Got scolded by hostel staff for wearing shorts, that too while an emergency.
I need to vent.
around 7:30pm my friend was extremely weak and on the verge of fainting. she threw up in the bathroom and I held her up the whole time. i called the hospital and an ambulance came. i asked one of the hostel masis to come with us but she didnt. so i went with my friend alone and we came back in the same ambulance afterwards. when we got back, one of the masis scolded me for wearing shorts. mind you, this was a medical emergency. i wasnt thinking about my clothes, i was thinking about my friend. masi said that they had no problem with it, but said mahuva ma'am would scold them and me if it happened again, even the maasis themselves know this is unreasonable, but theyre too scared of mahuva ma'am to use common sense
this is the same person i've complained to before about insects in the sweets, dal, gravy, puri, and even the salad and no drinking water available at 10pm in any block or the mess. her response was to tell me to talk to the mess committee, which is a student committee, and she said it in a sarcastic tone that made it clear she didnt care
we pay for this hostel. safe food, drinking water and basic empathy in an emergency shouldn't be too much to ask.