A College Kitchen

       The dorm I live in has some positives and some negatives but that is to be expected. I did not think that the kitchen would be such a negative though. I don't even know why it is considered "kitchen/lounge" on the floor plan of the building. Take a look for yourself.

F.Y.I if you're wondering, the door does not stay open on its own

       There is a table with a microwave on it from a microfridge. Where that fridge is I do not know. There is a working refrigerator which is nice. The sink however is usually not functional because it is clogged. There is barely any counter next to the sink and the cabinets do not seem too sturdy in my opinion. I do not know who would put any of their belongings in there though. Also you may have noticed that some things are missing. Things that are staples in rooms called kitchens. Any guesses? Well, it's the stove and oven. How might you ask, is this the kitchen then? To tell you the truth, I do not know. This is what some of our room and board goes to though. There are many residence halls on campus that have ovens and stoves in their kitchens but I do not know why my dorm does not. My R.A. has even told us that she has asked about having an oven and stove but nothing has been done. If other buildings have them I do not understand why the particular one I am in does not. Many oven units with electric stoves are available and there are many in the $400 -$600  range. My dorm has about 70 residents. We each pay around $6000 a semester, that amounts to at least $420,000. Colleges do have a large amount of expenses and bills to pay but I think that they can afford an oven and stove unit for every dorm.
       These pictures above actually do the room justice though. Usually pictures make things look worse but not in this case. The pictures make the room look better than it is in reality. There are stains on the wall above the sink, many are blue so I am guessing it is paint but they are still questionable. Also you may have noticed that there are two paper towel holders above the sink. That seems like a good idea right? They are both always empty. To top it off, there is no trash can. There is a small bin that was intended for recycling but not resides in the kitchen and is instead used for trash, most of the time. Some people like to leave trash on the table though. All in all this is not a room people like to spend any time in and I only go in there on rare occasions. Such as for photographing it and it's contents for this post. Don't even get me started on the fridge. Let's just say people forget about things sometimes. Thank goodness there is a microwave and mini fridge in my room or I would never be making food in my dorm.