So, if you know me (and thus far most people that read this blog do), you know that I am completely and vehemently opposed to participating in engineering-related extracurriculars. This is mostly because I want to get away from people that think exactly like me during my down time.
It shouldn't come as a surprise then that I am usually blissfully unaware of what my student government is doing. Today, however, I was reminded of their slightly annoying existence by a survey intended to gauge interest in this year's Chemical Engineering Chemistry themed clothing. I don't usually buy into any of these things (what can I say, I'm not a joiner) but I did today for some reason.
All the designs are horrendous. There is not a single item of clothing that they have designed that I would even consider putting on my body. Some of the designs could work if they weren't so fucking fixated on their chosen colour scheme (seriously, who does black writing on black fabric. Idiots.) and putting them on sweaters. Because I'm made of money and can afford your shitty over-priced clothing with ugly designs that I had no input in, or even the opportunity to give it.
My whole problem with student government, essentially, boils down to this: it's one big clique. If you didn't get involved in first or second year, none of the members that did will give a shit about your opinion. Even with this survey, I highly doubt anyone on that committee will modify their designs given our opinions. They don't care, they'll do whatever they want instead of what the majority of the class wants.
Yes, I realize that I could have gotten involved with this whole shebang earlier if I wanted to be a part of their decision making processes. Yes, I could let my class rep or whatever know that I want things to be done differently within their organization. Ultimately though, I don't really give a shit what happens. It's just incredibly stupid, in my mind, that they completely designed this faculty clothing without consulting us first. Or even asking us what kind of colour scheme we thought would be appropriate!
Whatever, they'll do whatever they want in their little hive minds. I'm not going to buy a Chem Eng sweater this year, just as I have never bought a Chem Eng related item before. I'll just go back to my student government free bubble, where everyone is happy and doesn't wear ugly black on black crew neck sweaters.
