A decades-old school building became the backdrop for a viral TikTok after students and staff walked into a classroom expecting newly installed air conditioning, only to be met with a foul odour and green slime.

Posted by Bea Linn, the clip captures laughter in the background — not from humor, but disbelief at the chaotic scene. Despite the smell and the room’s condition, classes continued as scheduled.

The video has garnered 1.5 million views.

This video was recorded inside a classroom in a decades-old Ohio school building, literally right after we thought we’d finally gotten working air conditioning installed. We walked in expecting cool, fresh air and instead got hit with a horrendous smell and a room that looked completely unready for students. You can hear people laughing in the background—not because it’s actually funny, but because it was such an unbelievable “you’ve got to be kidding me” moment. Despite the odor and the condition of the room, school was never canceled and students were still expected to be there that day. It’s a chaotic, lighthearted clip on the surface, but it also shows what staff and kids in aging school buildings are sometimes asked to shrug off just to keep the day going.