TooMuchTooSoon

Everyone knows you’re ‘not supposed to drink in the res halls’ but no one ever really adheres to that. As long as you aren’t stupid and blast music are yell to someone to have them pass you the vodka or another beer, you’re not going to really get into trouble.

I’ve been on both sides of the spectrum, lived in a dorm and was an RA in the same dorm. Let’s just say it’s not that hard to drink without getting caught, because we did it all freshman year (almost, hence the point of this story), and I didn’t even have to question anybody, for the most part, when I was an RA. Be smart, don’t be a moron, that should go without saying.

Anyway, freshman year… It was the short annoying kid’s birthday, and we were all drinking in his room. We were not out of control, not doing anything stupid. The music was on very low, we were all just sitting around and having a good time. I was snapping some pictures, just because I wanted to document all the fun times we had being fresman.

Well, sure enough, I had a little too much to drink that night and didn’t really think everything I did through all the way. So I went back to my room, put the pictures on my computer, and put them on good ol’ Facebook. No one said anything, we were laughing at them, and I think we even tried to put up ones ‘without’ alcohol in them, but we were drunk and that clearly didn’t work.

About a week later, I got an IM from my RA telling me we needed to talk. Turns out one of the other RAs in the hall found them from some other kids profile, and because we were drinking in the dorm, we got written up. Sure enough, I immediately took them off, and we awaited our doom.

That all happened in December, and we didn’t get talked to until the end of February. And nothing happened. Ever. It was ridiculous that they made us wait forever to talk to them, and then nothing happened. Good times.

Turns out in the end, I’m friends with the RA who reported us, and we all have a great story to tell about our ignorance… umm, my ignorance…

But like I said, it’s really easy to get away with it, just don’t be ignorant…

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