Hate Trinity

VincentDevine

I was told that the Geography building has the designated toilets for the 24 hr study room in the Library? Am I wrong?

I went to the bathroom this evening in the Geography building, on my way out I went upstairs to have a look around and see the bulletin board, only to be chased out of the building by some crazy ****er shotuing things like:

"Whats your name?"
"Get out of here and don't come back!"
"Who's there , you're not supposed to be in here."
"Come back here, who are you?"

I was scared so I ran away from this maniac. Are we not allowed to use the Geography building toilets? I'm never going in there again.

I was already having a bad day, and this person whatever their problem was, has just driven me to distraction. I'm hyperventilating now and really upset.

Boston

I was working away this evening in the Museum building. At about half nine I went for a slash and I found some young student scum urinating on the stairs while drilling glorry holes in the marble. I begin to question him, asking who the **** he was and what he was doing there. Clearly retarded, he mistakes my questions for a sexual advance and offers me a puff of his crack pipe. Shocked I push him down the stairs to his death. While disposing of the body a student came upon me from the basement toilets. I scared him away and luckly he didn't notice the black bin liners stuffed with body parts. Stupid freshers

Anyway.

peanuthead

Boston wrote: »

I was working away this evening in the Museum building. At about half nine I went for a slash and I found some young student scum urinating on the stairs while drilling glorry holes in the marble. I begin to question him, asking who the **** he was and what he was doing there. Clearly retarded, he mistakes my questions for a sexual advance and over me a puff of his crack pipe. Shocked I push him down the stairs to his death. While disposing of the body a student came upon me from the basement toilets. I scared him away and luckly he didn't notice the black bin liners stuffed with body parts. Stupid freshers

Anyway.

:rolleyes:

OP you should have stood your ground and shouted back at the ignorant person, whoever they were.

I'm like you - I'm quite sensitive and I would get easily upset by that too. But we can't really be like that I'm afraid. We're going to have to learn to stand up for ourselves and say "Who am I? My name is peanuthead and I really don't care for your tone!"

But until we have the guts to stand up to these feckin eegits just remember, the fact that they behave that way is THEIR problem. They're the sad moaners who will be sad moaners their whole lives. Forget them. They're not worth a minute of your time. Feel better soon!!

Boston

You realise he's taking about trinity security?

peanuthead

Boston wrote: »

You realise he's taking about trinity security?

Is 'manners' not on the list of criteria for a job in Trinity as a security guard?

oppenheimer1

VincentDevine wrote: »

I was told that the Geography building has the designated toilets for the 24 hr study room in the Library? Am I wrong?

I went to the bathroom this evening in the Geography building, on my way out I went upstairs to have a look around and see the bulletin board, only to be chased out of the building by some crazy ****er shotuing things like:

"Whats your name?"
"Get out of here and don't come back!"
"Who's there , you're not supposed to be in here."
"Come back here, who are you?"

I was scared so I ran away from this maniac. Are we not allowed to use the Geography building toilets? I'm never going in there again.

I was already having a bad day, and this person whatever their problem was, has just driven me to distraction. I'm hyperventilating now and really upset.

Hi OP

I assume first of all that you are talking about the Museum building? I can't say I know for certain, but I'm almost sure that building is off limits no non-engineers after hours. I do know of people who have been fined/brought to the junior dean for using the building - but that was in the evening after a sunny Friday at the Pav. As for being harassed by security, running away probably wasn't the best course of action, you made yourself look guilty! Had it been me, I would have waited and explained my position, and would have told security not to be so rude. In the past I've been told to get out, when I had every right to be there.

The only 24hr toilets I know of are in the Hamilton building, and tbh I would probably avoid them late at night. An email to the Library/SU might clear up the finer points of what toilets are available late at night to students. They might even let you use the Post grad reading room ones

mardybumbum

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

The only 24hr toilets I know of are in the Hamilton building, and tbh I would probably avoid them late at night.

Why is that?

D.R cowboy

peanuthead wrote: »

:rolleyes:

OP you should have stood your ground and shouted back at the ignorant person, whoever they were.

My name is katie f**king fitch , who the f**k are you.............

oppenheimer1

mardybumbum wrote: »

Why is that?

Well at least in my time in Trinity, they were well known over Dublin as a gay cruising location. http://www.trinitynews.ie/articles.php?id=277&issue=4&tn=1 (and for the braver squirt.org)

One doesn't need to expose themselves to that. One night I did hear a great deal of moaning from a cubicle... Homo/Hetero have these people not got homes and beds for that kind of thing?

mardybumbum

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

Well at least in my time in Trinity, they were well known over Dublin as a gay cruising location. http://www.trinitynews.ie/articles.php?id=277&issue=4&tn=1 (and for the braver squirt.org)

One doesn't need to expose themselves to that. One night I did hear a great deal of moaning from a cubicle... Homo/Hetero have these people not got homes and beds for that kind of thing?

Holy Jamoly. :eek:
I have often pulled all nighters in those 24hr computer rooms and used the bathrooms at 2,4,5 o clock in the morning. I've never noticed anything suspicious.
Sure how would they get into the college at that time anyway.

oppenheimer1

mardybumbum wrote: »

Holy Jamoly. :eek:
I have often pulled all nighters in those 24hr computer rooms and used the bathrooms at 2,4,5 o clock in the morning. I've never noticed anything suspicious.
Sure how would they get into the college at that time anyway.

There are ways and means of getting into College (well at least there was) after hours. Not wanting to go into detail for obvious reasons, but many a girl/boy has been snuck into Campus because they haven't a guest signed in before midnight.

My bad experiences in the Hamilton were around the 11:30-Midnight mark though.

Boston

At the one and only Trinity ball I went to there was an orgy just inside the doors of the museum building. Someone had left the front door unlocked and people were rocking the boat.

cantankerous

Boston wrote: »

At the one and only Trinity ball I went to there was an orgy just inside the doors of the museum building. Someone had left the front door unlocked and people were rocking the boat.

Dear god. The poor Irish elk .

El Siglo

cantankerous wrote: »

Dear god. The poor Irish elk .

WWJJD?

oppenheimer1

El Siglo wrote: »

WWJJD?

Maybe those students like getting their Jolys

Honestly though what year was that ball? I am really surprised they weren't thrown out of the building by security. That said I have heard stories about students getting frisky on the roof of the Museum building on the night of the ball (no idea on how they get into the building).

That said, quite a few students don't go to those lengths to find a nice quiet spot. At the balls I've been to, sex has been had in the bushes, up against the museum/Gmb/front arch bins and even in the middle of the dance floor.

Maybe its something about the campus that makes people lose their inhibitions!

devinejay

Doesn't surprise me, any dealings I've had with TCD security previously have more often than not been unpleasant, in fact I can think of only one guy I've ever spoken to that was polite.

That being said, students are díckheads, and being polite in the security business gets you nowhere.

Dante

Trinity security are absolute cúnts.

Boston

DaaaaaaaaaaN wrote: »

Trinity security are absolute cúnts.

Yea, wrecking yer buzz. Students should be allowed unrestricted access everywhere.

PapaRatzinger

DaaaaaaaaaaN wrote: »

Trinity security are absolute cúnts.

Actually, they're very pleasant people in my experience. They take pride in their work and you might not recognise them, but they can recognise about 90% of students that walk through front gate. You should stop and chat to them sometime and have a bit of banter: they might be even to bend one or two rules for you some night if they know that you're a good sort.

Podge_irl

Boston wrote: »

Yea, wrecking yer buzz. Students should be allowed unrestricted access everywhere.

If students aren't supposed to be in the museum building at certain hours then why can they swipe into it 24 hours?

Boston

Podge_irl wrote: »

If students aren't supposed to be in the museum building at certain hours then why can they swipe into it 24 hours?

They don't. Only engineers are meant to have wipe access. Some other swipe cards will work though, just like for the postgrad reading room.

Dante

I was stalked by about 5 of them one day simply because I was finishing off a can form the Pav on the way to the arts building. They followed me the whole way in a van and when I went in to the building, 2 of them were staring me out of it. They eventually came into my lecture hall mid-lecture and took me out and started giving me shít for 5 minutes, they even started threatening me after I explained to them why I was drinking the can, which was completely unnecessary. You'd swear I was smuggling some hard drugs into the building or something. Thats why I think they're a bunch of cúnts.

Time Magazine

Boston wrote: »

Only engineers are meant to have wipe access.

Incorrect. Freeman Library is de facto 24 hours for Geography students, for example.

Boston

Time Magazine wrote: »

Incorrect. Freeman Library is de facto 24 hours for Geography students, for example.

Ok, students who have facilities in the building, but not BESS students.

Podge_irl

Boston wrote: »

They don't.

They do (or at least they did when I was there). Whether they are supposed to is another matter. Not once was I informed that I wasn't supposed to be in the building at certain hours and was always able to swipe in whenever I tried. The very presence of the swipe access that works implies that access is granted. It's the admin's fault if students are using the toilets in there after hours and are apparently not supposed to, not the student's.

A Neurotic

Boston wrote: »

They don't. Only engineers are meant to have wipe access. Some other swipe cards will work though, just like for the postgrad reading room.

I never knew this. I've been going in there regularly to use the toilet and grab a delicious 60c coffee while studying in the 24-hr Ussher. I'm hardly going to go all the way to the Hamilton, where my swipe card rarely works properly...

Boston

Podge_irl wrote: »

They do (or at least they did when I was there). Whether they are supposed to is another matter. Not once was I informed that I wasn't supposed to be in the building at certain hours and was always able to swipe in whenever I tried. The very presence of the swipe access that works implies that access is granted. It's the admin's fault if students are using the toilets in there after hours and are apparently not supposed to, not the student's.

You must never have run into security in the building so.

Podge_irl

Boston wrote: »

You must never have run into security in the building so.

I didn't, though I rarely used the building at odd hours. One imagines a simple sign on the door detailing who is apparently allowed access would be more effective than security shouting at those who believe they are legitimately using the building. I still maintain that the if the security services don't want certain people in there at these hours, then they are entirely at fault for people using it considering the current set up.

Boston

And they'll tell you its a fault with the wipe access. As I said, same story with postgrad reading room and you can't claim thats for undergrads.

Tar.Aldarion

Boston wrote: »

And they'll tell you its a fault with the wipe access. As I said, same story with postgrad reading room and you can't claim thats for undergrads.

I think they fixed that, not sure.

A Neurotic

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

I think they fixed that, not sure.

Yep, they did.

Not that I used it.

Tar.Aldarion

I miss the hot undergrads in here.

Larianne

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

I miss the hot undergrads in here.

Come over to Hammo so.

Tar.Aldarion

It's never open for creatures of the night like me

Boston

Larianne wrote: »

Come over to Hammo so.

Why, do you know some?

mardybumbum

I have found most of the security guards to be very pleasant.
Its a pain when you get caught doing something you shouldn't, but sure thats their job.
One or two of them need lessons in basic manners though.
A "please" and "thank you" dont cost anything. I remember a few months ago I was going out front arch after twelve and I didnt close the door fully behind.
Some stubby guard rolled out after me and nearly ate the head of me.
Effin' and blindin' like there was no tomorrow.
I just pretended I didnt hear him.

But most of them are very polite.

Edit: Also, wheres the museum building?

Podge_irl

Boston wrote: »

As I said, same story with postgrad reading room and you can't claim thats for undergrads.

Of course you can't, its a postgrad reading room. Considering the Hamilton is 24 hour access, there is no reason to think that the Museum Building isn't. I'm just saying that if it truly isn't meant to be 24 hour access then there should be some indication of such.

Larianne

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

It's never open for creatures of the night like me

What, the Hammo? Yeah it is.

Boston wrote: »

Why, do you know some?

Of course!

Time Magazine

Podge_irl wrote: »

Of course you can't, its a postgrad reading room. Considering the Hamilton is 24 hour access, there is no reason to think that the Museum Building isn't. I'm just saying that if it truly isn't meant to be 24 hour access then there should be some indication of such.

Boston is saying, without any particular evidence, that only students whose departments are based in the Museum Building are allowed there after hours.

To me that should be treated as if Boston were saying, without any particular evidence, that the Hamilton is only for science students.

digzy

Those front arch security guys are ****ers.I got lucky (for a change) the night of my finals and they wouldn't let her in. Thought I'd be clever the following night (results night from dental hospital and brought out a second card and sent another lucky gal in first with it telling her what to say. I followed in a few mins later and there she was under front arch with 2 of the ****ers. One of em shouts out "AH jaysus lads, would ja look who it is-auld don wan de marco again".He said he saw me coming on the security cameras. It was in the bad old days when taxis were like golddust and I'd walk out close to james hospital!!Those pricks cost he 2 s*ags and I'm still bitter!!Lads love the story though

Boston

Time Magazine wrote: »

Boston is saying, without any particular evidence, that only students whose departments are based in the Museum Building are allowed there after hours.

To me that should be treated as if Boston were saying, without any particular evidence, that the Hamilton is only for science students.

How do you know I have no particular evidence? The hamilton has 24 hour access because it has computer rooms which are accessible by all students at all times. The Museum build has computer rooms accessible by engineers and geologists/some other no-name courses, only. Once in the building, the only thing you'll be able to use is the toilets. Unless you had some magical keys you found lying around which are the property of trinity college. Which one of us was the engineering student and which one of us was the BESS student who'd sneak into the building while looking out for security? If you were so sure of your right to use the building, why did you care so much about being caught?

mathew

digzy wrote: »

Those front arch security guys are ****ers.I got lucky (for a change) the night of my finals and they wouldn't let her in. Thought I'd be clever the following night (results night from dental hospital and brought out a second card and sent another lucky gal in first with it telling her what to say. I followed in a few mins later and there she was under front arch with 2 of the ****ers. One of em shouts out "AH jaysus lads, would ja look who it is-auld don wan de marco again".He said he saw me coming on the security cameras. It was in the bad old days when taxis were like golddust and I'd walk out close to james hospital!!Those pricks cost he 2 s*ags and I'm still bitter!!Lads love the story though

What now???

Boston wrote:

How do you know I have no particular evidence? The hamilton has 24 hour access because it has computer rooms which are accessible by all students at all times. The Museum build has computer rooms accessible by engineers and geologists/some other no-name courses, only. Once in the building, the only thing you'll be able to use is the toilets. Unless you had some magical keys you found lying around which are the property of trinity college. Which one of us was the engineering student and which one of us was the BESS student who'd sneak into the building while looking out for security? If you were so sure of your right to use the building, why did you care so much about being caught?

Out of interest, how are you meant to prove that you are one of the students allowed in if you are confronted by security??

Boston

They radio in your student number to see if you're in one of the schools who use the building. Happened to some friends of mine who where caught in the building after it was closed up.

Time Magazine

Boston wrote: »

How do you know I have no particular evidence?

I didn't say you had no evidence, I said that you hadn't produced any. "Boston has said [without producing evidence]" kind of a thing. I'll happily stand corrected if I'm shown to be wrong.

Anybody fancy emailing the JD?

Once in the building, the only thing you'll be able to use is the toilets.

I think that's the point some people are making - the designated toilets for the Ussher computer room are in the Museum Building.

Which one of us was the engineering student and which one of us was the BESS student who'd sneak into the building while looking out for security? If you were so sure of your right to use the building, why did you care so much about being caught?

Let's not get into a discussion about my shenanigans on a public forum

Boston

Time Magazine wrote: »

I didn't say you had no evidence, I said that you hadn't produced any. "Boston has said [without producing evidence]" kind of a thing. I'll happily stand corrected if I'm shown to be wrong.

Produce evidence for me that the building has 24 hour access for all students.

Time Magazine wrote: »

Anybody fancy emailing the JD?

What would she know about it? You'd want to contact the buildings office.

Time Magazine wrote: »

I think that's the point some people are making - the designated toilets for the Ussher computer room are in the Museum Building.

Designated by whom.

Time Magazine

Boston wrote: »

Produce evidence for me that the building has 24 hour access for all students.

The fact that there exists a functioning swipe access facility is evidence. That there is no obvious reason that this exists accidentally and/or is a mistake (for example, undergraduate access to the Postgraduate Reading Room was pretty clearly an accident, and rectified) is further evidence that there's access for all students.

What would she know about it? You'd want to contact the buildings office.

Buildings Office, afaik, operate under the instruction of the Board and Deans. Again, open to correction on that one.

Designated by whom.

Like everything else in College, presumably arising from an arrangement between the Students' Union and the Library, organised by the Junior Dean and facilitated by the Director of Buildings, conditionally agreed to by the Provost pending full permission in writing from the appropriate sub-committee acting in locum for the Board.

Boston

Time Magazine wrote: »

The fact that there exists a functioning swipe access facility is evidence. That there is no obvious reason that this exists accidentally and/or is a mistake (for example, undergraduate access to the Postgraduate Reading Room was pretty clearly an accident, and rectified) is further evidence that there's access for all students.

Postgrad reading room was like that for years. It's only been fixed since major renovations took place

Time Magazine wrote: »

Buildings Office, afaik, operate under the instruction of the Board and Deans. Again, open to correction on that one.

Where's your evidence.

Time Magazine wrote: »

Like everything else in College, presumably arising from an arrangement between the Students' Union and the Library, organised by the Junior Dean and facilitated by the Director of Buildings, conditionally agreed to by the Provost pending full permission in writing from the appropriate sub-committee acting in locum for the Board.

Theres nothing to indicate there's any such designation. Provide evidence please.

Time Magazine

Where's my evidence that the Buildings Office operates under the instruction of the Board?

Lol.

Boston

I see UCD has turned you into a parrot. Where's your evidence that the buildings office works under the instruction of the junior dean and this board of deans you've made up? Perhaps you make reference to the Board of the College which both are under?

Where's your evidence that the toilets are designation as you claim?

Lol.

Larianne

Lads, I'll send an email to JD and find out!

Boston

She reads this forum, here user name is emmafoxysocks.