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This just happened to me this weekend.
A friend of mine came up for the weekend to party with me and my friends here at UWO. On Friday we were all having a good time, and the girl that had come to visit me was having too much of good time- if you know what i am talking about. Needless to say, half way through our night she really had to go to the bathroom. Because i was the only sober one left standing after a night at a house party, i decided to take her to the bathroom.
Now here is where it gets good.
Here at UWO ALL of our bathroom as locked. The only way into them is if you have a room key, and live in the dorms. Now i took a girlfriends key so i could get into the girls bathroom on the floor. The reason i am going with her, is because she is too drunk to open a door that requires a key.
So there we are, me holding on to her so that way she doesn't fall- key in hand. As we shuffle down the hallway, we make it safely to the door of the girls bath room. Once we arrived i took the key and opened the door. Mind you im only one foot in the bathroom, (no i wasn't planning on going in just helping her get there) when suddenly a girl
RA appears behind me.
She has the 'ohh your a pervert' look on her smug face, and proceeds to write me up. wtf.
I tried to explain the situation to her but she wouldn't hear any of it, and i had to meet with my hall director and go through some meeting shit. At this point i am fed up with this bullshit because this is not what it looks like, and everything is being blown way way out of hand. However who am i to say such things? UW oshkosh is a fucking insane.
After my meeting with my RHD he gives me my punishment: Write a single page paper about what you did wrong.
Now i am not complaining about the punishment. It is fair, don't get me wrong. But what i am complaining about is the fact that these people are talking this thing way way out of hand. I have a writeup in my student file, and of course the smug bitch that 'caught me in the act' has her little story. Which by the way makes me sound like a complete tool.
So to get back at 'the man' i decided to write this little ditty:
“Why We Can't Have Nice Things”
Ben Kozloski
Required Disciplinary Writing Paper
4/3/09
The night that will live in infamy. It all started as good fun, but then something terrible happened. I decide to go and be a complete idiot. I threw away all of my beloved morals, and code of ethics that I try so hard to uphold. In a world of questionable moral values and declining etiquette what would the world be like if everyone acted like me? I realize now that the transgression I committed strikes at the core of what one would consider to be appropriate and acceptable to a person of my age and background. I fell as if I have let many people down with the decision to enter the girls bathroom. I let myself, my school, god, and of course everyone who uses a bathroom down. All because of one faithful night, and one terrible decision.
I can honestly say that I have learned a great deal from going through this. I can say that it is God's honest truth that I am a changed man, and I will never make another mistake of this magnitude while I serve out the rest of my academic tenure. By stepping into the girls bathroom, even with the best intentions in mind, I willfully broke many of UWO time honored rules and traditions. These rules are simply put in place to keep everyone safe, and comfortable while attending school. If these rules were not aided by, the school and I daresay all of society would fall into a cesspool of barbarians clawing and scratching at each other.
Society has rules. Rules need to be followed, and I have defiantly realized that on matter how small the transgression or how insignificant the rule, that each and every one laid down before me should be abided by the best of my abilities. I hope that I will never have to incur the wrath of law enforcement again, and hope that this is the final time I will ever have a problem dealing with the regulations of UWO, because otherwise we just cannot have nice things.
If you can't tell- i just didn't give a fuck. So today this is what i received back from my hall director in an email.
It is hilarious:
Ben,
I received your paper. I will go ahead and close your case and consider your sanctions finished, however I would note that your grammatical effort and relation to the topic you were asked to write about were of very poor quality. I trust that you take more time and put more effort into other papers you write for classes.
I would also suggest to you that your sarcasm is not an attitude that will carry you very far at this university, or in your life outside of school, and you may find success in your life comes easier when you don't burn bridges in relationships around you.
Sincerely, [leaving the name out]
So all in all i feel like a 5 year old, and i just don't care right now. UWO can think whatever they want of me and really i think that all turned out well. I got a few giggles and really isn't that what is important in life?
 
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Your grammatical effort was poor? It seemed fairly solid to me. At least the Hall Director wasn't dumb enough to not see the sarcasm in that. Your residence association is REALLY dumb, btw. Do you go to some kind of a christian or like really old and traditional university?
I've been caught by an RA IN the girl's bathroom when I was dorming...they just told me to finish helping the drunk friend (been in your position many times) and to get out ASAP.
The only time I was ever written up was when they caught us drinking (alcohol not allowed in dorms)...like beer bottles literally fell out of the fridge in front of them...so it's kind of like...you can't not get written up for something like that.
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On April 07 2009 14:50 Shivaz wrote:Thread didn't deliver
This, I thought there was gonna be epic sexings with drunk girl in the bathroom, or even with the RA when you said she showed up, but I was let down.
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letter could've been more epic
1/5
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I don't know any RA who would write people up for something like that, nor would lie about it so wantonly.
Then again, my RA is powerless to do anything, so meh -_-
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Wow that's pretty gay of them. Sucks they that did that considering what you were actually trying to do. I probably would have wrote a letter of the same sort though if it happened to me too. The response was pretty funny haha.
+ Show Spoiler [Theme] +Bad shit sometimes happens to good people.
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Don't worry too much about it, the RA is probably a feminist Nazi who has nothing better to do and hasn't gotten laid in a while. Just try to avoid her from now on.
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Kentor
United States5784 Posts
definitely* as in adverb of definite.
1/5
lol defiantly
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I think his response was spot on, he does what he has to do because the people who put him there have expectations of him. If he doesn't enforce the rules then he is out of the job and possibly endanger the lives of his students. I also noticed the many errors and it did make you like kinda bad when you were trying to be bitterly eloquent. You came off as a dick. All in all, next time find the RA and have her escort her to the bathroom 
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jeez, does UWO stand for University of Wisconsin-Orwellian?
have the next letter say "deez nuts"
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On April 07 2009 14:53 PH wrote:
Your grammatical effort was poor? It seemed fairly solid to me.
:| I've never ever claimed to have good grammar and you can find horrible posts throughout my 7yrs here at this site, but you have to think of the context of his letter as to why it was in such bad taste
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On April 07 2009 15:01 LumberJack wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2009 14:53 PH wrote:
Your grammatical effort was poor? It seemed fairly solid to me. :| I've never ever claimed to have good grammar and you can find horrible posts throughout my 7yrs here at this site, but you have to think of the context of his letter as to why it was in such bad taste
i think he/she meant that you tried hard to write grammatically correct but did not try hard to think about the topic, but he/she just jumbled up the sentence
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it took me 5 min to write. I never spell check or re-read/ re-worked anything.
So really ya. Sorry about the let down guys. I was hoping that the return letter would be enough of a joke to satisfy you.
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CA10825 Posts
i'm an RA at USC and honestly i've never met an RA who goes out looking to write people up. in fact, most of us go out of our way to avoid situations where we would encounter something that necessitates a writeup (because it strains the relationship with the resident and the resulting paperwork is a pain in the ass)
then again you always have the weirdos who have some sort of power trip complex.
by the way, you were being a dick to the RHD. when a situation is documented, there will be some kind of consequence. it could be anything from writing a public letter of apology which you have to hand deliver to every single other resident on your floor, writing a 5 page essay, or even doing community service. the RHD obviously realized that the situation was not a big deal, but because of his job description he has to enforce some sort of punishment. the fact that you only had to write a 1 page paper shows that he knew it was a very minor transgression, and in return you write a sarcastic essay like that.
not good man, not good.
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You think that it really would be that bad? I mean really? During the meeting i was sincere and i tried to let the guy know that really this is all a big mistake. But he STILL made me do some stupid shit idk.... I just really don''t like it when things get out of hand like this. And im the one looking like a fool in the end. So really i was just frustrated and wanted to blow off some steam.
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On April 07 2009 15:01 LumberJack wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2009 14:53 PH wrote:
Your grammatical effort was poor? It seemed fairly solid to me. :| I've never ever claimed to have good grammar and you can find horrible posts throughout my 7yrs here at this site, but you have to think of the context of his letter as to why it was in such bad taste
There weren't any glaring grammatical issues, trust me. Your director is a tool.
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On April 07 2009 15:07 LosingID8 wrote:
i'm an RA at USC and honestly i've never met an RA who goes out looking to write people up. in fact, most of us go out of our way to avoid situations where we would encounter something that necessitates a writeup (because it strains the relationship with the resident and the resulting paperwork is a pain in the ass)
then again you always have the weirdos who have some sort of power trip complex.
by the way, you were being a dick to the RHD. when a situation is documented, there will be some kind of consequence. it could be anything from writing a public letter of apology which you have to hand deliver to every single other resident on your floor, writing a 5 page essay, or even doing community service. the RHD obviously realized that the situation was not a big deal, but because of his job description he has to enforce some sort of punishment. the fact that you only had to write a 1 page paper shows that he knew it was a very minor transgression, and in return you write a sarcastic essay like that.
not good man, not good.
this is the best reason to move off campus as soon as humanly possible
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yeah I thought the girl was going to require you to help her in the stall since she was so drunk. thread did not deliver
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I think you made your point.
The only way to write that without coming off like a giant asshole would be to use metaphorical language otherwise there is no way around treating whoever is reading it like a dipshit.
I think you wrote it the correct way!
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your letter was childish. you could've honestly written what exactly you did wrong (not explaining the RA girl the situation properly, hoping to have sex with the girl inside the bathroom, whatnot) and it would be a very good paper
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thanks AZ. I am glad that someone appreciates my genius.
But do you think that i should go and see the guy and apologize to him? I almost feel bad now......
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CA10825 Posts
On April 07 2009 15:10 Misrah wrote:
You think that it really would be that bad? I mean really? During the meeting i was sincere and i tried to let the guy know that really this is all a big mistake. But he STILL made me do some stupid shit idk.... I just really don''t like it when things get out of hand like this. And im the one looking like a fool in the end. So really i was just frustrated and wanted to blow off some steam.
i agree with you that it sucks, but think about it this way. if someone higher up finds out that an RA documented a situation and the RHD didn't do anything about it, the RHD's job is on the line. he's just doing his job. believe me 1 pg essay is an extremely lenient punishment lol.
btw if i was in your situation, i would have helped my friend to the bathroom as well.
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Wow, I was expecting pics. I've only ever heard of what those things look like on the inside.
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Your grammatical effort seemed fairly solid to me. And ofcourse the girl was mad.. You tried to bang someone else instead of her in that bathroom .]
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On April 07 2009 15:20 Samurai- wrote:
Your grammatical effort seemed fairly solid to me. And ofcourse the girl was mad.. You tried to bang someone else instead of her in that bathroom .]
T H I S
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but the question still remains- should i go and talk to the RHD about why i wrote that, and how frustrated i am with the whole situation? Should i apologize? will it make this better or worse?
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CA10825 Posts
oh and protip:
when RAs document an incident, they are not allowed to use any biased language. their entire writeup is required to be from a 3rd person objective perspective.
all you had to do in the write was:
1) state what the university policy is
2) state how you violated that policy
3) why you violated it (perhaps mention that the safety/wellbeing of a friend is more important than a minor infraction)
4) why you are apologetic and why it won't happen in the future (aka what you learned from this experience)
ezpz
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ok losing i get it. i realize that if i actually gave a shat i could have wrote that. The thing is, i was frustrated.
But again- should i go see the guy, and apologize or something?
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CA10825 Posts
On April 07 2009 15:22 Misrah wrote:
but the question still remains- should i go and talk to the RHD about why i wrote that, and how frustrated i am with the whole situation? Should i apologize? will it make this better or worse?
go ahead and talk with the RHD about it. it can't get worse. if you talk in a rational, mature manner they will respect that.
i would suggest planning out/outlining whatever topics you want to cover because once you get in there it'll be tough to remember everything you wanted to say.
also you can say something like "please let me say everything i want to before you ask questions" or something to that extent.
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i see- well i think that i will try and give this a shot tomorrow. thanks chief!
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Idk why i read that wall of text...booooooring....no sex no nothing
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On April 07 2009 15:29 iSCOUT4u wrote:Idk why i read that wall of text...booooooring....no sex no nothing
wtf. learn to appreciate humor small child. Some day this will come to you.
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What humor...it was boring....half way through i started watching the janitor here at work clean...it was more entertaining.
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United States12607 Posts
I hope you're enjoying your time here on TL iSCOUT4u...I don't think you're going to last much longer
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On April 07 2009 15:25 LosingID8 wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2009 15:22 Misrah wrote:
but the question still remains- should i go and talk to the RHD about why i wrote that, and how frustrated i am with the whole situation? Should i apologize? will it make this better or worse? go ahead and talk with the RHD about it. it can't get worse. if you talk in a rational, mature manner they will respect that. i would suggest planning out/outlining whatever topics you want to cover because once you get in there it'll be tough to remember everything you wanted to say. also you can say something like "please let me say everything i want to before you ask questions" or something to that extent.
that inclines he treats RHD as a human being while he didnt treat the guy like one
we dont know all the details, maybe OP was rude or something. If everything he posted was true id be not apologetic at all. Could they kick you out for something like that?
And also i wonder what was the explanation, "my girlfriend was wasted so i had to help her out" - if not that, what did the OP say? Definitely had to explain it somehow ^^;;
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tl;dr
On April 07 2009 14:53 PH wrote:
Your grammatical effort was poor? It seemed fairly solid to me. At least the Hall Director wasn't dumb enough to not see the sarcasm in that. Your residence association is REALLY dumb, btw. Do you go to some kind of a christian or like really old and traditional university?
dude a lil offensive?... jee u make it sound like nonchristians r all smartasses...
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1 - the fact that you didnt protest the punishment or even provide an explanation to the RA's, neither in person nor in the paper, probably means you were actually doing something skeevy.
2 - paper seemed well written. Has your RA even read your assignments? Why would he have?
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pussy, never write those letters they dont do shit... ive been written up like 3 times, never wrote a letter and they dont even contact me... its all bullshit haha
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United States3824 Posts
I'd have to say, you got caught doing the right thing whilst participating in the wrong thing. Suppose the joke is on you
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How did you guys not think that was freakin' hillarious?! I have always wanted to write that kind of letter, but I never got caught for doing shit.
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locked bathroom's? that's intense. coed ftw
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On April 07 2009 15:43 JWD wrote:I hope you're enjoying your time here on TL iSCOUT4u...I don't think you're going to last much longer
QFT
I'm glad I am not the only one who has noticed.
This is the third time I have seen his name on posts that scream "I'm going to be banned in the near future."
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the burning bridges comment the RHD made was important, too. As you go through life you never know who will come up again and how your attitude as affected what someone thinks of you and how that can help or hurt you in your future. I work in a career field where reputation is everything, and having 1 bad blowup day can honestly cost you your career without any hope of getting it back. So developing good habits now is crucial to a successful future in whatever you do
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god such a small letter- and now so much to think about. FML
also iSCOUT4u i am waiting eagerly for the day that i see you on the ban boards!
So i guess i have to just go in there, swallow my balls and act like a 20 something year old? sweet!
I always knew i would hate growing up. : (
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CA10825 Posts
don't worry, iscout4u was already temp-banned for 2 days just earlier this month!
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thats it? that wasnt too funny
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if i were in this situation i would write the most sarcastic, satirical paper imaginable.
fight the power!
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How difficult would it have been to turn a blind eye and understand the last thing a sober individual wants to do is take a drunk girl to the bathroom, to realise he is doing a service to human kind and should be awarded a medal of commendation, not a punishment?
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On April 07 2009 17:13 LosingID8 wrote:
don't worry, iscout4u was already temp-banned for 2 days just earlier this month!
dammit and I thought I was a prophet.
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u had the perfect opportunity to do one of those proper comedy essays that get marked by the teacher awfully and then they put a pic up on the intraweb and are lauded eternally.
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On April 07 2009 15:22 Misrah wrote:
but the question still remains- should i go and talk to the RHD about why i wrote that, and how frustrated i am with the whole situation? Should i apologize? will it make this better or worse?
The case is closed...don't bother. Plus, you're going to be out of there by the end of the school year, no? If so, just leave it be. It's not going to matter the moment you move out.
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we all know you were there just for the pussy.
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lol you should have posted this in the FML thread
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On April 07 2009 17:13 LosingID8 wrote:
don't worry, iscout4u was already temp-banned for 2 days just earlier this month!
i was lol? when?
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So you wanted to help her getting into the bathroom because she feels really sick and is drunk and you get punished for it? LOL! I'm not sure if my paper would be that friendly. Fucking retard school/university whatever.
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LOL this thread...I liked it. And your director is just a tool hating. It sucks when its wrong place/time situations like this.
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I thought your letter was amusing, but could have been done better. You should have specifically mentioned in the letter your intentions, and you could have done it in a humorous fashion. All in all, well done.
About his response... your grammar was perfectly fine. He's a tool. I seriously doubt this one letter will "burn bridges" with your RAs or whatever. And even if you do, who cares. It's so unlikely you'll deal with them again outside of college, and you didn't do anything wrong really. You were written up for doing a good thing and helping out a friend, and even after explaining that, they still give you shit.
Fuck them. Nicely done, don't worry about it.
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Snet
United States3573 Posts
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Who the hell actually takes the RA seriously?
Shoulda gave her a fake name... Jack Mehoff, Jake Stradladder or something. Come on now. They're not gonna do anything, and at worst, you book it before the cops come.
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I never thought of going with the fake name rout. I really should have thought of that lol
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On April 07 2009 15:29 iSCOUT4u wrote:Idk why i read that wall of text...booooooring....no sex no nothing
I looked at your profile and was surprised to find that you are older than 13. The stupidity of people such as you rarely fails to amaze me. Where do you work? Probably in like the most basic minimum wage job, right? I'm glad I'm smart enough to attend a semi-prestigious university and will hopefully get a good job after grad school. I definitely don't want to end up like you.
Edit: good story misrah, what happened sucks though. our RAs bust us for everything and wont even let us drink in our rooms with the door closed and being pretty quiet. I guess whenever they come into our suite and see a closed door with a bunch of people talking and laughing behind it they just have to open it and be like 'lol sup ima write you up now"
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I think its just fuckin stupid half the people are "OMFG NO SEX PICS".
That fuckin sucks bro, but there are a few fuckin retards who will be gay. This makes me not look forward to college if dumb shit like this will happen...
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On April 08 2009 05:37 Fontong wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2009 15:29 iSCOUT4u wrote:Idk why i read that wall of text...booooooring....no sex no nothing I looked at your profile and was surprised to find that you are older than 13. The stupidity of people such as you rarely fails to amaze me. Where do you work? Probably in like the most basic minimum wage job, right? I'm glad I'm smart enough to attend a semi-prestigious university and will hopefully get a good job after grad school. I definitely don't want to end up like you. Edit: good story misrah, what happened sucks though. our RAs bust us for everything and wont even let us drink in our rooms with the door closed and being pretty quiet. I guess whenever they come into our suite and see a closed door with a bunch of people talking and laughing behind it they just have to open it and be like 'lol sup ima write you up now"
You are an idiot. Sounds like you don't work at all. Obviously other people felt the same way I did...that the OP was boring. Who cares? What is wrong with being honest? Idk why people are so sensitive...and flip out over every little thing...so some people expected to hear a sex story...lol..get over youself. And about getting banned...if being honest is cause for getting banned....just lol. I've made plenty of good posts...defending people like Unc...against real trolls...in her Miss whatever post...ppl bashing her telling her shes ugly...now that should be cause for a ban....
edit: like someone already said OP why would u tell them ur name lol...just leave?
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I was expecting some nice sotry about the bathroom.
more approriate title: sarcastic punishment paper
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I think the person who replied to you doesn't know what grammatical means and instead meant to say syntax or diction.
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On April 08 2009 14:13 iSCOUT4u wrote:Show nested quote +On April 08 2009 05:37 Fontong wrote:On April 07 2009 15:29 iSCOUT4u wrote:Idk why i read that wall of text...booooooring....no sex no nothing I looked at your profile and was surprised to find that you are older than 13. The stupidity of people such as you rarely fails to amaze me. Where do you work? Probably in like the most basic minimum wage job, right? I'm glad I'm smart enough to attend a semi-prestigious university and will hopefully get a good job after grad school. I definitely don't want to end up like you. Edit: good story misrah, what happened sucks though. our RAs bust us for everything and wont even let us drink in our rooms with the door closed and being pretty quiet. I guess whenever they come into our suite and see a closed door with a bunch of people talking and laughing behind it they just have to open it and be like 'lol sup ima write you up now" You are an idiot. Sounds like you don't work at all. Obviously other people felt the same way I did...that the OP was boring. Who cares? What is wrong with being honest? Idk why people are so sensitive...and flip out over every little thing...so some people expected to hear a sex story...lol..get over youself. And about getting banned...if being honest is cause for getting banned....just lol. I've made plenty of good posts...defending people like Unc...against real trolls...in her Miss whatever post...ppl bashing her telling her shes ugly...now that should be cause for a ban.... edit: like someone already said OP why would u tell them ur name lol...just leave?
No, I not basing my judgment solely what you said in this thread unfortunately. All your posts since you created that account have been terrible. You got even got temp'd for it which is actually pretty damn hard.
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