<p>Note: I am a freshmen with three other random roommates, none of us knew each other beforehand.</p>
<p>I only ask one thing of my roommates: if you make a mess, clean it up.
I don't know why this is the hardest thing to do...
We each have our own rooms, and my roommate closest to me mostly shares in being clean but my other two are a disaster. Constantly leaving dishes everywhere, in the sink, on the counter, table, floor, wherever. Also, they make ramen frequently and there are noodles on the oven, spice mess on the counter and such. Frankly, I am tired of cleaning up after them because I want to have a certain level of cleanliness. I feel that we have people over all and it makes a bad impression on us, especially considering I go into other peoples' rooms and they are quite clean, even if only in the common area.</p>
<p>Also, one of my roommates is pretty much high all the time, and spends all the money his parents give him on weed. It's not that I have a problem with weed, I just feel that it should be used in moderation and not every day. His room looks like a tornado went through there. Note: I did not go in his room just to check on it or w/e but to put this halloween goody bag in his room to get it off the counter.
Also: Yesterday he just left randomly (nbd) but came back like flipping out, crawling up in a ball, hallucinating, screaming and such. It turns out he met with his dealer, and we, and him, are pretty sure he took acid/lsd.
It was really sad because we went to Qdoba last night, but we asked a friend of ours to check on him and he had burnt his hand on pizza because he immediately picked it up after it came out of the oven.</p>
<p>Sorry if this is a bit jumbled, I just wrote it as I thought of it.
Note: This isn't everything they do to be messy</p>
<p>I would say that the only issue you can really address is the mess. Just ask him to clean up after himself once in a while, and just keep reminding him, firmly but kindly. If there’s a particular mess that’s bothering you, be specific and tell him to clean it up. He cannot really say no if it is his mess anyway…it is possible you might have to constantly remind him, but there’s nothing you can do to really change that (a talk with your RA might help, but it might not). </p>
<p>Is your roommate smoking in your room/space/indoors? Then you can ask him to smoke outside. I know you feel that weed shouldn’t be used every day, but you can really only do something about it (I mean, you could report him, but that’s just a pretty terrible thing to do) if it’s actually affecting you, which is only if there’s smoke in your general area. You’re just going to have to get over the fact that he smokes every day - lots of people do and they are fine. Does he have a single room? If so, he’s allowed to keep it a mess. Just don’t go in there if it bothers you.</p>
<p>Considering the acid has only happened once, I wouldn’t worry about it for now. It’s not really something people rush out to do every day. Just tell him (kindly but firmly) that his behavior scared you and that if he chooses to trip again, ask him to do it somewhere else in a safe environment.</p>
<p>I’ve asked him over and over and over and over, but he is usually too stoned to function. And yes he has a single room, and I don’t care if he keeps it dirty, that’s his business I was just worried about ants or other insects, because he never picks up his trash, dishes or anything. And about the acid trip, it was just annoying because we had to babysit him because he was scared of everything.</p>
<p>@Princess, we usually do on Saturday but if I left everything to pile up until then, oh my god it would be an enormous mess. I am just so tired of cleaning up after everyone because I want a certain level of cleanliness, and I mean come on, these dorms are brand new!</p>
<p>I’m a girl, so our messes are not that bad. Usually just too many clothes laying around. I am typically the messy one, but when I had messy roommates, I would just clean up for them if it bothered me that much LOL. I really did not mind. If I am cleaning my side of the room, I get in a therapeutic zen and just want to keep on cleaning.</p>
<p>Bro, definitely talk with your RA if you ever come about a problem like this again. People can be kicked out of residence for doing drugs in their rooms or fined money if they have unacceptably messy rooms.</p>