My son works at a college dorm where the students have recently all departed (back to their homes for the remainder of term online, unless they made prior arrangements to move to another dorm). As the residents were departing, they have done a checkout inspection in prior years. Because of the pandemic, this year, they've made the expectation clear to the residents about how to leave their room, then have gone around in pairs (one advisor from the female wing, one from the male wing) to inspect each room after people leave.
Now my son knows where the smell in his room was coming from. Evidently, a resident on the floor below this resident also had complained about a smell in his room.
It was the resident adjacent to my son's room, who evidently has only emptied his trash the one time since term began in August. It was a single (small) waste basket full on the day he left. The students have been eating take out food and most eat it in their rooms, including this resident. There were open, partially full, drink bottles on their side on the floor. Many partially empty food containers were all around the room. Possibly, this student never did laundry, either. And now that my son thinks about it, he's never seen this resident entering or leaving the bathing area, washing his hands/brushing his teeth in the community restroom the entire term. The entire room smelled so bad, he's not sure if the resident was using the community restroom for anything. And there was the trademark sock over the smoke detector (likely placed there so the resident could smoke in his room without setting off the fire alarm) - which is something he'll be fined for. He was living in that stench.
In many cases, when the inspection finds something amiss, they'll photograph it, make a note, set things right from a safety perspective (close the window, remove the sock from the smoke detector, etc.) and they carried a garbage bag with them to empty the trash for those who forgot. In this case, they took a plethora of photos, removed the sock, and left the window open! They then reported the room to the maintenance department (including the open window and the reason for it) who will go in and thoroughly clean the room (including the carpet), throwing away items at their own discretion. This may include the bedding, which is likely infused with the stench. This student will be charged for maintenance time and repairs as well.
If this resident returns to the dorm for next term (I suspect this is highly unlikely), he will be having regular inspections and will be charged for anything he doesn't clean throughout the term. He will be fined for any safety violations found - each time.
I wonder if his parents will just pay the bills, or if they'll ask about the charges.