Roommate Rants

[cookiecutter]

They invented headphones for a reason.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Headphones are untr00, it's all about blasting shit loud and CONVERTING THE N00BZ.

 

[The Heartbreak Kid]

Some people need beatings.

 

[Zephyrus]

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You should make him come with you on a bike ride or something.

I know this will accomplish a lot, but still. Also try to include him in social activities. I've been in his position before (as have you), and you know what it feels like.

[/socialworker]

He declines every request I make to do anything. I go out to free movies at the lecture halls every week and he declines. I invite him to come with us to dinner on most days (not Mondays and Wednesdays--he has class) and he always declines. I'm at the dining hall with my friends and I see him walk in and he actively avoids our table.

Fuck, my friends and I offered to buy him dinner at the local pizzeria on his fucking birthday and he promptly declined, politely as always.

All he wants to do is sit at his computer all day and type smilies as loud and often as possible.

 

[genocide roach]

he's black...

thats about it. hes actually a nice guy and he's never here. always forward deployed.

i'm moving out of my dorms in CO soon. cant wait to not share a bathroom anymore.

lol, there is a limit on smileys "You have included 38 images in your message. You are limited to using 15 images so please go back and correct the problem and then continue again. "
~gR~

 

[The Ozzman]

Seriously, that's your fault. Wear a breathe right strip. He shouldn't have to wear earplugs because you snore.

Dude, fuck you. I took every initiative possible to try to contain my snoring, but nothing worked. I tried the strips, tried eating better, tried drinking less alcohol, and I even went to the doctor. Nothing fucking worked. It was his turn to do something. It's a two way street with roommates.

I'm just going to chalk it up to the fact that you've only been in college for a few months. You're in your infancy as far as having to deal with a roommate goes. When you hit sophomore/junior year, then you'll realize it's a two way street. I really don't understand how you could be that ignorant to assume that I'm the only one that needs to do something to resolve the issue. Two people living together need to come to some sort of agreement and be proactive about it, not reactive.

I'm also going to bet that you (or your roommate) don't snore, either. If you do snore, it must not be loud enough or bothersome enough to care.

 

[Vilden]

Also he's a even bigger nerd than I am and insists on telling me plot lines to animes and comic books he read.

That sounds like me. I do that pretty often and normally my friends just sigh and tries to ignore me.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

lol, there is a limit on smileys "You have included 38 images in your message. You are limited to using 15 images so please go back and correct the problem and then continue again. "

Looks like Zeph shouldn't worry about that kid finding this forum, then.

 

[Alter]

He declines every request I make to do anything. I go out to free movies at the lecture halls every week and he declines. I invite him to come with us to dinner on most days (not Mondays and Wednesdays--he has class) and he always declines. I'm at the dining hall with my friends and I see him walk in and he actively avoids our table.

Fuck, my friends and I offered to buy him dinner at the local pizzeria on his fucking birthday and he promptly declined, politely as always.

All he wants to do is sit at his computer all day and type smilies as loud and often as possible.

Haha I would hate that. Does he talk to girls often?

 

[Zephyrus]

Haha I would hate that. Does he talk to girls often?

I think so, but they are just like he is.

 

[Ben_t]

When I first registered to university (3 days before the classes actually start...) I had to find a place to live during the first 4 months rather quickly. So I finally found a place with 1 guy that I knew from college and this other he knew from college. It was pretty cheap, everything was included (even the plates and stuff like that) and walking distance from the University. Sounds good, I take the last room.

What a mistake! First I get along well with the guy I know he's nice but holy fuck he can't clean anything to save his life. Exemple...he decides to make rice to go with his meal, drop about 1/4 cup on the carpet. No problem it'll apparently magically disapear. Same thing goes for spagetthi and everything he dropped. The carpet there was gross so gross. I tried to keep it clean but it was a lost cause.

Also we had like 2 huge industrial sink that could contain seriously a month of dirty dishes. Which my roomate used to its full potential. The smell that was coming out of there was unreal and you should have seem the bottom with all the remainings of what he ate in an pretty advanced decomposition state. So I had a plate and utensils that I kept in my room and I was the only one to use that.

He also seemed to think that the garbage can empty itself alone. He didn't seem to notice that I was doing it as it was disgusting to me. For a long week-end I went away to do some things and the garbage cans was already full when I left. I didn't bother emptying it as I thought he wouldn't have the choice to do it this time. I come back like 4 days later...a mountain of garbage surrounding the garbage can. I was so pissed. And talking to him didn't change anything...apparently when you're mom does everything for you it's hard to change.

Now that was only one roomate...I had another one. The other guy was extremely weird. I lived there 4 months. I've seen him take a shower twice. And when he took a shower he stayed there seriously close to 2 hours. I couldn't believe that there was enough hot water for that but apparently there was enough... And this guy was locking his bedroom when he was sleeping (apparently afraid that we would molest him during his sleep or something). That guy was coming out of his room to use the microwave oven and going to his classes. That was it. He was spending the remaining of his time on his computer and was never sleeping more then 3 hours per night. I thought he was working hard for school or something as he never seemed like he was playing any games. One time I knocked on his door as I needed to ask him something and I saw what he was doing on his computer. He was in the process of using MS paint to put his face on an Indiana Jones picture. Now I understood why he couldn't go out he was really working on things that are extremely important.

Anyway that's the big picture and that was like 7-8 years ago so I'm probably forgetting many details that I found annoying at the time.

 

[ThisIsACoolName]

He won't even sit with me and my friends at dinner because once a friend of mine asked him "so are hot dogs and french fries your favorite food or do they not serve your preferred brand of caviar here?"

Well obviously the guy isn't taking care of himself at all, but I can't say I approve of what your friend said to him. I mean it's not like I'm Mr. Nice Guy or anything, but that just seems a little mean to me. Oh well. I don't mean to be critical of your friend, by the way, but it actually bugged me a little when I read that.

 

[Crimson Velvet]

I live with my 22 year old nephew who has a more active sex and social life than me. It's highly irritating, having to drown out squeaky noises from the top floor or endless chatter or the sound of computer games and so one with music, or having to retreat to the small apartment I built on the backside of my land lot (with him in mind, mind you, but he prefers the big room on the second floor). I'm thinking of cutting off internet and cable access up there, telling him it's a problem out of my hands, then maybe he'll move.

 

[Life Sucks]

I have no complaints about my current roommates (one of them is actually a friend that I knew from before). But at the last two places I lived, I had some horrible roommates. At the last place, there was this one overweight cunt that would always bitch at me that my room smells like supplements (I kept tubs of protein powder and so forth on my shelves), and whenever there was a mess, she would always automatically assume it was me and make me clean it up, when a lot of times, it was the other roommate. At the place before that, there was this real asshole. He threatened to beat me up a few times, despite being ten years older than me (you would think he would be more mature), because of minor things. I happened to see him again after I moved out and called him out, calling him white trash (he grew up in a poor area of Boston) and insulting his family, trying to provoke him. Yeah he tried to hit me, but he couldn't beat me up, lets leave it at that. Living with only random people is a big gamble, and has only worked for me two out of three times.

 

[False Joe]

All he wants to do is sit at his computer all day and type smilies as loud and often as possible.

Oh shit.

I just saw my future in text ...

 

[cookiecutter]

Dude, fuck you. I took every initiative possible to try to contain my snoring, but nothing worked. I tried the strips, tried eating better, tried drinking less alcohol, and I even went to the doctor. Nothing fucking worked. It was his turn to do something. It's a two way street with roommates.

I'm just going to chalk it up to the fact that you've only been in college for a few months. You're in your infancy as far as having to deal with a roommate goes. When you hit sophomore/junior year, then you'll realize it's a two way street. I really don't understand how you could be that ignorant to assume that I'm the only one that needs to do something to resolve the issue. Two people living together need to come to some sort of agreement and be proactive about it, not reactive.

I'm also going to bet that you (or your roommate) don't snore, either. If you do snore, it must not be loud enough or bothersome enough to care.

Well then I apologize. From your original post it just sounded like you were snoring and got annoyed when he (rightfully so) was annoyed. If you actually tried to control it then he really has nothing to complain about, but I don't know your life story and medical history.

 

[The Ozzman]

My family has a history of snoring and I think I told him that I snore, but I don't remember. Even the doctor asked what my roommate's problem was when I told him he was complaining.

 

[~Derek~]

I never lived in a dorm, I stayed in my apartment all through college.

I'd like to do that, you get way more room, like 3-4 rooms, and you don't got RA's bitching at you for playing guitar too loud, and you can scream and growl witohut people knocking at your door thinking you're out of your mind.

 

[~Derek~]

I have no complaints about my current roommates (one of them is actually a friend that I knew from before). But at the last two places I lived, I had some horrible roommates. At the last place, there was this one overweight cunt that would always bitch at me that my room smells like supplements (I kept tubs of protein powder and so forth on my shelves), and whenever there was a mess, she would always automatically assume it was me and make me clean it up, when a lot of times, it was the other roommate. At the place before that, there was this real asshole. He threatened to beat me up a few times, despite being ten years older than me (you would think he would be more mature), because of minor things. I happened to see him again after I moved out and called him out, calling him white trash (he grew up in a poor area of Boston) and insulting his family, trying to provoke him. Yeah he tried to hit me, but he couldn't beat me up, lets leave it at that. Living with only random people is a big gamble, and has only worked for me two out of three times.

Does anybody else have experience having members of the opposite sex as roommates? I'm just wondering, of course the college doesnt allow it but I wouldnt care for having one as a roommate in the future that I have no relationship with.

 

[The Ozzman]

if you do, post pics