General Information

Have you ever wondered about little things?  I think we all do. And today I want to share some of the information I have discovered about those 'little things' that maybe you know and maybe you don't. No particular order or theme just general information.


FITTED SHEETS

Have you ever wondered - how in the world am I supposed to fold those things?  Or maybe you just don't care.  Easiest way is to just get all four of those corners in one spot.  Start by folding it in half and putting the corners inside each other. Then put those corners together.  From there you can fold it in thirds lengthwise and then fold it again.

Now after those sheets are folded you need to store them.  If you have more than one set of sheets anyway.  If you only have the one set then don't bother folding just go put it on the bed. I finally figured out the best way to store my sheet sets was inside one of the pillow cases!  Brilliant!! I take the flat sheet, place the folded fitted sheet on top of that and the extra folded pillow case then put it all inside the extra pillowcase. The whole set is now together and I don't have to rummage through the linen closet trying to find matching pillowcases.

Ever wondered, which corner of a fitted sheet should go on the bed?  Just make sure the corner with the tag is in the bottom right corner of the mattress.

You may already know all of this but I didn't discover some of this information until later in life.


TOILET PAPER

This can be a source of annoyance more than anything.  People may argue over what is the proper way to place the toilet paper on the roll?  My theory -- as long as you replace it - I don't care which way you put it - over or under.  Just Thanks for replacing it!

And oh yeah, if you take the empty paper roll off the dispenser, then add a new roll!  You've already done have the job of replacing it!

That's it -- nothing major here just replace the roll.


DISHWASHER

One word on this -- LETITGO!  (Let - It - GO).

Yes, I admit I am somewhat guilty of this but I'm only wanting to get as much as possible in there so I don't have to wash anything by hand.  I am working on this, though and remembering to letitgo!

Here's a caution for you though --

Babies are not dishwasher safe.  You can however use your sink to wash the baby.


There you have it -- some general information that you may or may not have known.  Is there anything else that I can enlighten you on?  Just ask - I'm sure I have an opinion.

Student Dilemmas

Ok - I work at a call center for a local college. I take calls for all departments - Financial Aid, Advisement, Enrollment Bursar, Facilities, IT.  As you can imagine we can get some pretty off-the -wall calls.  And just when I think I can't be any more amazed I get that next call.

So today on my blog I'm going to vent a little.

We require that students attend a New Student Orientation their first semester.  This is for their benefit. They will learn about the ins and outs of our system and receive assistance with logging in.  This is a requirement. No exceptions!  Student calls and is going through questions regarding enrolling for a class, etc.  Then he says, "It says here I have to attend a New Student Orientation. That doesn't pertain to me so you can just remove that."  Me, ' No, that is a requirement and you will have to attend the New Student Orientation.'  Student, 'I'm pretty sure it doesn't apply to me, I know everything already.'

SURPRISE -- it DOES refer to you -- every student first semester must attend.  That includes you!

Student calls regarding financial aid. Keep in mind this is student is in their mid-twenties. Student is upset about requirements for financial aid.  After some discussion and me explaining what they will need to do to finish up their requirements the student states, ' Well, it's just not fair!. Not all parents do the adult thing and help their children!'  ---- EXCUUUUSEEE ME!  No where does it state that a parent HAS to pay for your college education. How adult are you being here?  I'm sure most parents if able are more than happy to assist their children but by the time you are in your mid-twenties - you need to be an adult yourself.

The very next call after that was from a parent. He wanted to know if his son was actually attending classes or was lying to him about it?  Seriously?  I have no way of knowing.  Perhaps you need to be having a discussion with your son not me.

And for the parent trying to enroll their child for class.  Sorry, we cannot help you over the phone.  Once your child becomes a college student we kind of think they should be able to handle things for themselves.  This includes the basic stuff such as signing into your own account.  If you do that and set up your child's security questions, guess what?  They probably won't know where your mother was born, nor the street that YOU lived on in third grade.  You just successfully hindered your child.

And here's another.  Yes, you may have already met all the requirements needed to take that class you are wanting to take BUT - and here's the big one.  If we do not show that requirement met in some way, usually by submitting your transcript, we are not going to allow you to enroll in that class until we have verification that the requirement has been met.  No, again - I cannot make any exceptions for you nor can I hold that class for you while you get your act together and turn in that transcript.

Now here is how I try to appear on the phone - helpful and friendly.

But sometimes this is the way I really am after I get off the phone.

Thank you for letting me vent.  Now tell me something else you want me to talk about for my next blog post.