- Now, you may be wondering how many horror stories
you have when you're an RA.
And I'ma let you know,
the list is extensive.
(intense music)
- Hey, my name is Erik.
I was an RA for a year in college.
- Hey, I'm Laura
and I was an RA for three years in college.
- Hi everybody.
My name is Angel and I was an RA for three years in college.
And today, we're gonna be sharing our horror stories.
(door slamming)
- What was that?
(suspenseful music)
I remember about eight years ago,
I was the RA on duty.
And it was really, really wild
because usually things didn't happen.
But, this time I got a noise complaint.
And noise complaints are really rare
when you're an RA.
Because I feel like everyone's being noisy.
But on this fateful evening,
I remember someone called me and they were like,
"yo, the dorm next to me is being super loud.
"Can you do something about it?"
So, I went over.
And the music was really loud.
I was like, oh my lord.
This is definitely a little louder than usual.
And I knocked on the door.
No one answered.
But, people were definitely in there.
I knock again.
Knock, knock, knock.
No one's answering.
Still loud music.
They probably can't hear me.
So, what we do is we have a super skeleton key
that unlocks every dorm.
The power of being an RA.
So, I open the door and I walk in to an orgy.
There were probably about seven people,
eight people?
You know what,
I didn't really count 'cause there were other things
that I was like, whoa.
Look at that.
Oh my god, look at that.
It was so crazy,
'cause when I walked in the door,
it was like a needle scratch.
'Cause everyone looked at me.
I looked at everyone.
And I was just like,
"you guys need to keep the noise down."
And I just slowly closed the door,
locked it,
and then went about my way.
I didn't really know what to do.
Didn't report it to my boss.
But, I guess the lesson of the story is
if you are throwing an orgy in your dorm,
play better music.
(playful music)
- So, my horror story happened about eight years ago.
I was a junior in college.
And it was my second year as an RA.
So I felt like, I got this in the bag.
I had all girls again.
Super ready for it.
And I had one girl who was on a full ride.
She was really great.
Honestly, we got along super well.
But, as the semester was going on,
she started gaining a lot of weight.
And as an RA, you kind of think,
okay, maybe that's related to depression.
So, we're trained to just kind of check in on that.
So, I checked in with her and I was like,
"how are things going?"
And she just said, "oh, everything's really,
"really good.
"I'm getting straight A's in my classes.
"I'm doing really well with my new-ish boyfriend.
"It's all good."
I'm like, "great".
Not over.
By thanksgiving,
this girl, my resident tells me,
"hey, I'm pregnant."
What?
Wow, that's a lot.
Okay, you're on full scholarship.
Let's figure out how to keep you going.
I knew that this baby was gonna come next semester.
So, spring break happens.
We come back.
Boom, baby.
♪ Hallelujah ♪
Baby was now living on our floor in a dorm.
Not as a college student.
As a newborn baby.
What?
After about a week of this baby
being one of my residents essentially,
I went down to my resident director and I was like,
"look, this is not okay."
So my boss goes, "okay.
"I believe you.
"let's write a report and I'm gonna send it to
"the head of resident directing."
And instead of kicking her out of school,
which is not what we wanted,
they did decide to put her in off-campus housing
that was safe,
where she could still keep her scholarship
and have this child.
She got through pregnancy, birth and freshman year
with a smile on her face and straight A's.
If this girl can do that,
we can all get through college.
(light music)
- So, my most traumatic horror story
is when I was an RA
my junior year.
I'm with the other RA's and we're you know,
chit chatting, talking.
And then all of a sudden,
this girl who's five feet nothing,
she bursts into the lounge
and she's just like,
"oh my gosh.
"oh my gosh."
She is panting and she's out of breath.
She's breathing like oxygen is going out of style.
And I was like, oh she's in danger.
Somebody's after her.
Somebody's tryna' get her.
So, I'm a little freaked out.
And she looks at me,
and dead in my face she's like,
"there's a volcano of (beep)
"coming out of my toilet."
And I was like,
"there's a what?"
And then she's just like,
"there's a volcano of (beep)."
Okay, somethings not right here.
I'ma need you to take me to the problem.
Because at this point,
I just don't believe her.
So, she takes me through the little apartment complex,
and I can already smell human waste.
All of a sudden,
I can literally see in her apartment hallway,
gross water on the floor.
She really didn't lie to me.
(laughing)
I don't have training for this.
I'ma let y'all know,
I don't have training for this.
They sure don't pay us enough for me to deal with
human waste in any way, shape or form.
I literally walked out of the apartment.
I was like, I've seen enough.
I called the department of public safety.
I was like, boop, boop.
Hello?
Eventually, a maintenance man comes.
It took him an hour apparently.
And so, I go to followup with the resident,
and she's just like,
"oh my gosh.
"Thank you so much for helping me."
She's just like, "yeah."
She's like, "So, have a good night."
And I'm like, wait.
I was like, "do you not want me to put you in contact
with one of my supervisors or something like that?"
You know.
She was like, "no.
"no thanks."
And she left.
And I never saw her again.
So, I don't know what happened to that girl.
But, very low maintenance resident.
I guess the moral of the story here is,
when you're an RA,
you see some
(beep)
and sometimes,
it's a lot of
(beep)
(intense music)