Little Hall of Horrors
SpiltMilk Team| 15th September 2015
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Now that freshers is well under way, your halls are probably feeling like they’ve seen better days. Even if you’re lucky enough to have a cleaner, heavy pres and takeaways can leave you with a health hazard of a kitchen. This is the beginning of the end, it doesn’t improve once freshers is over. To prove it, we’ve decided to share our grimiest uni memories with you. Erm, enjoy…
Ella (editor), third year, Uni of Birmingham:
The worst thing at our halls was a toilet related scenario. The boys in our first year flat shared a bathroom. At the end of first term they noticed that the tube connecting the toilet to the cistern was covered in a dark substance, yep, poo. This remained there for the rest of the year as no one confessed to the crime and it wasn’t cleaned. I was very glad to have my ensuite…
Alicia (writer), third year, Uni of Birmingham:
One of my housemates pissed into a wine bottle and left it by the back doorstep during pre's - this was in the first few weeks of term and it was still there when we moved out end of the year. Mmm, festering urine...
Jack (editor), third year, Swansea university:
Once I had to unblock the shower plug hole and the substance that came out was literally a metre long. It made me chunder.
Jang (writer), third year, UCL: We had a pirate party and I was the only one smashed by like 9pm. I threw up all over the stairs and spent the next few hours denying it because i couldn't remember doing it. I changed into PJs, went to bed for a bit then came back down and got back on it for the rest of the night!
Ben (writer), third year, Uni of Birmingam:
One of my flatmates had slugs in his room. We also had a bin full of vomit left outside the flat for a few weeks.
Jess (website designer), second year, Uni of Huddersfield:
We had a food waste bin that wasn't emptied for two weeks. When I went to change it I could feel the heat from the bacteria inside. I'm not a sicky person but that almost made me spew. I also knew one guy who used to borrow everyone's pots for cooking and not wash them, once or twice mould began to grow in them they hadn't been washed in that long.
James (writer), graduate, Uni of Huddersfield :
A few of my housemates left the dishes for 2 weeks in protest over another housemates, other than that one had a pretty clean time of it. (Damn you james we envy you!)
Kirsty (writer), Swansea University:
Someone's friend vommed in my bathroom, in the sink, shower, toilet and down the cracks. I had to put on 2 pairs of rubber gloves, wellies, carrier bags on my legs and a mask to clean it. We also had someone pee in the sink and once on the oven?!
