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.

[Xidelt]

you know you're in college when:

interior decorating: rearranging a futon or papasan chair and hanging up a new poster.

going to the bathroom in the middle of the night involves carefully climbing down the ladder from your loft/top bunk and putting on shoes.

all of your bathroom stuff is in a bucket.

[nikki1920]

Your bathroom bucket contains a HUGE can of Lysol because some of your suitemates assumed that Housekeeping would clean up ANYTHING!!

Your suitemates were afraid of you because you went off after one of their guests vomited all over the hallway, and they didn't clean it up. *yes, I did that*

You had a sign that meant that you were "entertaining" a visitor and were not to be disturbed.

[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.

[libramunoz]

You can complete your workstudy hours in less than 2 months because you're bored

You know exactly how much cab fare you need to get to Wal-Mart or Taco Bell.

Your campus is so small it could be located inside of another school (trust me, mine was--it could've fit inside of UAB and still had room)

Your campus has more houses than actual dorms

Before the cell phones, the pay phone rang constantly and there was a message board for messages from family mostly

You know the office hours of your professors by heart

You can tell freshmen by the "lost" look they have on campus and seniors by the "damn, I wish this year would be over" look

Before computers were in your actual room, you would "borrow" a friends computerized typewriter to finish your term papers/finals

You knew who had a T.V. in their room, by the number of people piled in the room during anyone's given favorite show

Going to the bathroom without shower shoes was a hazardous risk to your health!

The only time you had less than 15 hrs was during your senior spring semester

[honeychile]

bump for those about to start "the big league"

[BabyBearADPi]

You know you're in college when:

You and your bestie don't know who owes who what anymore, you just cover each other if one is short the dough

You lose weight because of the disgusting caf food

You know just how late your 8am chemistry professor is to class every morning

Having real flatware and a microfridge in the dorms made you popular

Taking summer classes specifically for having rent/bill money for the summer thanks to loans

You walk a mile from your off campus apartment to class because it's free and gas is too expensive

That's just a few lol

[christiangirl]

1. She still owes me $30.
2. I gained weight because the caf food was AWESOME.
3. Didn't take chem but the pre-calc prof was always 15 minutes and 10 seconds late. How do I know? When we left after 15 minutes, he always caught us on the staircase and shooed us back to class.

That's just a few.

[Cheerio]

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

Living in a rural area (many many MANY moons ago) we were able to dial (yes, dial) five digits (of a seven-digit number) to call someone on the other side of town. Swell, I just gave MY age away .

[Royal_Blue_True]

You know you're in college when:

Due tomorrow=DO tomorrow
Getting up early means 5 minutes before your 11 am class starts
When you park 5 long city blocks away from campus to avoid paying for parking

[pshsx1]

...when you wake up Friday morning, Saturday morning, and Sunday morning saying "I'll never drink again." Right.

...when you're in 10am class on St. Paddy's day, already drunk.

...when you cuddle with your roommates in the living room in January because you don't want to pay for heat.

...when Oreo cookies and Busch Light suffice for dinner.

...when you're a Senior taking English 101.

...when you don't mind walking 10 minutes to class but if you have to park more than 5 spots away from the grocery store entrance, the Wendy's drive thru suddenly seems like a much better idea. "I didn't really need groceries this week..."