Let’s be honest. If Mizzou Wireless were an antibiotic, its label would say “CAUTION: May cause stress, anger, tears and exhaustion with occasional relief when working.”
Not a week goes by on the Mizzou campus where students don’t have trouble connecting to the beloved campus-wide Wi-Fi network. Although a lot of the problems we have with it are essentially a mystery, the reactions students have to it are universal and pretty well known. Here’s the common process of dealing with Mizzou Wireless, as told by GIFs:
1. You log onto your computer, prepared to take your quiz on Blackboard.
2. You realize that the Wi-Fi is taking an incredibly long time to load.
3. You start to panic. Your quiz is due by 11:59 p.m.
4. You realize that Mizzou Wireless is down.
5. You freak out.
6. Maybe you cry a little.
7. Or, a lot.
8. Then, you get pretty angry.
9. You start to swear at your computer.
10. You close your computer and walk away for a minute and try to calm yourself down.
11. You wonder why you procrastinated on your quiz and then blame yourself for all of life’s problems.
12. You then realize that this isn’t your fault, you can’t control technology!
13. After an hour, Mizzou Wireless still won’t load.
14. So, naturally, you panic, cry and yell all over again.
15. You then ask yourself this very essential question:
16. You angrily tweet at Mizzou Wireless and scowl at their lame response.
17. You wait another 30 minutes…
18. Until somehow, a miracle happens. You’ve FINALLY connected to Mizzou Wireless!