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Student With Mono Camps Out to Secure Campus Housing at the University of Tennessee

By Kelly CorbettOct. 18 2022, Published 11:24 a.m. ET This sounds like a nightmare. When I went to college, we secured our campus housing in an online queue. But according to TikTok, students at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville are doing it the old-fashioned way: waiting in line in person. The only issue is that the line starts forming way before housing is made available to students. Therefore, they all have sleeping bags, blankets, and even tents in tow. Article continues below advertisement TikTok creator Max T (@shamelesscloutchaser), whose profile only features videos of him interviewing students, chatted up a few ladies on the line at the University of Tennessee. Here's what they said about their experience.Source: Getty ImagesArticle continues below advertisement

Student sick with mono waits on line overnight for campus housing

OK, there's a lot to unpack in Max T's video. First off, students are literally camping out for campus housing. The copy on the beginning of the video reads: “Interviewing students camping out to get an apartment next year.” Clearly, the stakes are very high if a sick student who should most likely be on bedrest is willing to put themself in this situation. @shamelesscloutchaser to everyone else in this line: did y’all meet mono girl??? #maxtinterview #college #apartment #utk #knoxville original sound - max t Article continues below advertisement In Max T's video, he asks a few female students a simple question: "What are you mad about?" And each woman answered relatively calmly despite the fact that they would be sleeping on the pavement. "I’m here, I have to sit here with mono and sleep here with mono and be called 'mono girl,'" said one student, who was wrapped up in a blanket. (She also told Max that mono wasn't contagious unless she spit on someone). Meanwhile, her friend complained that men who lived in this highly-coveted building, known as The Standard, were throwing pennies and spitting on those waiting down below.Article continues below advertisement Further down in the line, another woman reported that it was raining ice as she and her friend diligently waited. “You know we’re out here just trying to make it to where you are and it’s just not cool," she said, adding, "They got it so good up there." Her friend also answered: “I think I’m mad about the first person who came here 48 hours before leases started because now it’s made everybody have to stay here for two days." Honestly truth to that — who started this chaos?Article continues below advertisementSource: tiktok The comment section was equally exhilarating. "It's ridiculous that people have to camp out to try and get a lease," wrote one user. Others were more fixated on "mono girl." "I like mono girl, she seems sweet," opined one user. Others argued that she was wrong about mono being contagious only through spit.Article continues below advertisement There was also some discourse regarding the Standard residents who were spitting and throwing objects at those waiting in line.Article continues below advertisementSource: Tiktok Apparently, those who had knowledge of the building claimed it wasn't all that great. One user wrote, "You couldn't pay me to live in that building again."Article continues below advertisement Basically, this comment summed all of the above up.Article continues below advertisementSource: tiktok And also this one!Article continues below advertisementSource: tiktok Per the creator in a followup comment, the second pair of girls interviewed did not get an apartment. But we can assume the student with mono and her friend did. Hopefully, it was worth it. You can watch Max interview other students at the University of Tennessee who camped out for housing here and here.AdvertisementMore from Distractify Linewives and Bucket Bunnies Are Beefing on TikTok — What Does Any of This Mean? TikToker Calls Out HelloFresh for Delayed, Spoiled Food TikTok Food Scientist Reveals the Foods She'll Never Eat Again After What She's Learned Latest Trending News and UpdatesAdvertisementABOUT DistractifyAbout UsPrivacy PolicyTerms of UseDMCASitemapCONNECT with DistractifyLink to Facebook Link to TwitterLink to InstagramContact us by Email Copyright 2022 Distractify. Distractify is a registered trademark. All Rights Reserved. People may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice.