<p>So, I'm not going to be having a laptop for the first couple of months of college. Do you think I'll survive??? I know, I know, there are computer labs... but are they open all the time? I know someone who survived her first year at Berkeley w/o a laptop and I was just wondering if I could pull off the same thing...I don't mind living at the computer lab all the time, I just want to know if open hours will be convenient for me</p>
<p>HELPPP! Also, in concerning roommates... one of my friends lives in triple...and since she came late, her roomies stole all the good stuff, and she ended up w/ the top bed on the shared bunk AND she got the crappy closet and desk you always hit your head on. I'm advising her to confront the other two... but she doesn't want to.......</p>
<p>why are people so selfish?? I mean, puhlease.... you have your own bed...give this girl a break</p>
<p>adviceeee anyone?</p>
<p>Well no one forced her to come late eh? First come first serve.</p>
<p>yeah the others arent really being selfish...its really just first come first serve...plus I had the desk under the loft and the portable closet my first year...it really wasnt bad at all..in fact I preferred it....just tell her to get a set of plastic drawers that fit inside the portable closet and she will have plenty of room. Just know that everybody else on the hill in a triple is going to be in the same situation as her....thats just triple life for you :p</p>
<p>well its just inconvenient....the person with the single bunk should get the desk and the closet right BELOW them...and oh yeaaa, not fair?</p>
<p>plus, we were assigned move-in times...she just happened to get saturday... is it really her fault?</p>
<p>sidney, this isn't a democracy and although they may be "moral and righteous," your ideals do not apply to this housing situation. Unfortunately, what happens and what should happen, as you vehemently propose, are two entirely different things. Thus, your friend has two options. She can either become content with the status quo, or, if she desires, she may approach her 'unjust' and 'unreasonable' roommates and request an alternate situation.</p>
<p>well im just puzzled as to why the roommate wouldn't want the closet below her anyways! Let me propose a situation: if one needed to study at her desk and she was sleeping on her bunk, she would be annoyed by the sound of rustling papers and such. Also, the one studying may feel awkward and unobliged to study... therefore, disadvantaging both students. its well-known to all and only logical that the single bunkers get the one below... convenience, people, convenience...</p>
<p>And i know there's no set rules on who gets what, but if I were to choose sides, I'd definitely find my friend's argument logical and reasonable</p>
<p>I don't know what her roommate's argument would be except: "OOOO but your closet and desk is sooo much better and I don't have to hit my head on my OWN bed!"</p>
<p>I know I'm ranting too much, but really, I'd like to see people more considerate of other people and other things, not just themselves</p>
<p>....and i'd really like to have my laptop question answered</p>
<p>any advice for moiii?</p>