Coming to Rhodes will turn you into a snob.

Coming to Rhodes will in everyway not turn you into a snob. In many ways it is probably the opposite, Rhodes will transform anyone’s snob like habits into something more grotesque and almost animal like.

Let me explain. Firstly the dining halls will turn you into slobs, never mind snobs. Usually you wait in a long line eagerly anticipating the nutrients your body so desperately needs. Yet almost every time you are disappointed by what you find on your plate. This is not food for the snobbish kind. Almost all of the food is soaked in oil. Fine I understand fast food or Halaal being full of oil but when you order health platter you expect it to be a little bit healthy. This is not the case, usually a perfectly healthy chicken pasta salad is drenched with fattening mayonnaise, I then think to myself I should of just ordered a pie! Secondly if you don’t get to lunch at exactly 12’o clock, there is usually not enough utensils to cater for everyone. So you end up sharing a knife with the person sitting next to you, or even worse using a fork to eat your ice cream .A treat which you had been waiting for the whole week. This kind of behaviour will not turn you into a snob. You cant be too picky other wise you will starve to death. There is an alternative there, is bread , and on the day when the toasters work there is the bonus of having toast.

I think that there is absolutely no chance of becoming a snob at Rhodes.My third important point is that there is a rising trend known as the ‘ bungi ’ .These individuals portray the opposite image to a snob. The walk around with bare feet and tie dyed clothes that are not too flattering to the figure. No one judges them as Rhodes is full of so many diverse or ‘weird’, as some say, people. These individuals view the world in an alternative way while snobs would view the world in a materialist almost selfish way. Being constantly surrounded by a diverse range of people there is no chance that Rhodes could turn you into a snob.

Many individuals live in residence which is not the most lavish accommodation in the world. There is no space for hierarchy , as snobs like to look down on other people because they regard themselves as better then any one else. In residence the rooms are small and the furniture is rather old. Everything gets dirty really easily and there is no one to pick up after you. You, yourself have to find the vacuum and sometimes lag it up eight flights of stairs just so you can do a quick five minute vacuum. You will have to get used to the many objects which are found on the floor everyday such as hair. Usually every day I will find the minimum of three different braids which have fallen out and the owners have not bothered to pick them up. My fourth point is that your clothes will usually be taken out of the washing machines covered in hair, almost unrecognisable.

The toilets are the worst they occasionally covered in urine which makes you feel reasonably queasy. All in all Rhodes will do any thing but turn you into a snob it will teach you how to be strong in disgusting times and show you how to appreciate good food . Basically at Rhodes you don’t have a chance to be snobbish, as you will not be liked and be an outcast in society.