Helpful tips from Jessicah: how to pass your room inspections
Posted by The Skyliner on November 4th, 2009Jessicah Peters
Staff Writer
Honestly, no student is ever excited to see Tuesday come around. When it comes to the cleanliness of a college student, many struggle. Being unorganized and procrastinating are two talents of any college-aged person.|
When it comes to the annoying room checks every Tuesday, there are many ways of avoiding a fine from your assistant coordinator. For example, the best way to pass room checks is keep your room clean all week. That is too obvious for most students, but on the other hand there are many who are just naturally messy. So here are some tips to the unorganized, unclean, messy students on how to pass your regular room check Tuesday.
“Personally, I really like to see that a room is both organized and clean. If a desk or floor is messy and unorganized then even if it has been mopped or dusted it is hard to notice that its clean,” Katie Kasey, assistant coordinator, said.
She also mentioned that students most get fined for not making their bed or taking out the trash. The first step in passing room checks I would say is to make the bed as soon as you get up Tuesday morning. Most people in America do not even make their bed, but unfortunately assistant coordinators are very particular about this. It has been said that many students try to slip out of their rooms being checked by being “asleep” when the coordinators come in. Because they see a person asleep, most coordinators slip out of the room not checking the room so they would not disrupt the sleeping student. Note this is not a good way to pass room checks; you cannot avoid it.
“Also if I can feel grit under my feet when I walk into a room, then its obvious that the students have not swept their floor,” Kasey said.
Students are encouraged to sweep or mop the floors. No one likes to have dirt on his or her feet as they walk around the room. I suggest buying a Swiffer, they can be bought at a low cost and are very useful.
Another useful suggestion in keeping your room clean is not to just hide everything behind a curtain in your closet, but to keep it organized. Occasionally if a coordinator suspects a junky closet, he or she will check and you can be fined for that.
The cost of being unclean is not expensive, but who wants to pay for having a dirty room? Each item which is not completed on the cleaning check list given with the room check schedule at the beginning of each year is worth $5 after the first one. Say for example someone did not do three things: make the bed, clean the toilet, and pick up the clothes on the floor. That fine would be $10 because the first item is a freebee and each item after that is worth $5. It’s a standard across the board. Then a student has the option of emailing student services for a recheck the following day to reduce or eliminate the fine if it is corrected by the next day.
Although students may think Tuesday room checks are annoying, it teaches students how to be responsible and let them know their moms are not here to clean up after them. It’s time to grow up and learn about cleanliness.
Tags: Fall 2009, Vol. 109 - Issue 8