<p>I was sexiled at 5pm on a tuesday. I walked in, the door was not locked and there was no indication. The lights were all on, the window was open, and hippy music was playing. I told them to put their pants on and then went into the bathroom. It was terribly awkward and the room smelled awfully. Ugh...
So please dont sexile people!</p>
<p>There is an unwritten code among all guys that states if there's a sock on the doorknob, thou shalt not enter the room until said sock hath been removed. No exceptions.</p>
<p>i had a friend visiting me at school during freshman year and we were hanging out in my room. we told my roommate we were going to walk to rita's and that we'd bring her something back, she said okay. we got back like 15 minutes later, went in (the door was unlocked) and there were her and her boyfriend going at it. she was just like, uh, could you wait outside for a minute. That was during our last week of living together, and I haven't talked to her since.</p>
<p>whys that?</p>
<p>b/c then it becomes increadibly awkward and you feel like disrespected that they couldnt even lock the door. Plus, once you have been sexiled, you are afraid to come back to your room when you know the other person is there with whoever b/c they could be going at it and you could walk in on it again and again and again. Nothing wrong with sex, just be respectful and tactful about it.</p>
<p>sock on the door? can you be any more obvious? most students now have dry-erase boards on their doors, try a codeword that you write on that, its at least a little more subtle.</p>
<p>Only happened to me once, sorta. My roommate just texted me and said she had a guest over, and asked if I could call when I was heading back, which I wasn't going to do until about 4 hours later anyway so it didn't really matter.</p>
<p>"sock on the door? can you be any more obvious? most students now have dry-erase boards on their doors, try a codeword that you write on that, its at least a little more subtle." </p>
<p>Who are you trying to hide it from, lol.</p>
<p>Typically the sock doesn't guarantee unlimited solitude, but only a pre-arranged time period. Otherwise it's too easy to take advantage of.</p>
<p>The dry-erase board sounds a bit risky, since the codeword might get accidentally erased (or deliberately, if someone's looking to cause trouble). Of course, a sock on the door handle might disappear too, but the weight of tradition might prevent some people from removing it illicitly.</p>
<p>If you're looking for something more subtle than a sock or a dry-erase board, try a piece of invisible tape over the keyhole or card slot. A casual observer or passer-by won't notice, but it's impossible for someone actually trying to enter the room not to notice.</p>
<p>Easy solution for the prude and/or paranoid: do it in the library, baby.</p>
<p>Just kidding, mostly.</p>
<p>Mostly is right. There are parts of McKeldin that I have seen in tours that are absolutely DEAD 99% of the time. The library has like 10 floors and once you get high enough, it's all horribly boring reference books and nobody is there. And McKeldin also serves as the backup to the Library of Congress, so it has a lot of sh it.</p>
<p>Yeah, if you lock your door before you start, your RA wont try to come in and shoot video.</p>