Moving out
Today I moved out from Bjerke student house.
Yesterday I moved all my stuff and today I had to be moved out and gave back the keys by 12.00. So this morning I have been cleaning well my room and the toilet. Then I went to the SiO center in Blindern to give back the keys and the laundry card.
I didn’t like that much the attitude of SiO towards the students when moving out, and in general. Basically if you do anything wrong you pay. If you don’t bring back the keys on time you pay 300 nok, if your room is not well cleaned you will be charged 280 nok per hour, based on the hours they need to clean properly. I understand SiO is a big organization and need to be strict, but this made me feel SiO didn’t trust me and it didn’t contribute to make me have a good experience.
Once in Blindern I had to wait five minutes for my turn and I gave a look around. On the wall behind the employees I realized that there were some writing painted. They were words in Norwegian that are supposed to represent SiO as an organization. The words were: hope, friends, warm, easy, alive, activities, safety and welfare.
Actually I feel I cannot associate any of this words to my experience in SiO housing. But I have been living there just for a month and SiO is not just housing, they offer many other possibilities for students, so maybe these words fit more other parts of the organization?
