There have been complaints by the environmental workers employed by the Student Residential Office that the students living in these apartments are not disposing their trash appropriately. There have been complaints made stating that the students, ever since the start of the semester have been littering the corridors with their garbage and dispose their garbage through unsavory means.
The environmental workers have expressed great distress at having to do double work unnecessarily. One of the workers, in an interview, had this to say: “I would come to the res to work and I would all kinds of pieces of garbage all over the corridors. Then, on weekends when it rains, the things will be soaked and over the weekend they’ll be full of maggots.”
On closer inspection of the provided trash bins, they have been found to be largely empty, some even collecting dust. It has also been found that laziness among students may be the culprit as it is only those whose rooms are closest to the bins that use them.
At the ends of each corridor on every floor are plastic bags, cartons, cans and all other items sitting in stacks on the bench-like concrete slabs waiting to be taken to the garbage cans. These stacks are eyesores as sometimes they can be there for four days untouched. Another worker complained, “it is not our job to take your sh*t to the bins. “
A student came to his defense by bringing up the ridiculous price of the rent. He had this to say: “With the amount of money we pay per semester for these tiny rooms, you can understand our nonchalant attitude. And upon the price, these managers still don’t give us an optimum living facility. I could go on but basically my point is that maybe if we got bigger bins….. {giggles}”.
As of recent, there have been no official complaints made to the management. When asked why, the worker said: “We get paid reasonably well and despite the unhygienic behaviors of these kids, we get along.” She also expressed feelings of being grateful she could get her reservations off her chest.
On a lighter note, a worker complained how he hated it when the students intruded as he mopped the corridor floors. “They can see the floor is wet but they still step on it. Some apologize but others don’t even care. It’s not nice, “ said the Zimbabwean.
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| A stack of trash lying unattended |
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| One of the bench-like concrete slabs where lazy students dump their trash |
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| Soaked trash lying at a balcony at the end of a corridor |
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| More trash..... |
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| And yet some more trash... |
