Monday, March 3, 2008

Lock the Door?

After reading my last blog it should come as no shock to you that I don’t enjoy locking my door. As a person who hates being alone I usually welcome any company that chooses to walk through my door way. However, I have recently come to the conclusion that there are some circumstances in a college dorm room where there are consequences for leaving your door open. The most common situations that require a locked door can be broken into three categories: homework, sleeping, and television.

Have you ever tried to read a book when none of the ten other girls you live with seem to have any homework? How about writing a paper while guitar hero is being played in your common room? The fact of the matter is you just can't get work done when everyone else around you is having fun. With the help of a closed door you can at least pretend that everyone else is as miserable as you.

The next category is pretty self explanatory. No one likes to be woken up, from a much needed nap after your fourth class of the day, by overly hyper suitemate who found it fit to take a personal day and skip their classes. However, I find it much more unpleasant to be woken up by your drunken suitemate at four o’clock on a Friday morning when you have an eight o’clock class.

The final situation in which I decided you should close your door is during television. Now don’t get me wrong, not all shows deserve the honor of a closed door. But if you watching that one show a week you set time aside to be able to watch, then you certainly don’t want it ruined by an argument down the hall that managed to make its way into your room. Also, most movies require a closed door in order to be watched properly.

Nevertheless, if you don’t find yourself in one of these three positions, then I am a firm believer in the open door policy.

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