You know you're in college when...

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by nikki1920

You forget that real phone numbers have 7 or 10 digits, not five. (This was pre-cell phones.)

DAYUM, I feel old as hell typing/reading that.. lol

I guess I'll be joining you in the senior citizens' section. We had five-digit extensions too.

One evening during my graduate year, my phone rang. It was some undergrad soliciting money for donations. She started out with, "For a generous $250 donation you can blah blah blah..."

I cut in: "I am a grad student. You know I'm a grad student because YOU CALLED MY DORMLINE. I DON'T HAVE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS."

She then tried to convince me to make a smaller donation because "any donation, no matter how small, counts toward your class's participation numbers." But the damage was done: No donation from me that year.

In retrospect, I guess I was kinda rude, but she pissed me off by just assuming that someone who graduated less than six months ago (grad student or not) would just have $250 laying around.

[lovespink88]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

In retrospect, I guess I was kinda rude, but she pissed me off by just assuming that someone who graduated less than six months ago (grad student or not) would just have $250 laying around.

hijack

In her defense, it may not have been HER who thought recent grads had money to give, it was probably her manager or whoever was running the fundraiser. I can't tell you how many times I've been yelled by people we called just because I was doing my job correctly and following the script.

But I totally agree with you about the recent grads thing. I hated when we had to call recent graduates! I always felt bad asking them for money. It's like, these people JUST graduated! These people are probably just starting to make money, and I'm sure that's going towards more important things like student loans, living situations, etc...I could never understand why we didn't change our first ask amount from $200 to like $25 for recent grads...it just made no sense.

So glad I quit that job.

//endhijack

[aephi alum]

^ It wasn't a script - or maybe it was a script that this chick had come up with on her own.

My husband attended the same school as I did, for both undergrad and grad; we were both grad students (and engaged) at the time. He also got a call that night, from someone else, who didn't try to stipulate a dollar amount he "should" donate. Guess what - he donated. I think he only donated $10 or so, but he donated.

[lovespink88]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

^ It wasn't a script - or maybe it was a script that this chick had come up with on her own.

Well then, you just got lucky and had a crappy caller, lol

Originally Posted by aephi alum

He also got a call that night, from someone else, who didn't try to stipulate a dollar amount he "should" donate. Guess what - he donated. I think he only donated $10 or so, but he donated.

If I was still working there I would totally show this to my boss!!

And to add to the list...(sorry if it's a repeat)

You can cook anything...as long as it's made on a George Forman grill

[aephi alum]

YKYICW you order a couple of cheapo swags and tension rods out of a catalog, hang them up in your dorm room windows, and get tons of compliments on your window decorations.

YKYICW shower thongs are a must, because... ewww.

YKYICW you have to be careful when opening the toilet stall door, because someone might be using the urinal located RIGHT OUTSIDE THE TOILET STALL (I kid you not - read: if you opened the toilet stall door you would hit the poor guy at the urinal).

[nate2512]

Originally Posted by aggieAXO

ok I haven't been in college for several years but I remember my time there all too well, plus I was there for a LONG time so ...

when you have a total of 275$ to last you all summer (the only reason you have this much is you sold your books back) and you make it happen (this was 1994 so 275 went a lot farther than it does now)

when you are excited to find quarters in your couch

when you order food and make it last for lunch, dinner and if you are lucky breakfast (if you happen to get up that early)

when you have to pay for all of you parking tickets that you have accumulated for years in order to get your diploma

holy hell, i can drop that in one night out.

[honeychile]

bump for those about to start "the big league"