Keeping it clean

I try to practice good personal hygiene. Really, I do. It's just that sometimes it's difficult when the showers in my dorm are closed.\nYou see, the people who clean our restrooms have decided that to spite me, they will close the showers on random days only when I need to use them. (It's possible that this isn't all a ploy to get me, but solid logic is hard to come by when it's 8 in the morning and you're denied a shower.)\nAnyway, as you can imagine, I was quite angry and a little confused the first time I stumbled upon the closed restroom sign. So confused, in fact, that I muttered to myself, "You have got to be kidding me," and I entered the bathroom anyway.\nAs it turns out, they were not kidding. \nI was quickly scolded for stepping foot on the newly mopped floor. As I retreated to my room in dirty defeat, I began to formulate a new plan. Option one was taking a shower in the girls' bathroom (I live on a co-ed floor, so there is one men's and one women's restroom). This was tempting but probably not a great idea. Option two was skipping class to take a shower at a later time. This was even more tempting, but I had no idea how long the showers would be out of commission. Option three turned out to be the winner -- I was the stinky kid in class that morning.\nOh, you know what I'm talking about: There are always at least a couple kids in your morning class who didn't quite make it to the shower. Maybe it's the smelly guy that sits behind you, or it could be the girl next to you. It might even be you. \nBut fear not, I will no longer judge you unclean students any more. I now know the obstacles standing in your way (this is starting to sound like a religious experience). \nAnyway, if I had been deprived of my shower once, that would be one thing. However, it has happened three times in the past two weeks. That's ridiculous. \nSo I started thinking to myself, "Matt, you're a smart kid. This is just yet another obstacle in life that you must overcome." So I began to plot it out. \nTwo Fridays ago, they cleaned the shower at 10 a.m., so the following week, I woke up a half hour early to beat the system. It worked. Sort of. You see, they didn't close the showers at all on this particular Friday. Basically, what I've learned is that there's no rhyme or reason to the madness.\nNow don't get me wrong. I am very appreciative of the people who risk their lives to clean up after all the guys on my floor. I've seen some things in there that no man should ever have to see. And for these people to go in there time and again is nothing short of amazing. \nAnd yet, the awkward times they choose to perform this saintly deed are unfortunate. I mean, shouldn't college guys be encouraged to shower regularly? It's hard enough making the time to bathe without roadblocks being placed in our way. That's just not right. \nIn fact, I don't think it would be a bad idea for students to get a small reward every time they take a shower; just a simple pat on the back or maybe a small candy bar. Think of all the problems this would alleviate. OK, so maybe it would just take care of the smelly kid that sits behind you, but really, isn't that enough?