Sharing A Hotel Room During Orientation

I guess it depends on the type of person. Some people can't stand anyone in their personal space and are extremely concerned with privacy, other people enjoy backpacking through europe or another foreign land while staying in hostels sleeping in a bunk with 10 other traveling strangers in the same room. Although there are exceptions, generally speaking I have no problem sharing a room with someone I just met, as long as they're friendly like myself. I think situations like that can be very positive experiences, allowing you to meet and make friends with people that you might have never approached otherwise.

If I can do it for 2 10 month terms in a row where I'm with the same people 24/7 (except sleeping in diff rooms by gender) I think you can do it for a few weeks.

Everyone is different. Just because you can do it doesn't mean the whole world can. I personally agree with Vamp. Anyone who goes blindly trusting everyone in this day and age is foolish. We don't live in a world where you can ask your neighbor for a cup of sugar anymore. We don't live in a world where you can let your 8 year olds walk to the park anymore. You're trusting a complete stranger not to steal your stuff while you're asleep or not in the room. Like she said, they could be kicked out for some reason and have to go back and gather their things. How do we know they won't gather anyone else's too? There are so many scenarios that my head is spinning.

For me personally, I can do it if I absolutely had to but I would not sleep soundly and I would pack all of my valuables in my backpack and sleep with my head on my backpack and carry it everywhere I went. The trainer part I'm unconcerned with because if I'm sleeping they're probably driving. Plus, they're already making more than me so I don't think they'd want whatever little bit I might have.

But if you're staying in a hotel room with 2 to 4 strangers I think it's completely reasonable to be a little concerned.

Or they will find him/her duct tapped to a light pole out in the middle of the desert.

Hahahaha!!! Careful, they might like it!!

Kieran, I hear you. But for reasons that might or might not make sense, I might feel more comfortable around a world traveler. If you don't feel comfortable, you can easily get up and leave, with no consequences. In the situation involved here, your options might be more limited. You also don't have a chance to freely get acquainted with any given roommate before you actually have to go to sleep in the same room as them.

I guess it depends on the type of person. Some people can't stand anyone in their personal space and are extremely concerned with privacy, other people enjoy backpacking through europe or another foreign land while staying in hostels sleeping in a bunk with 10 other traveling strangers in the same room. Although there are exceptions, generally speaking I have no problem sharing a room with someone I just met, as long as they're friendly like myself. I think situations like that can be very positive experiences, allowing you to meet and make friends with people that you might have never approached otherwise.

When I head to orientation, I am going with this mind set you mentioned. Although I do not trust easily, both myself and my roommate will be going into this together. I'm hoping we can not only get along but also be there for each other to help get through and study together. I will be taking my laptop with me and some DVDs and hopefully they don't get stolen. I know each room comes with 2 safes so hopefully I can utilize that if need be.

Got to have the laptop as the rooms at the hotel do not have tvs in them. Gonna start watching Sons of Anarchy on dvd if I have any free time. Only television is in the main lobby for students.

I guess it depends on the type of person. Some people can't stand anyone in their personal space and are extremely concerned with privacy, other people enjoy backpacking through europe or another foreign land while staying in hostels sleeping in a bunk with 10 other traveling strangers in the same room. Although there are exceptions, generally speaking I have no problem sharing a room with someone I just met, as long as they're friendly like myself. I think situations like that can be very positive experiences, allowing you to meet and make friends with people that you might have never approached otherwise.

When I head to orientation, I am going with this mind set you mentioned. Although I do not trust easily, both myself and my roommate will be going into this together. I'm hoping we can not only get along but also be there for each other to help get through and study together. I will be taking my laptop with me and some DVDs and hopefully they don't get stolen. I know each room comes with 2 safes so hopefully I can utilize that if need be.

Got to have the laptop as the rooms at the hotel do not have tvs in them. Gonna start watching Sons of Anarchy on dvd if I have any free time. Only television is in the main lobby for students.

What kind of "hotel" doesn't have a television in each room? Never heard of that. Is this some kind of sleeping accommodations on the company premises and not an actual "hotel"?

I guess it depends on the type of person. Some people can't stand anyone in their personal space and are extremely concerned with privacy, other people enjoy backpacking through europe or another foreign land while staying in hostels sleeping in a bunk with 10 other traveling strangers in the same room. Although there are exceptions, generally speaking I have no problem sharing a room with someone I just met, as long as they're friendly like myself. I think situations like that can be very positive experiences, allowing you to meet and make friends with people that you might have never approached otherwise.

When I head to orientation, I am going with this mind set you mentioned. Although I do not trust easily, both myself and my roommate will be going into this together. I'm hoping we can not only get along but also be there for each other to help get through and study together. I will be taking my laptop with me and some DVDs and hopefully they don't get stolen. I know each room comes with 2 safes so hopefully I can utilize that if need be.

Got to have the laptop as the rooms at the hotel do not have tvs in them. Gonna start watching Sons of Anarchy on dvd if I have any free time. Only television is in the main lobby for students.

What kind of "hotel" doesn't have a television in each room? Never heard of that. Is this some kind of sleeping accommodations on the company premises and not an actual "hotel"?

Correct. The company I will be attempting to join has its own on site "hotel". No tv is fine with me and hopefully I can get used to it.

Really don't need a tv until February 14 when the Walking Dead comes back on. Will do my best to plan accordingly to be somewhere to watch that.

Probably one of the reasons they don't have a tv in the rooms is so those who want to or need to get to bed early and get more sleep can without room mates having the tv going. I would like to think people have the manners to keep volume down when room mate is trying to sleep, but I know better, this is NOT the case quite often. Some people need 10 hours of sleep to function and not rip heads off, some can go with 6-7 hours, some people even less but that's just not healthy even if you feel fine.

I just want to make it known I can and do understand if you want your own space, I was just saying if you can't get your own space you should be able to handle it for a few weeks, just take the extra precautions necessary. if you can take it with ya in like a back pack (laptops, mini dvd players... you know small stuff) I would do so, if not find a way to secure it. also maybe you can make an itemized list to give to whoever is your boss during training and say "look, this is what I brought with me, if you send a room mate home or assign me a new room mate these things need to still be there when I go back tonight, tomorrow night, the night after, etc" obviously word it to your own personality but make sure they know you have that stuff so if something is stolen you can say hey that dvd player I told you about 2 weeks ago... it's missing and they can take proper action, but if you out of the blue tell them they don't know if you had one or not.

sort of like how an apartment makes you go over with a fine tooth comb and report anything damaged, stained, broken, etc within the first week of moving in, so they can know about it and not bill you for it when you move out and or get it fixed asap.

As stated in the previous post, I wasn't aware he wasn't in an actual hotel. It's the company sleeping quarters for students, big difference. Hence the "no tv" in the rooms. Sounds to me more similar to skeeping barracks...lol I'm glad I can read all this good stuff on Trucking Truth. Makes me aware of what to look for when I chose a company to work for. And no, I'm not interested in sharing a room with a stranger I know nothing about for quite a few weeks. Personal choice. I'll make sure I can at least have the option of having my own room. :)

*sleeping...not skeeping...lol