@pinkitydrinkity , you find it odd that someone doesn’t want to be stuck sleeping in a lounge and being inconvenienced for two nights? I’m guessing you don’t find it odd because you are perhaps making these requests yourself.
Maybe the difference now is that there is a presumption that students must allow this to happen. No, they don’t have to give up their rooms. And when kids can order food or Uber or buy stuff with a touch screen, I see no problem with spending their own cash on a room for a dirty weekend. Or the visiting boyfriend can sleep in the lounge, no problem.