bathroom we were never allowed to leave a mess for the other to walk through so my Dad had a saying that he used to tell us. He always said, “You’re not selfish for pursuing your own good, but for neglecting your neighbors”. Leaving hair in the shower is so disrespectful to the others living around you, but its also unsanitary!
It’s hard to address these issues sometimes because you don’t want to call them out and potentially have a tense relationship after, but at the same time, you want a change. I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I have seen this, just by living in Presidents Park last year.
I remember walking into the bathroom and there being hair in the sink from girls doing their hair, which was more tolerable for me than seeing the massive amounts of hair in the shower. I’m not joking you, every single time I walked into that shower I would have to run the water just to wash the hair off the sides of the walls. It was vile. I don’t understand how girls don’t realize they are shedding everywhere. Quite possibly, they do realize they shed like a dog but just don’t give a care to throw it away. I have no sympathy for these girls who shed like animals because I have a full head of hair, that is dark brown, and thick, so naturally I find hair every so often too, but here’s the difference- I ALWAYS THROW IT AWAY!
There are different ways to handle oneself when encountering a situation like this and let me tell you, screaming down the hall “Get your stupid hair out of the shower!” to your filthy floor mate is not the way to go. Last year, when I got fed up with walking into the shower and being surrounded by full on weaves, I thought and thought about how I could lightly tell girls to clean up after themselves without becoming the hall diva. I decided to post a sign so right when someone steps out of the shower it says in bright pink pen “please pick up your hair from the shower” and signed it “love, the hall”. An anonymous note worked really well in our case. But I am sure there are cases where a friendly note doesn’t suffice. In those cases, I would try talking to your hall mates at a hall meeting to share how nasty it is. But if all else fails, go to an RA. An RA should know how to stop the problem.