The Letting Off Steam Thread

[ixcuincle]

Things escalated pretty badly last night and I dont know if I should just continue reporting him when I can, or if I should go into the living room and start playing Guitar Hero or something really loudly to give him a taste of his own medicine.

With the roommates here (who I am not close with and who both like loud stuff , although not to the extent of the roommate that you mentioned) I tried to give them a dose of their own medicine , and it kind of worked for one. I hauled a laptop out on a rolling chair while my roommate was blasting some stupid stuff in the living room and started blasting North Carolina basketball...the other one simply doesn't get the point that loud TV annoys other people , and the day after you tell him not to turn up his TV again he turns it up loud as always. Luckily he is a senior so I assume he is moving out during the summer.

To be honest , I don't see why anyone would turn their music up loud unless they are deaf. I have had many roommates who I have not gotten along with because they blast TV and video games and shit which I am not interested in hearing. So go ahead and blast Guitar Hero and let him know that you are annoyed , while trying to persuade the RA's / higher-up's to kick him out. Good luck.

[JaoSming]

thank you guys for the input, this is what has been going on. Yesterday before I left I talked with my RA for really the first time all semester about the situation. I told him everything that has happened over the course of the semester and he kinda said "And you never told me about any of this?" Granted yes, it probably would have been better if I kept him informed....but I just didn't want to deal with it.

He was surprised that we had been having so much trouble with this kid because he thought he was a good kid. I guess they talk often because when he left that night clapping his hands down the hall, he went to the RA. He said to him that he didn't know that we were here and thought we had left to goto my house. Well....using that explanation may resolve why he tried opening both our doors, even though that is still very sketchy, but he walked by me in the hallway when I entered my gf's room to goto bed. and when the on duty RAs came, I let them in and stayed there as they talked to him. hmm, BS again.

The RA gave me some options. He could mediate a conversation between me and this kid, he could just leave it alone and see if he does anything again, or he could go talk to him. I choose #3. He gave me and my girl time to get out of the building before he talked to him, and when we got back the kid wasn't here and never came back. As far as I know he left at 2:30 yesterday and still hasn't come back to the apartment. If they did talk the RA was going to stress about the 23 hour quiet hours coming up for finals, and how even though it may not be quiet hours, we have courtesy hours where you have to be respectful with your noise levels.

So right now, I am just gaging this, and waiting for him to get back.

BUT just now my gf came in and told me that he came back at 5am and she woke up to him checking our door, then he went to my door and checked that one as well. This is fucked up. Yep, speak of the devil, he just walked by in is underwear.

Ok so for right now, I am just going to ignore him as usual. If he has the music loud again when we are sleeping I may confront him before going to the RA but I am not sure. I do have to say that I trust this RA, he understood the situation very well and seemed on the ball. If anything new pops up Ill be sure to post it. This is a good way to keep a record of what is going on. And if you guys have anymore ideas, I am welcome to hearing them.

But realize this, my last day of classes for me is today, Im spending Tuesday night at home. Thursday I have 2 finals. Friday I leave for a Red Sox game and won't be back till Saturday. Sunday I am home again, and Tuesday is my last final. Then I have till next Thursday the 24th to move out. Getting him kicked out really isn't an option, unless the kid has a knife and is making direct threats he is most likely not going to get kicked out of the school and or the apartment. Me moving out of the apartment isnt really a good either because I do need to study for these finals. So yah that is the situation as of right now.

[Patr1ck]

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-an-Annoying ... e-Move-Out
http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1706630

Since most people you talk to think he is cool or whatever, why don't you just talk to him. Not like "Sit down, we need to have a talk, son." But like "Dude, what's with the clapping, man? Could you cut it out, that shit is annoying?" The more you tolerate his shit by not doing or saying anything, the more he will probably act out.

[JaoSming]

well I have gone home for the night, leaving my gf there (yes I know that was dumb but again, I trust she can stand up for herself) evidently he has people over and they over overly laughing at a movie. She said they were drinking and now this kid is drunk. He is also walking by her room and knocking on her door as he goes past to the bathroom.

I am pretty much tellin her to call the RA and bust his ass, but if she does that our good roommate will get busted because he's over 21 and is letting a underage kid drink. I just hate it because he is testing her and she is being passive. He even said "I bet you they'll (he thinks im still there) be out here right at 9 o'clock to tell us to be quiet. I can never have fun in here."

Fuck this whole situation.

[---]

I think it's time for you to whoop this kids ass.

[Patr1ck]

Yeah dude, aren't you like 6'5"? Put the smackdown on him.

[ixcuincle]

They keep taking radio off the airwaves here. First it's Don Imus , a "shock jock" who didn't even say anything that offensive (we could bicker about the usage of "ho" but the point was it wasn't intended as hate speech so suspend , but don't fire). Then JV and Elvis , a show in NYC after Opie and Anthony , got suspended (later fired) for prank calling a Chinese restaurant. And finally , Opie and Anthony , the popular morning show , was suspended 30 days by XM because some homeless guy who doesn't even appear on their show regularly made a bad joke. The good news is they are likely not fired from FreeFM so I will probably be able to listen tomorrow morning , but the point is people here are starting to protest and demand that any offensive radio show be kicked off , despite the fact that it is comedy and not hate speech. Have a sense of humor people...none of these 3 radio hosts said anything absolutely hate-filled , or so outrageous that they deserved to be fired.

[JaoSming]

well last night with the parents wasn't as enjoyable and relaxing as I hoped. and I ended up puking my brains out a little after midnight. So now I'm exhausted and sick, and I have 2 finals tomorrow. Seriously if this kid tries any shit he is done.

[---]

Yesterday I was typing when my G and H keys got jammed, so I decided to try fix it. My keyboard has laptop style keys and they were a bitch to pull of, I broke both of them. I was just like "Dammit. Oh well, at least keyboards are cheap to buy." Then I looked up and saw half my LCD screen had a blue overlay, and the other half, while having the right colors, looked as if the color setting were at the lowest possible - like when you look a a gradient, instead of being smooth the changes in shade are so obvious. On top of that, the same side has "noise" (when you disconnect something on your TV and it has that annoying sound with black and white going all over the place), it's pretty faint, but anytime I'm in photoshop it's so obvious on certain colors.

I really don't know how long it will last before it dies, from what I have read this is a pretty obvious sign of it going fuck out soon.

I don't have alot of cash and I'm not willing to shell out NZ$360 for a 17" LCD, but I found a 17" on TradeMe for NZ$200, which I can probably afford. It's 3 years old though and is an ex lease, but it's in Christchurch so I wont have to pay another $30-$40 dollars for it to be sent. Should I take it?

It comes with a 3 month warranty also (3 months!?)

[Drex]

CONCHETUMARE, ME TIRE!

[JaoSming]

This is the last post about my roommate situation.

He left early this morning to leave for Tulsa and I couldn't be happier now that I know I will (hopefully) never have to deal with him again. He spent last night in a friend's apartment because he checked out of ours early so last night was nice and peaceful. Yet, still he was an ass right up till the end. He posted an emo blog stating how he was depressed and surprised that Finals count towards your GPA, and in the blog before that he stated that he was broke and decided to live a buddist "simplistic" life for now on. He also mentioned that he had spent all of his money on beer and drugs which confirmed our suspicions. He continued to make noise and try to annoy us right till the end. He filled a trash can with his junk and did not dispose of it, he threw extra trash into our recycling bin (which has at least 20 bucks worth of cans) and kept his laptop with music playing right until he checked out.

My other roommate did ask why there was so much shit between us, and why there was so much tension. I told him that I had no respect for him for the following reasons.

He was a mooch: ALL semester he used the paper towels and stole the toilet paper that me and my gf paid for. He took boxes of my kleenex and offered food that we bought to strangers. Yet he always refused to pitch in for anything in the apartment.

He was a prick: The talking shit about me and my girl everytime someone new entered our apartment. Keeping the music on and TV loud purposely trying to annoy us. I found out that he wasn't mad because we had dishes in the sink. He was mad because the dishes were dirty and he didn't have anything to use. He would use our silverware that we paid for and sneak it into the sink while we were washing dishes. Not that I have an issue with sharing silverware, but if you are not going to help out with costs or washing them then you can fuck off.

He was lazy: Leaving the music or the TV on when he leaves the apartment. Never once did he take out the trash or wash dishes. Never once did when he went out did he ask if he could pick something up for the rest of us. Even though we dislike this kid we would still ask and only get mutters in return.

He lied: Talked shit about me and my girl everytime someone new entered the apartment. Lied to people saying that he had already served time in Iraq and now he is back doing college for a couple years. (in truth he is a reservist who is "hiding" behind college to not goto Iraq. Those are his words, not mine) Of course since he had already been to Iraq he could be the young age of 18, so he said he was 24. He even said he was a grad student! He was taking math classes with stuff that I learned in 7th grade! He said that he didn't have any money to chip in for a TV, a rug, dishes or silverware. Yet when springbreak came around he planned a trip with 2 other people to drive down to Florida and party for a week.


There is just the one thing that I do not understand. We knew that it was because of him that my best friend did not get to room with us. Yet we still rolled out the red carpet for him, said "If you need anything or need to go somewhere just ask", we would have helped him out with everything. We were nice, courteous and respectful. And in return we got shit on, why? because of a little note saying clean up because we dont want to lose financial aid? Is it because of that note that he decided to lie to others about us? To keep us up at night? To try and break into my room or into the room that we were sleeping in? Considering all that he had done to us, and the fact that our reaction to it was let it go and not to bust him I consider him in debt to us. I know some of you will not like me saying this, but there are good, respectful, honorable, and loving people that are over in Iraq right now dying. And this little fuck gets to stay here, reap the rewards and hide behind the system of our military while real heros die. There is only one reason why (and MANY reasons why not) I wish T.W.A.T. gets extended for another 3 years and it is so this fucker can repay his debt to this country.

[hammertime23]

Thank god that's over, I've been reading all of these posts and that guy is a real asshole. I don't know how you took so much shit from him without just beating his ass. I'm not sure how he got into and went through college.

Can you by chance post the link to this kids blogs so I can see how messed up he really is?

[Andrew]

Glad to hear it's over Jao, the guy sounds like a complete tool.

[bigh0rt]

He filled a trash can with his junk and did not dispose of it, he threw extra trash into our recycling bin (which has at least 20 bucks worth of cans) and kept his laptop with music playing right until he checked out.

What kind of recycle bin do you have that holds 400 cans?

[Patr1ck]

He filled a trash can with his junk and did not dispose of it, he threw extra trash into our recycling bin (which has at least 20 bucks worth of cans) and kept his laptop with music playing right until he checked out.

What kind of recycle bin do you have that holds 400 cans?

They were using the guy's room.

[JaoSming]

its a bin that we usually empty into trash bags that we keep under counter. 20 bucks total probably, but the bin itself, i dunno, a couple bucks if that.


and thanks you guys for reading this

[Oznogrd]

I'm a little late on this but yeah bad roommates situation suck. What makes it worse is when you're friends with them and you have similar problems and you cant just duke it out because you have to put up with them. My apartment was a hell for me last year. I would literally go in, go in my room, and not come out for days at a time (other than to grab a soda/food) so i'm gonna get a little vent out about him right now. Jao, you are not alone, far far from it.

1. This guy WAS my best friend, yet never showed me any respect. Its always about him and his way and since we do track together, any day i beat him he has an excuse "oh im tired" "oh my chair is messed up" He can kiss my tiny white ass. He sucks at track and needs to admit that and move on. And whats wrong with a "dude good job today" shit i do it for him when he beats someone he usually doesn
2. He had a girlfriend who lived with us (and did not pay a dime...but who was also a really good friend). We had a certain power allotment and surprise with 3 people living in a 2 person apartment, we went 4 dollars over. Thats 2 dollars each we had to pay ladies and gentlemen...And he called me out for the one day i left the tv on because someone had called me with an emergency situation....Yet his girlfriend was doing laundry, showering, cooking...and somehow it was my fault the power bill was too much...go figure
3. He has an eensy bit of a tendency to get too drunk when he gets drunk. Let me put it this way: Pushing his own wheelchair is too much of a challenge once he starts. I was babysitter because i have a conscience and took care of him 30+ times, with each next day "i'll never do that again, i'm such an ass, sorry man"
4. Remember...best friends....wouldnt split any sort of the groceries with me. I understand not splitting every little thing. But soda? I dont want to look in the fridge, see 2 12 packs, and wonder which one is mine. THe only thing he'd let me split was alcohol, which i paid for half of (although him and his girlfriend drank 4/5 of it) and when he moved out, he took it all with him. He still has a stash of which i paid for half.
5. He has a tendency to only use his disability to benefit him and never accept it can actually hinder him. And I dont mean in a good way. His job is Student Patrol. Student patrol's job is to bust up parties and the like before the cops truly get involved. Now how many parties do you think are truly handicapped accessible? 1/10 if that many. He expects his coworkers to help him with his chair. He's not "too disabled for this job" and he almost sued when he got passed over for the same promotion too many times. On the other end, he was officially kicked out of the university. How he got back in? Got a doctor to make up some issue with his disability (he failed cuz he never attempted to study or go to class, he just slept and fucked all the damn time), pulled a medicinal appeal, and was let back in to school
6. The girl after 6 months of me trying to persuade her this guy was a douchebag, finally dumped him. So they're living together this year and its been hell. So guess where he's moving next year? My building. And not just my building. 20 feet down...on the same floor

Godfuckingdammit

[[Q]]

goddamn how much do oyu get?? in CA we get like 2 cents a can.

[shadowgrin]

^^ Bestfriend and he treats you like that?

Seems like you're a human doormat illini.

[Oznogrd]

hence the WAS my best friend shadow, and thats just the highlights. I cant stand the guy now that i've seen his true colors. He basically has a tendency to cling to 1 person at a time and thats all he can handle. He has never has more than 1 good friend at a time and i think he's down to 0 at this point. Yet he still doesnt get why. He tells us to call him out when does the shit that pisses us off, and we do and he gets all pissy. So yeah i just try to not hang out with him anymore

[Patr1ck]

I cant stand the guy now that i've seen his true colors. He basically has a tendency to cling to 1 person at a time and thats all he can handle.

My sister is JUST like that. Anymore and it eventually becomes "three's a crowd."

[Sauru]

my first time here but

FUCKING DIE ONLY GETTING THE 5TH PICK

ok i feel better now

[Jackal]

Okay, so I'm dating the girl. I don't really like the girl. Well I like the girl, but I like the other girl a lot more. Frankly, I think I love the girl. Since November we've been talking/SMS'ing and I can't get enough of her...but I just had the stupidest fight with her ever and I feel like turd.

What the fuck am I doing telling you cocksuckers this? Fuck ya'll, I'm going to bed.

[[Q]]

well if the fight was really stupid and wasnt about anything important then i would apologize (if there's anything to apologize about) and get on her good side asap

[Its_asdf]

JESUS FUCK

Why won't my physics project work? Holy shit I'm busting a nut over this shit but it just ain't working. Fucking hell, I'm probably just going to give up building a homemade beakman motor and fail this god foresaken physics class. Fuck.