I Feel Like I Have A Tumor In My Mouth

Today was my first day at a real university. It was nothing compared to the fake one that I had been attending for the last few years. I was a little perplexed at some of the things that I discovered today.

Pictured below is an example of our new school IDs or ShockerCard. It is not only an ID, but it can also double as a check card if you wish to have a checking account with Commerce Bank. I have a checking account with Commerce Bank with money in it. I figured that since this was a WSU card that I could only use it on the WSU campus. That is not true. I was able to use it at an off-campus bookstore to buy my required textbooks for super cheap. I was happy that I did not have to go through the hassle of taking money out of my checking account to pay cash for my books.


Today, I decided to buy some food at the Chick-fil-a in the student center on campus. I figured that since I was on campus that I could use my ShockerCard to buy my lunch. This is not true. I, in fact, cannot use my ShockerCard, which doubles as a check card and is issued jointly by WSU and Commerce Bank to purchase my food, regardless of the amount of money I have in my checking account. Instead, I have to go through the hassle of withdrawing money from my checking account, which is linked to my ShockerCard, and go to the dining office at WSU to put money back on my card, not in my Commerce Checking account. Major credit cards and debit cards, however, are gladly accepted.

Book bags are not allowed in the campus bookstore, because students are not to be trusted. They might try to steal textbooks and college paraphernalia.

Since book bags are not allowed and since all college students are inherent thieves, you must leave your bags at the door. You can either use a quarter and put it in a locker, or you can throw it on the floor next to the door. Most students don't carry change on them, so they are forced to trust other students to not take their bags and throw them on the floor next to the bookstore entrance. The rhetorical question is: why is the bookstore forcing students to trust other students when the bookstore does not trust students?