College Lesson Learned #47

#47- Floor meetings are pointless. End of story.

So as a freshmen living in the dorms, you may not know what you can or cannot get away with. With that being said, I am here to help you. Sit down and listen children:

Floor meetings- Stupid. The only one that you SHOULD go to is the first floor meeting on move-in day. Meet some people, make some friends, learn who to avoid (see previous CLL), and meet your RA. 

Note: Be friends with your RA. Good things will happen, and you can get away with much more... Unless your RA sucks and doesn't do his/her job, then you can get away with murder.

Back to floor meetings. Avoid them, make sure that you "have a night class" every time that you have a floor meeting. Go play basketball. Do not be present, and here's why:

They are a waste of time. They are always at the most inconvenient time, and they start ten minutes late.They start late because the RLC takes his sweet time and then talks with the awkward kid who is freaking out because he thinks everyone is in trouble, then realizes three quarters of the floor aren't in attendance. Then the RA's have to go upstairs to knock on people's doors and yell to get everyone downstairs. 

After that, the RLC takes attendance. After what feels like two hours because everyone is messing with the RLC, we continue on to his 90 second announcement which would've taken him just as much time to send via e-mail. Then the RA's give their "update and announcements" which take half the time as the RLC. The three minute meeting is over. If you miss, the RLC sends you an email anyway.

I'm not bitter about people wasting my time or anything...

Moral: Don't waste your time.