<p>they see him trollin’
they hatin’</p>
<p>Anyway take it up with the RA and your housing department. If he does it again, get his ass kicked out of your room.</p>
<p>NSM-
How long ago was it that xiggi lost his friend to alcohol poisoning? This stuff happens. It is not to be taken lightly.</p>
<p>But as for ■■■■■■, you guys are right-- I’ll try harder not to feed.</p>
<p>Personally, I would escalate the issue. The monetary loss is negligible, and shouldn’t be your primary concern at this point; ensuring that activity like this doesn’t become the norm should. I agree that you should tread lightly to avoid a poor reputation, but living under those conditions is unacceptable. The fact that your roommate is getting ****faced, blackout drunk so soon after arriving at college should be troubling; I’d think that after first moving in, the average student would be timid, and do their best to make a good first impression. The fact that he either doesn’t care, or has such a problem with his drinking that he overcomes that inhibition indicates a serious problem that should be nipped in the bud.</p>
<p>You guys are all crazy for over-complicating this.</p>
<p>Here is what happened:
A kid threw up all over your **** cause he was drunk.</p>
<p>Here is what you do:</p>
<p>You track him down, punch him real hard in the shoulder, and say " what the **** is your deal man? you threw up all over my stuff and your cleaning it up. " You drag him back to your dorm and after he cleans it up, punch him in the shoulder again. If he does it again beat the **** outa him.</p>
<p>Here’s a thought-- When he returns, thank him profusely for giving you his laptop (or TV or Ipad or some other prized possession). When he claims he doesn’t remember giving it to you, you reiterate that he did, but that there seems to be a lot he doesn’t recall from that evening. You can tell him that as a good will gesture, perhaps when he finishes cleaning up your stuff and replacing the stuff that is all nasty (futon cover, suitcase, etc) you will consider forgiving the commitment he made to give it to you, but not until all is cleaned/replaced to your satisfaction. But yo will have firm “house rules” for the room that involve common courtesy, and… oh, and have a few brochures from the school’s health dept on alcohol awareness handy too.</p>
<p>"Document the situation, get the cleaning crew, "</p>
<p>I don’t think dorm cleaning crews clean up after a student vomits in their own or someone else’s room nor do I think dorm crews should be expected to do that. Dorm cleaning crews clean public areas and clean student rooms after students move out at the end of the school year.</p>
<p>The students who make messes are expected to clean up after themselves.</p>
<p>The OP said the RA was upset because someone in particular was supposed to clean it and use some specific procedure.</p>
<p>At my dorm last year, the rule was that it was not the cleaning staff’s job to clean vomit from anywhere in the building. I am sure they probably did end up cleaning it up a lot of time, but we were supposed to do that ourselves.</p>
<p>Here is the school’s Housing residence policies, contracts and forms-- the OP might want to take a look
[Forms</a> & Documents : ISU Housing](<a href=“http://www.housing.iastate.edu/forms/]Forms”>http://www.housing.iastate.edu/forms/)
and this:
And the alcohol policies:
[Alcohol</a> Use - Students and Student Organizations : Policy Library](<a href=“http://policy.iastate.edu/policy/alcohol/]Alcohol”>http://policy.iastate.edu/policy/alcohol/)
[Alcohol</a>, Drugs, and Other Intoxicants : Policy Library](<a href=“http://new.policy.iastate.edu/policy/drugs/]Alcohol”>http://new.policy.iastate.edu/policy/drugs/)</p>
<p>from the general policies surrounding student life [Student</a> Life : Policy Library](<a href=“http://new.policy.iastate.edu/policy/student-life]Student”>http://new.policy.iastate.edu/policy/student-life)</p>
<p>and info on the student supreme court
[GSB</a> - About the Supreme Court](<a href=“http://www.gsb.iastate.edu/supreme-court/]GSB”>http://www.gsb.iastate.edu/supreme-court/)</p>
<p>and this link <a href=“http://www.elps.hs.iastate.edu/services_for_students.php[/url]”>http://www.elps.hs.iastate.edu/services_for_students.php</a> has info on the Dept of Residence and Student Counseling Center <a href=“http://www.public.iastate.edu/~stdtcouns/[/url]”>http://www.public.iastate.edu/~stdtcouns/</a></p>
<p>Lots of good information to be had on their website</p>
<p>scubasteve and van have the best ideas. If you aren’t going to ruin him financially, just punk/scare him.</p>
<p>I just don’t understand you guys? Is this the first time somebody has thrown up in a dorm room on somebody’s stuff? Hell no. This happens all the time. Most people don’t complain about it on forums they do something about it themselves. You handle it.</p>
<p>The situation is for the most part taken care of. I’m still mad as hell, but he’s still not back from Des Moines. Best yet he’s probably plastered and will try to drive back at 4AM since we have classes tomorrow. So basically this has turned from a “our friend got drunk, barfed, and left” problem into a “it’s late night and our most likely drunk friend is going to drive 40 miles wasted at 2AM” problem.</p>
<p>If so, he sounds like he has a problem that needs to be addressed- he has no business putting others on the road in danger. The RA needs to be involved. And the campus (or city) police might be happy to have his car tag number, should it come to that</p>
<p>maybe happenstance will take care of your little roommate problem tonight</p>
<p>Ooh, DCHurricane.
DUI- fine. Accident- I hope not.</p>
<p>Maybe wherever he is someone will have the good sense to take his car keys from him if he has been drinking.</p>
<p>And to the OP-- sounds like this fella wont survive the semester. Time for a new roommate.</p>
<p>Well I was thinking more of him being kidnapped by the Chinese Triad and resurfacing 20 years later as a hardened DVD smuggler, but DUI sounds good too.</p>
<p>You are creative, DCHurricane. </p>
<p>Your proposal would more immediately address the OP’s roommate problem, though</p>
<p>Depends. Does OP want a single?</p>
<p>^ No .</p>
<p>You’re such a big baby. Just deal with it… seriously.</p>
<p>^ Oh and I bet you wouldnt be irritated at ALL if it happened to you. Of course I was irritated, but I was an adult about it and ultimately took care of it on my own when it wasn’t even my problem in the first place. </p>
<p>Or am I a baby for worrying about my roommate driving drunk? </p>
<p>Yikes people, don’t be hating.</p>