Wednesday, 28 October 2009

• Another 5 College Idiots

   
  

  
  I covered some of the more prevalent types of annoying college students in my previous post on the subject. However, why stop there? There are so many more strange ways that students call attention to themselves, whether they want to or not. So, here are a few others for you to watch out for, gravitate towards, or become (well, hopefully not become):
  
  The "That Guy" Guy - He's that dude who everyone sort-of knows, but nobody seems to know anything about him, not even his name. The problem is, he's been sitting at your dinner table in the cafe and coming to your parties for the past month, and now everyone is too embarrassed to ask him directly. He doesn't say much, which is sort of creepy, but you act nice and acknowledge his presence because you're starting to suspect that he's an axe murderer. Chances are he's just a little socially awkward, but his approach to making friends doesn't make it easy to get to know him. 
  
  The WoW Guy - Though most student-gamers know how to play in moderation, there are always a few that spend too much time in their dorms in front of the screen, and they can get a little obsessive. They get overly defensive when you ask questions about their gaming habits, and if you ever, EVER touch the game while they're away from the keyboard, they'll throw a fit. All they seem to talk about is WoW, and even when you're talking about your economics midterm, he relates it to WoW's in-game economy. They may also claim to have a girlfriend they met while playing WoW.
  
  The Compost Heap -  If you're unlucky to have this guy for a roommate, prepare yourself for at least an entire corner of the room to be devoted to his discarded crap. Things like: torn up shreds of paper, lost assignments, printer cartridges, Dominoes boxes, Dominoes slices, scratched up pr0n DVD's, empty beer cans, used prophylactics, and possibly, dead hookers. Urging him to clean up before the RA's do room inspections does nothing. Instead, he'll just tell you it's not that he doesn't know how to clean up, it's that everything in his pile is still useful. 
  
  The non-Roommate - There are also those students who are too cool to ever be in their dorm room. In fact, they've got so many other places to be on any given day, that it's sort of like they don't live there. Frankly, if they've decided to cozy up and start sharing a bed with their significant other, they will likely only come back to the room to change their clothes, if anything at all. Of course, it begs the question, why pay for a dorm room if you're never going to use it? However, I do suppose the non-Roommate will appreciate having a place to sleep when his girlfriend discovers him sifting through her roommate's unmentionables drawer.
  
  The Guy Who Hides Pop-Tarts In The Bathroom and Thinks You Don't Know - There are those students who have big appetites, and well, who can blame them? Cafeteria food always leaves something to be desired, so it's good to have a supply of food on hand, especially for the inevitable all-nighter. But there are those who take the importance of the personal stash to a whole new level, so much so that they feel it necessary to hide their little 'treats' from their roommates.
  
  Okay, it may be warranted, especially for people who have no qualms stealing someone else's food, but to a respectable roommate, putting a box of Pop Tarts in the back of the cabinet under the sink just seems odd. Of course, some people read when they're on the can, I guess others must eat.
  
  What other kinds of odd behaviors do college students fall into?
  
  

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