Posted by Northern_Phoenix on Fri 5 Oct 07, 9:48 PM to Northern_Phoenix's blog.
For a lot of people here it's their first real taste of having much of any. And that's physical Uni here, not 'common ground on a website' IC here...
Ok, so they were responsible for doing well enough at college to get here, but that's a world away from doing the semi-adult things they are now. But the first reaction to this new found independance that I've seen over the last week? Shirk it, and let the must adult person (ie - me) sort things out.
There's been some problems with power outages in a few of the blocks, mine included. Someone on the corridor will turn something on, the power will spontaneously fail knocking a whole bunch of rooms out with it, and an engineer needs to be raised through reception to come and sort it out.
Now, not hard at all, right?
So far, unless there's been happenings when I've been out, every single time it's happened, I've been the person to actually do anything. And funnily enough, of the four rooms that are in our little circuit I've been the only one (so far at least, I'm not counting chickens!) not to have the power going off linked to my turning anything on. One of the rooms is vacant, which leaves two other people.
One of which is a shy Indian chappy, who is nice and personable, and I can kinda understand why he might not want to go and get things sorted out. The other? Well... His reaction to his turning the microwave on and blowing the power last night was to grab his bowl of whatever-it-was he was trying to heat up when he broke things, a few slices of bread, and bugger off to someone elses room to cook leaving us without power. I know this because a few of us were standing in the corridor nattering on at the time. Annoying!
Last night I was in bed reading, and it went off again, undoubtedly caused by someone. So, knowing I didn't have anything bar a little carton of milk in the fridge that'd be ruined, I thought 'balls to it' and just went to sleep. This morning? Power still off. Later this morning when I got back from a seminar? Power still off. What happens within 5 minutes of it coming back on? Noise from Mr Next Door... I'd call it music, but that would be generous 
Ok, so there's the issue where the power shouldn't be doing this in the first place, and I've already chattered on to engineers about how we can help to identify any fault and the Student Union about the best course of action regarding any complaints, since I'd heard rumours this was a problem throughout last year here too. So that'll be sorted sooner or later, and if it's later I'll be pestering about getting money discounted from my rent.
But I'm just a bit naffed off about the basic lack of responsibility, and I'd guess respect for others, being shown by one of the alleged best & brightest in the country.
There's probably some wonderful wider point I could make here about scene stuff, but I'm too busy listening to sweet, wonderful post-punk very loudly to drown out the non-stop fun of a collection of chart dance hits. 
Phoenix
Edited Fri 5 Oct 07, 9:50 PM by Northern_Phoenix
| 5 Oct 07, 11:00 PM purplepenny UK(WC), 7 yrs  |
They'll be instinctively waiting for mum and dad to sort it out. Do you look like someone's dad?
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| 5 Oct 07, 11:01 PM Northern_Phoenix UK, 8 yrs |
No. Not even my own dad, which is probably something of a blessing! When a man loves a woman it should be understood, | |
| 5 Oct 07, 11:34 PM Miss_Diagnosis UK(MK), 8 yrs |
It's very odd what a few years of independent living does for you... I know I'd have probably done the same thing first time around at Uni... but now I wouldn't hesitate to get it sorted! I'm a bit like that too now with Uni lectures and lecturers - I would have just sat back and tried to work things out myself if I didn't understand them - now I'm much quicker to just go - right I don't get this! Maturity Eeek!! When did that happen??? "... The reason that some portraits don't look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures ..." Dali | |
| 6 Oct 07, 12:14 PM Northern_Phoenix UK, 8 yrs |
Wonderful thing, isn't it?
As for blokey, I just kinda figured that at least this early on everyone would be making effort to try not to come across as a bit of an arse, especially since none of us really know each other yet. Still, not the end of the world When a man loves a woman it should be understood, |
