Quiddity

N. - the essence or nature of a thing


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Ok, but seriously, I hate having the bug to blog (haha, that's cute!) but nothing comes to mind to write about. How about... 10 things I've learned from being an RA. This should be good....

1. How to clean up biohazard waste including vomit, urine, blood, and feces. I'm sure that'll come in handy more often than I think..

2. When calling someone at 2 AM don't expect them to be coherent. Don't expect them to be eager to come help you clean something up. Or break up a party. Or help with a building evacuation following a fire alarm. Which always happens in January. In Milwaukee. And there's never a fire.

3. If given the choice, deal with those under the influence of marijuana rather than alochol. How much can they really argue and fight when they are trying to figure out where their feet are and if they can walk to the nearest Taco Bell.

4. I can now discuss the most awkward of topics with anyone, and not even blush. Seriously, once you have had the "People can hear you and your boyfriend in your most intimate of situations" conversation everything else is easy-peazy.

5. Given the resources, motivation and time, anything is possible. Including discovering a way to lock the women's bathroom from the outside. And posting fake notices from the city saying the women's bathrooms were locked due to excessive water usage. And doing this before 8 am class. When 40 crabby, tired, stressed girls are expecting a hot shower. And their RA is hoping to sleep in after a long night of studying.

6. Some people are physically incapable of flushing the toilet.

7. Some people think drawing gentials on everything is a form of art.

8. I am distinctly familar with the sound that a ping pong ball makes when hitting a tile floor. I'm also familar with the sound of ten drunken 18 year olds trying to hide three cases of beer and a beer pong table after I knock on the door and announce "On Duty RA." (ex. Shhhh it's the RA, hide the beer! Hide the girl in the closet!Just be quiet, she won't hear us...)

9. I know how to shut off the water supplies to... the sprinkler system, urinals, showers, toilets, water fountains, and the drain in the kitchen. I also know the nearest mop bucket location at any place in either of the residence hall building on campus.

10. I've learned that being an RA sets you up for a lifetime of great stories to use to start up conversations. For example, When I was an RA, a kid rappelled out of his window. On the fifth floor... OR when I was an RA, I walked past a room with 5 guys watching a movie on a big screen TV. They were discussing the physics and math behind what was happening on the screen. Interested I turned to see what they were watching, expecting Mythbusters or the History Channel. Instead I saw material that would most likely be too explicit to be rated X and most certainly would have made even the most sexually liberated person blush...

How I love my job :)


Always,
K