Hello again – I know it’s been awhile, but I’ve had these photos of a Morrill bathroom sitting on my phone for a few years now so I figured it was time to post about them and complete the project of explaining life in Morrill Tower!
You might be wondering how 10 people can share a bathroom and not kill each other…but it actually works surprisingly well. Yes, sometimes people leave their dishes in the sink for a week without washing them and sometimes there’ll be dried toothpaste all over the mirror, but for the most part, the bathrooms in Morrill work quite well. I have some photos to explain more…
The Setup:
The entrance to the bathroom is either the first door to the left or right when you walk into the strange octangular space just past the common area and just before you hit the bedrooms. Here’s what the entrance looks like:
And here’s the view into the bathrooms from the door:
And the view on the way out:
Once you get into the bathroom, there are a few components, identical to each suite:
Directly to your left is a row of four sinks – there are only ten people in each suite, generally speaking, so having four sinks is plenty, especially because people’s wake-up and bed times are so different because of class schedule and lifestyle choices 🙂 So there’s nearly always a sink open for use! The only issue can occur is when people leave all their stuff on the shelves above the sink, and space becomes limited (as seen in the picture below), so I recommend leaving your stuff in your room.
To your right as you walk in is the row of toilets, all individual stalls, no urinals for the men:
The toilets just look like toilets, so I did not take a picture of them 🙂 For the most part, these function well, although occasional clogging will happen. Luckily, maintenance is usually pretty on top of it and these toilets are built to take a lot of use.
If you walk straight ahead you’ll see the shower area.
There are two showers, one to the right and one to the left. They are pretty small…bending over to shave is difficult, just fyi. They also get kind of grody and mold removal is not a top priority for the maintenance people…if your curtain does get disgusting though, you can request a new one.
There’s a small rectangular(ish) common space between the two showers to hang towels, robes, shower caddy’s etc. and a few shelves in the showers. But I would recommend taking your shower stuff to and from the bathroom each time so things don’t get cluttered (and to stop other people from borrowing your shampoo when it runs out :))
The showers are by far the worst part of the bathrooms. With females, hair quickly becomes an issue and the mold is pretty gross, so wear shoes.
But as far as usage, there were very few times that I had to wait to take a shower! People take showers at any and all times of day, so if you’re a morning showerer, night showerer, midnight showerer, or noon showerer, there’s almost always an open stall!
The view of the bathroom from the shower area:
A random picture of the trash can and mirror, for your viewing pleasure:
The Clean-Up:
Luckily for you, the university has cleaning women and men who come in and clean up the bathroom twice a week. They take out the trash, kind of/sort of clean the toilets and showers and mostly make everything damp for a few hours. But don’t take them for granted, because without them, that bathroom would get disgusting so fast. They also supply new toilet paper and paper towels regularly, so running out rarely happens!
That’s what I’ve got! If you have any questions, leave them in the comments! Or if you disagree with any of this, feel free to add that too!
This is likely the last post on here ever, unless I learn of something that’s changed, so goodbye, it was fun, that is all!
(I will reply to comments as necessary, however 🙂
Surviving Morrill Tower 