Rants

[ZOMBEET]

doesn't do his dishs, its 5 and i woke up to blairing music and i have work at 8....want to throw him into woodchipper!

[mthor]

OK. So he's an incondierate idiot, and it's making you irate, but how is he irate?

[westpark]

I'm prob. gonna have to get a roommate soon.

Any tips on screening them? I got lucky in college to have quiet ones.

[ZOMBEET]

i was irrate, sry i was so mad i just was like sfhhuiehoisoieu9oejijnv cant stand ppl that have no respect for the ppl they live with

[ZOMBEET]

deff, make sure they have a habbit of picking up after themselves, make sure they are responsible about paying bills on time, avoid addicts...also b4 u get some make clear the rules you want inforced in ur home, also i would recomend not living with friends, it can ruin a relationship, living with someone can make u hate them.

[40_feet_below]

Dude sounds like a butt. You should have him slain. 

[the_shotgun_rhetoric]

I thought roommates were supposed to be inconsiderate assholes, part of the job description really.

[ZOMBEET]

XD not slain maybe mayb a toe or 3

[MafiaFlood]

DO EET

[katt_goddess]

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westpark wrote:

I'm prob. gonna have to get a roommate soon.

Any tips on screening them? I got lucky in college to have quiet ones.

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Kinda what has already been said.

Make sure the rules are set in stone before anyone signs any agreements. And they need to be obvious type rules that apply to everyone so no one can claim they are being unfairly targeted. Things like keeping the common living areas from looking like a third world hovel and not brushing your dang teeth in the shower are things that everyone benefits from in the end. Actual chores can be a bit trickier and will probably vary from situation to situation. Just out of college in a house, everyone was responsible for their own dirty dishes, end of discussion. But I usually swept, mopped and vacuumed the place because I worked nights and had the day to do things like that while others took out the garbage and did the yardwork. With the last set of roommates, everyone was responsible for getting their dirty dishes into the washer and whoever topped it off, ran it and put things away. That usually worked because whoever made the biggest dish mess was likely the one who filled the machine anyway.

Set in stone how the bills will be dealt with and make sure everyone is well-aware of it because if the bills are in your name, it's going to be your responsibility to get them paid on time no matter how many ways it's supposed to be divided. Bills make and break a whole lot of things. The last thing you'll ever want to deal with is some mooch-tard running up a pay-per-view bill and then pleading poverty when the statement makes it's appearance before they can take off for the weekend. Screw the hard luck stories and big dream stories alike. Someone 'waiting' for the perfect job is going to be sitting on the couch hogging the remote and stinking up the place. And big dreams are great but if that big dream keeps you from holding a real job in real life while working towards that big dream, then it's back to having a couch carbuncle for a roommate.

Basically think of getting a roommate like having to go over someone's job application. You wouldn't hire just anyone to work for you, there should be that level of consideration going on for someone that will have access to all your crap [and you theirs] when you aren't around.

Friends can be a bit tricky. I was lucky that my last roommates were college friends and our schedules were adequately different that we weren't all home at the same time all the time. Things usually get bad when everyone has the same schedule because then no one has time to themselves. So I've had good experiences but others have had bad. I'd say err on the side of general caution and go for a newbie. You won't feel like you lost much if you end up strangers in the same apartment that way.

[Buddyroe360]

My roomates used to eat all of my food, steal my CDs, and one had the balls to wear my brand new Js to school...........He was in a wheelchair, so less likely to mess them up, but still.

I finally robbed the joint, and moved out.

[ZOMBEET]

feed him to the magikarp

[valiente16]

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Buddyroe360 wrote:

My roomates used to eat all of my food, steal my CDs, and one had the balls to wear my brand new Js to school...........He was in a wheelchair, so less likely to mess them up, but still.

I finally robbed the joint, and moved out.

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I laughed for about 10 minutes.

[westpark]

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ZOMBEET wrote:
deff, make sure they have a habbit of picking up after themselves, make sure they are responsible about paying bills on time, avoid addicts...also b4 u get some make clear the rules you want inforced in ur home, also i would recomend not living with friends, it can ruin a relationship, living with someone can make u hate them.

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i know about that. I still don't talk to one guy I knew in college because he would never stop drinking.(ex roommate)

Other than that most of the ones I've ever had are pretty quiet. Guess I was lucky in that regard.

[ZOMBEET]

like i drink, and smoke and what not,but it comes down to ppl who all they wana do is party.....i am usually the party animal, i do love to drink n what nont,but i dont bring it home, when im at home i like my quite time stress free just me and a drink or so...but i hate living in a trapp house when i can walk from my room to the kitchen and ask 12 ppl who they are in my own home, is when it's out of hand...V_V it's sad but most ppl don't understand why it pi55es us off lol

[KnightStar]

Well you know, my opinion is to threaten to feed him to a wood chipper, but when you say it be dead serious.

I know that is what I would do, or tell him I was going to catch him asleep bind him up and throw him into a running combine harvester if he didn't turn the music off.

Or maybe I would do the sensible thing and just smash the fuuuuuudge out of his system in a baseball bat wielding sleepless rage fit one late night.