Monday, February 2, 2015

I don't get paid enough.

I'm an RA in Justice and a lot of my residents are upperclassmen.  Initially I thought that this would be a great thing and that they'd all have their lives together and all the petty things I had to deal with last year working in a freshman dorm would be no longer. Wrong.  Tomorrow we'll be having a floor meeting because there is a note war taking place in the bathroom.  I have my own bathroom attached to my room, so I only know about this problem based on several residents coming to me about it and our male housekeeper who thinks they're all insane telling me what obnoxious notes he finds each morning.  Apparently there is a clash of clans.  Some people on the floor support the idea of "if it's yellow let it mellow" in effort to save some water here and there while others believe that it is repulsive for them to walk into a stall and find that.  So each day one party will make one note, and let me tell you these things are elaborate and thought out.  And in response, the opposing team will rip the note down and make a different one.  I'm just so confused because I rarely have spare time, but when I do you can bet I spend it watching Grey's Anatomy on Netflix rather than passive aggressively writing notes to people that live on my hall.  As the RA I'm taking a neutral stand point.  I don't use that bathroom and it doesn't affect me, however it is my job to get everyone to come to some sort of agreement. So tomorrow night at the meeting I'll ask what people think about the situation, and give them an opportunity to identify themselves as the note writers.  I'll ask if they like the note system.  Because if that's how they want to communicate and if they find it constructive then go for it.  I'd rather them do that then not say anything at all.  But I'll also suggest some alternative communication styles.  I'm sure neither side will want to back down but I have a few compromises in mind.  Back to the title, I DON'T GET PAID ENOUGH.

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