-degree weather through your window.

If it's -30 and you're outside...your IQ may or may not be lower than the temp.

24. Living with 600 other freshmen.

It's great because we're all clueless and without parental supervision.

25. Hitting a GB in your dorm room and not getting caught.

Awhhh yeeeee.

26. Having your windows bolted shut because they’re “dangerous.”

Dude, whatever, I'd be fine if I parachuted off the fourteenth floor.

27. Standing outside in the winter for two hours (at 3 a.m.) because of a broken pipe.

And then calling your parents so they have to suffer, too.

28. When UT refuses to turn the air on at the end of the year and your sweat boils as it runs down your face.

(There's a reason cuffin' season is Fall-Winter.) (Get your sweaty arm away from me)

29. Riding the elevator for fun.

What a time to be alive!

30. Drinking in the dorms always adds a little excitement to your pre-gaming.

WAS THAT A KNOCK?!?!

31. Trusting the shaky lofts with your life.

Sometimes...it's just better to sleep on the floor.

32. Having a mini heart attack every time the desk chairs rocked back.

Every. Time.

33. Being kept up until 3am because your very considerate and kind floor mates decided to turn up. On a Tuesday. During midterms.

You're annoying and I hate you. #IJustWantSleep

34. Annnnd then having the entire floor shake because some obnoxious boy got subs (he didn't need) for his birthday.

I'm telling your mom.

35. QUIET HOURS.

What self-respecting college student goes to bed before midnight?!

36. “3 elevators”….. but only one ever worked at a time.

It's as productive as this video.

37. Waking up on Sundays to the staircases covered in food thanks to rowdy freshmen going out the night before.

I just don't understand. WHO DOES THAT?

38. Ordering Oasis for delivery even though you could walk over and pick it up faster…. you’re just that lazy.

Ain't even mad.

39. Instead of a walk of shame - it was an elevator ride of shame.

Yep.. definitely going to regret that.

40. That one cool RA who buys everyone alcohol.

I love it when people encourage me to be irresponsible.

41. Living down the hall or a few floors up from your best friend was PRIME.

It's so much easier to stay in touch when you live in the same building. Zero effort.

42. Having your roommate hate you because you lost your key and you guys had to pay $125 to change the locks.

We all mess up sometimes.

43. God forbid you ever forget your Rocket Card.

"You forgot your ID? Here, fill out a billion forms and sign over your life. But wait! There's more."

44. Timing it perfectly so someone holds the door for you instead of having to swipe your own Rocket Card.

Laziness at it's finest.

45. Trying harder at keeping a straight face while drunk at the front desk than you have at anything….ever.

You got this. THEY'LL NEVER KNOW.

46. That one time someone got stabbed outside during the first week of school.

Yeah, college was great. Until someone got stabbed.

47. Feeling like you were in the Hunger Games every time the UT alerts went off through campus speakers.

I'm the next Katniss Everdeen.... probably.

48. That glorious feeling when half of your crowded floor moves out after Greek Rush weeks.

BYEEEEEE.

49. Being woken up at 4am to the cheery sound of some train conductor continuously blaring his horn through the entire campus.

Some people just like to watch the world burn.

50. Being able to call yourself a Parks Princess, duh.

Bow down.

Report this Content

This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.

Lifestyle

10 Signs You Work In A Restaurant

There's always chaos in the restaurant business.

University of Akron

437

Brisanis

Working in the restaurant industry is possibly the most fundamentally challenging occupation I have ever experienced when it comes to hospitality and customer service. When you go to a five-star restaurant you expect the time of your life, a two hour getaway, a walk through another time period (rustic Italy, France, Spain, etc), or simply a honeymoon undergo. What you don't see are the behind the scenes scut work: carrying trays, polishing glassware and silverware, kitchen chaos, the list is endless. Now, I'm not saying being a host, server, or bartender is the worst thing in the whole wide world, there are definitely worse things. But the fact of the matter is that it isn't always sunshine and rainbows. In the two years that I have spent in restaurant and customer service, I have spoken my share of expletives, yelled at kitchen staff, and dealt with not-so-happy guests. It isn't easy to keep a bright and shiny smile on your face when all you want to do is choke every person who walks near you. Anyone who has spent even two weeks working in a restaurant understands the rigor and stress that comes with it. Restaurant culture is a tiny world in and of itself that operates on its own principles and creates its own society. It even has its own language. The sayings "runner", "corner", and "on a bus" wouldn't make sense to anyone otherwise. My mother and I both work in a restaurant and the best advice I can give someone going out to eat is to treat us like people. Yes...believe it or not we are people, people. Say "please" and "thank you", or stack your cleared plates before a busser gets to the table. Trust me, the gesture goes a lot farther than you may think.

So, if you work in a restaurant, you can relate with the following points. If not, check out how the brain of a restaurant service (or any customer service) worker actually works. See if you can identify any crazy weird habits your friends have a tendency to partake in.

Keep Reading...Show less

restaurant life

Relationships

12 Long-Term Relationship Milestones

You've got a keeper if you've made it to any of these milestones.

University of Iowa

747

Pexels

You've been together for so long. It's great. And as the time spent in your relationship grows, you hit certain milestones where you know it's real. These can be make-or-break moments, or just little things where you finally realize that you're both doing it. Everybody hits these milestones, no matter how long it takes; they're inevitable.

You know you've made it when you hit these long-term relationship milestones.

Keep Reading...Show less

long-term relationship

Recommended for you

50 Things You Miss About Parks Tower

As told by a former Parks Penthouse Princess.

1. Telling everyone the sixteenth floor had Penthouse suites.

2. Leaving early for class and still being late because you had to wait for the elevator.

3. 16 flights of stairs during a fire drill…..

4. Seeing Beth Ann’s smiling face every time you walked in the doors.

5. Being able to walk through the double doors to the dining hall…but then having to go outside to get back into the dorms.

6. Getting drunk and making it to the back door JUST before it locks at midnight.

7. The amazing sunrise and sunset views from the upper floors.

8. Trying to sneak onto the roof from the staircase on the sixteenth floor.

9. You and three of your closest friends planned your showers at the same time so you could talk.

10. Seeing Julie (the best UT employee) every night at the dining hall.

11. Every single floor is painted a different theme! Mario! Sweet tarts! 90s TV shows!

12. Hiding things for future residents in the ceiling.

13. Having to pause your game of Kings around midnight and 2 a.m. while RAs make rounds.

14. Putting all your alcohol in a “non-UT container” so they can’t find it during room inspections.

15. Trying to match colors with your roommate, failing miserably, and having a typical Parks dorm room.

16. Feeling superior with your extra inch of space if you had a corner room.

17. Having way too much fun hiding and jumping out at people with the confusing maze-like layout.

18. Getting written up during 24 hour quiet hours.

19. Free alarm clock, thanks to the football team.

20. Showing your Rocket Card every. single. time. you walk in.

21. That deadly foot of space between your loft and the wall thanks to that weird metal bar.

22. Sledding down Parks hill on literally anything. Trash bag? Sure. Pizza Box? I guess...Mattress? DUH.

23. Watching people brave the negative-degree weather through your window.

24. Living with 600 other freshmen.

25. Hitting a GB in your dorm room and not getting caught.

26. Having your windows bolted shut because they’re “dangerous.”

27. Standing outside in the winter for two hours (at 3 a.m.) because of a broken pipe.

28. When UT refuses to turn the air on at the end of the year and your sweat boils as it runs down your face.

29. Riding the elevator for fun.

30. Drinking in the dorms always adds a little excitement to your pre-gaming.

31. Trusting the shaky lofts with your life.

32. Having a mini heart attack every time the desk chairs rocked back.

33. Being kept up until 3am because your very considerate and kind floor mates decided to turn up. On a Tuesday. During midterms.

34. Annnnd then having the entire floor shake because some obnoxious boy got subs (he didn't need) for his birthday.

35. QUIET HOURS.

36. “3 elevators”….. but only one ever worked at a time.

37. Waking up on Sundays to the staircases covered in food thanks to rowdy freshmen going out the night before.

38. Ordering Oasis for delivery even though you could walk over and pick it up faster…. you’re just that lazy.

39. Instead of a walk of shame - it was an elevator ride of shame.

40. That one cool RA who buys everyone alcohol.

41. Living down the hall or a few floors up from your best friend was PRIME.

42. Having your roommate hate you because you lost your key and you guys had to pay $125 to change the locks.

43. God forbid you ever forget your Rocket Card.

44. Timing it perfectly so someone holds the door for you instead of having to swipe your own Rocket Card.

45. Trying harder at keeping a straight face while drunk at the front desk than you have at anything….ever.

46. That one time someone got stabbed outside during the first week of school.

47. Feeling like you were in the Hunger Games every time the UT alerts went off through campus speakers.

48. That glorious feeling when half of your crowded floor moves out after Greek Rush weeks.

49. Being woken up at 4am to the cheery sound of some train conductor continuously blaring his horn through the entire campus.

50. Being able to call yourself a Parks Princess, duh.

Subscribe to our Newsletter

There's always chaos in the restaurant business.

Anytime you turn a corner the words "corner!" without you even realizing.

People are amazed at how professional you are when speaking to strangers, or on the phone

When we say "table 17 is on a bus", table 17 isn't LITERALLY on a bus.

You understand the frustration of the functions of another existing restaurant when going out to eat.

When you repeat the same spiel 40 times you start to sound like a lifeless robot.

The rush of prime dinner service. The chaos is riveting.

You have "that guy" at a table that makes you want to pull your hair out.

Getting stiffed an entire tip is worse than dealing with a difficult human being.

When you're sitting in a restaurant you don't dare interrupt your servers table presentation.

At the end of the night, you take the first opportunity you get to take a seat.

Not everything you learn in college can be found in a textbook.

Your self control and motivation directly correlate to how close the end of the semester is.

Group projects seem to be something created by the devil himself.

Remember when you were young and you knew everything there was to know? Wrong: you knew nothing.

If there is free food offered - go!

Never believe a professor when they tell you "Don't worry, this won't be on the test."

If you want a relationship with someone, it will take effort.

Check your email before you trudge all the way to class to find out it is cancelled.

You do not need a ton of friends, just a couple of really good ones.

Take the time to do what you love.

Every Saturday you will avoid doing homework like it is the plague. When Sunday rolls around you will complain that you have way too much stuff to do and not enough time to do it.

Your college experience is what you make of it.

Let's start binging!

How To Get Away With Murder

New Girl

Subscribe to our
Newsletter