The Great Group Project Disaster of College Year 1
OMG GUYS, I HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS GROUP PROJECT DISASTER THAT STILL GIVES ME NIGHTMARES. Seriously, it’s like sitting through a bad comedy, except it’s real life and I almost died inside.
So, it was my college intro class, you know, one of those assignments where you gotta work with a team of strangers and pretend you’re a *professional*. Our topic was “The Impact of Social Media on Youth,” sounds easy enough, right? HA.
I was randomly paired with three people — one of them was a guy who thought “deadline” was kinda optional, another was a girl who thought Google was her personal assistant, and the third guy… well, he just liked to stare into space during Zoom meetings.
From the get-go, things were sketchy. First, the girl kept asking, “Can we just do a quick Google doc and call it a day?” Dude, no. That’s not how these projects work. Also, she kept asking if she could just plagiarize stuff from Wikipedia because “it’s faster.” I died a little inside.
The guy who stared off into space? He would just turn off his camera and sit there during all group calls, sometimes showing up five minutes late. We’d ping him, “Hey, can you add your part?” and he’d just reply with an emoji. Like, seriously?
And then there was this epic moment where we had to do a presentation. Everyone was dreading it, especially because nobody was actually doing any work. Our girl finally decided to “contribute” by making a slideshare with a bunch of memes and words like “YOLO” and “Vibe” everywhere. It looked like my little cousin’s 12th birthday party. I wanted to crawl under my desk.
But the best part? The night before the presentation, the girl realized she’d forgotten to put in any proper citations, so she just threw in a random URL from some random blog about cats and called it a day. Because, why not?
The presentation day rolls around, and I swear, the boy who stared into space turned his camera off because he was “feeling sick”. Classic. The meme girl kept changing slides mid-presentation and said “this point is *lit*,” while randomly cracking meme jokes that made zero sense given the actual topic.
When it was finally my turn to speak, I was just about ready to crawl into a hole and disappear. Then, as I was explaining the impact of social media, the girl suddenly shouts, “OMG, I found this TikTok that’s so relevant!” and starts showing her phone to everyone. I nearly lost it.
In the end, we got a B- for the project. Honestly, I think the teacher just felt bad for us. The whole experience was a dumpster fire — a perfect combination of chaos, laziness, and the most awkward team dynamics ever. I swear, some folks just have zero sense of responsibility.
And that’s why I NEVER want to do group projects again. Or at least, I want a solid team of Elon Musks and Marie Curies, not these walking disasters.
Anyway, if you think your group was bad, just remember — it could always be worse. Much worse.