Roomate Stories
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 11:14 pm
I have a few good ones since I've been renting from the age of 16, and paying room and board from the age of 12. But this one is ranking right up there.
I had a female guide move into the vacant room 2 and a half months ago, she's given notice by the way... she found a cheaper place.
She paid first month's phone/internet bill, then at the end of last month's bill decided not to pay the phone bill, just the Internet. ADSL comes across the phone line Lady, so I'll unplug your computer from the router and you can have no Internet too.
She says OK then I don't want to pay my third of the answering service... sure thing schnookums... that move saves you $1.88 a month thanks for fuxoring things up for the rest of your stay. Have a nice day.
To top this off her visiting sister who ate my food and used my phone for 2 weeks ditched me with $10.00 LD charges, better than the $50.00 some of them leave I guess.
So now she gives notice at the beginning of this month... I'm heartbroken and her room is taken literally 10 minutes after she gives notice.
Three days ago I see her take a bag down to the garage and then hear what sounds like someone trying to cut logs with a spoon, or sawing with a comb. I figured she was crafting something or making a wood frame and was going to offer her a coping saw or something, but I left her to her own devices and actually thought nothing of it.
Next morning I see her going downstairs and the same noises start up. Ok now that's got my interest, her cell rings and she goes upstairs to answer it and I sneak a peek at whats going on downstairs.
She's trying to start a fire with two pieces of wood and a bow on a piece of cloth on the floor. The place is smoky and shes been throwing the smoldered wood into a trash bin full of paper and cardboard.
I peaked. She's 2 feet from a bevy of paint and other thinners, and 18" from a rolled up wool carpet, not mentioning the fact that your trying to start open flame in a garage.
I asked her to please go outside and do this.
She just argued. She said all she was making was smoke. I told her then the smoke detectors in the garage will go off and all the other detectors as well since they are wired together, besides I like to avoid smoke in the garage. Her counterpoint was they aren't. WTF? Everything I asked her to do was met with an argument, the final one being the other roommate hasn't complained.
So today I went to the other roommate while he was at work and let him know what was up. He's Asian and his eyes literally went really round. Next I asked him to sign a petition asking Miss X to, "please refrain from starting fires in the garage due to safety concerns". He signed.
As well as the downstairs neighbor who didn't appreciate the smoke and noises and the next door neighbors... we live in a large duplex, I actually had to stop the lady next door from going over and tearing her a new one.
I then called the landlord and let him in on the fun.
He was perplexed as to why she was doing this, as was everyone else involved. I dropped off the petition on her fire starter kit, and funny enough the Landlord called to speak to her as I type this.
Door slams and not speaking to me... lol what a wing nut.
I swear to God she starts trying to make another fire or even smoke again tomorrow, I'll take our biggest fire extinguisher and empty it all over her project.
Too bad if her face is in the way.
What would your responses be to a scenario such as this?
I had a female guide move into the vacant room 2 and a half months ago, she's given notice by the way... she found a cheaper place.
She paid first month's phone/internet bill, then at the end of last month's bill decided not to pay the phone bill, just the Internet. ADSL comes across the phone line Lady, so I'll unplug your computer from the router and you can have no Internet too.
She says OK then I don't want to pay my third of the answering service... sure thing schnookums... that move saves you $1.88 a month thanks for fuxoring things up for the rest of your stay. Have a nice day.
To top this off her visiting sister who ate my food and used my phone for 2 weeks ditched me with $10.00 LD charges, better than the $50.00 some of them leave I guess.
So now she gives notice at the beginning of this month... I'm heartbroken and her room is taken literally 10 minutes after she gives notice.
Three days ago I see her take a bag down to the garage and then hear what sounds like someone trying to cut logs with a spoon, or sawing with a comb. I figured she was crafting something or making a wood frame and was going to offer her a coping saw or something, but I left her to her own devices and actually thought nothing of it.
Next morning I see her going downstairs and the same noises start up. Ok now that's got my interest, her cell rings and she goes upstairs to answer it and I sneak a peek at whats going on downstairs.
She's trying to start a fire with two pieces of wood and a bow on a piece of cloth on the floor. The place is smoky and shes been throwing the smoldered wood into a trash bin full of paper and cardboard.
I peaked. She's 2 feet from a bevy of paint and other thinners, and 18" from a rolled up wool carpet, not mentioning the fact that your trying to start open flame in a garage.
I asked her to please go outside and do this.
She just argued. She said all she was making was smoke. I told her then the smoke detectors in the garage will go off and all the other detectors as well since they are wired together, besides I like to avoid smoke in the garage. Her counterpoint was they aren't. WTF? Everything I asked her to do was met with an argument, the final one being the other roommate hasn't complained.
So today I went to the other roommate while he was at work and let him know what was up. He's Asian and his eyes literally went really round. Next I asked him to sign a petition asking Miss X to, "please refrain from starting fires in the garage due to safety concerns". He signed.
As well as the downstairs neighbor who didn't appreciate the smoke and noises and the next door neighbors... we live in a large duplex, I actually had to stop the lady next door from going over and tearing her a new one.
I then called the landlord and let him in on the fun.
He was perplexed as to why she was doing this, as was everyone else involved. I dropped off the petition on her fire starter kit, and funny enough the Landlord called to speak to her as I type this.
Door slams and not speaking to me... lol what a wing nut.
I swear to God she starts trying to make another fire or even smoke again tomorrow, I'll take our biggest fire extinguisher and empty it all over her project.
Too bad if her face is in the way.
What would your responses be to a scenario such as this?
I actually trust no one to be my roommate O-o considering I don't know anyone's attitude toward paying the bills, keeping the place clean, cleaning up after oneself, respecting each other's privacy, respecting someone when that person is trying to study...
Seriously, you may need to involve the landlord before this turns way ugly (and possibly damaging).