My Experience in 2 months hostel stay
My Experience in 2 months hostel stay
I stayed in a low-budget ladies’ hostel for 2 months. I got positive vibes and negative vibes. I will share about it as a woman’s view from India. But it is also a worldwide issue and few hostels have this issue.
A hostel is good for people who want to study, work, etc. Some hostels give positive at first sight and some do not.
The below contents are my view.
1 — Research about the hostel before joining
When My parents and I were ready to join in a low-budgeted ladies’ hostel, we went to the nearby restaurant, ordered the food, and waited for the food. The waiter spoke casually. As we talked about the hostel, the hotel waiter said that they were not good, unsafe, etc.
But some reviews can be wrong and some are not. You must analyze the reviews.
2 — Friendship is good but be within your limits
Being friends with roommates are good thing to increase your connection for future growth and job search.
But you must have your limits. If you had fights or you are ready to leave the hostel room that you shared with your friendly roommates, you have to keep your distance for starting a new life journey.
3 — No privacy, you must adjust
You may have privacy when you stay in your house to study for a long time, go bathroom, and have casual fights with your parents and siblings.
But in the hostel, you may stay with strangers who want to put you down, the roommates sometimes place their items in your bed, get upset with you when you study for a long time, etc.
I also add that most of the hostel people have different characters. The above things are from my view.
Read the “Fight breaks when…” paragraph
4 — Any Pet lovers, if so don’t read and skip this paragraph
In some hostels and Some nearby hostels, you may have seen street pets.
As some news pets roam and bite the normal people who walk nearby. Even if you see the street pets, never walk closer to them.
You may have read a lot of positive and negative news about street pets (I am not a fan of pets). You have to be safe.
5 — Fight breaks when…
Fight breaks when you lose peace and the roommates degrade your strength.
Steps to handle when the roommates keep their items in your bed (or try to degrade you)
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a- Sometimes you need to adjust.
b- Sometimes you need to be strong and explain calmly that they should never place the items in your bed (or degrade you ), if they continue.
c- Sometimes you need to complain about it to the warden or the owner of the hostel if they continue.
d- Fighting will be dangerous (unless you are confident that you will win) or you can shift the hostel instead of fighting with your roommates (to get your peace) if they continue.
6 — Life will become a competition
The next step after — “Fight break when…”
The roommates will start their competition by using the washroom, drying the clothes, etc as the first users in every morning.
You can tag yourself in the competition or you can use alternative ones.
This is their(roommates) next process to make you leave the hostel on your own.
From my 2 months of a hostel stay, I realized that the roommates made compliant with the owner and the warden that they should never add more when the room has beds for 8 people and we were four. I still don’t know why they did.
7 — The food is controlled by the hostel owner
The food menu is controlled by the hostel owner(as it is a private hostel). The breakfast will (still ) come around 8 am when my time for my college bus was 8.30 am. Some had to leave for their classes at 7 am without having their food. They buy snacks in the shops.
For lunch, it is 1 pm and for dinner, it will be around 7.30 pm to 8 pm.
Even the hostel owner has their hotel to get their food. It is their rule to manage what to eat or not.
8 — Changes of warden within a month
When I stayed in the hostel for 2 months,
Warden One changed as her family asked her to return,
Warden Two changed when she took her relative girl inside the hostel without the owner’s permission, and
Warden Three also changed when the real warden to go for the family meeting.
Some wardens stay for the high salary. Some don’t.
The problem is.
New wardens never realize who goes out of the hostel permanently or who comes after a long time.
9 — You are a Challenger
If you adjust and manage the above things, you are the challenger.
Thank you for reading
