Students are notorious for living in a less than sanitary environment.
We are generally incompetent at any number of chores; be it cleaning, cooking, or even washing.
My own house currently has no clean cutlery, kitchen utensils or plates to speak of. Any one of nine of us could try and work out how to use the dishwasher, but we can’t be arsed.
While such behaviour is frowned upon, those in St. George’s flats are seemingly being encouraged by the University to live in similar squalor.
The St. George’s horror began with no hot water, and gradually escalated in severity until black gunge replaced water when turning on the taps.
Those who moved in to St. George’s at the start of this year might have expected much from their £96-a-week accommodation.
They probably weren’t expecting to their bathtubs to be filled up with a substance more at home in District 9.
Perhaps that film was a vision of the future and soon the inhabitants of St. George’s are going to turn into aliens.
Opal 2 is now being used as a sort of charity, providing aid in the form of showers and washing machines.
Soon a refugee camp will be set up outside as the St. George’s inhabitants grow tired of the tiresome journey from apartment to bathroom.
The debacle couldn’t have been timed more ironically, with students being accused of living champagne lifestyles.
The crazy thing is the money these people pay for the privilege of living in third world conditions.
Showering in sewage for £96 a week? They may as well put their cash, or indeed themselves, straight down the drain.