<p>Ok, my roommate basically never does his hw in the room. All he does all day here is basically looking at myspace and facebook, literally hours after hours. When I am watching a movie or playing music on my computer, he always asks me to use my headphone while he's doing nothing but wasting time at those two sites or playing solitaire at the same time. And for most of the time, when he's watching something, say a movie or a show or playing music(i won't even go into the details of the stupid stuff he watches), he uses his computer's loud speakers even though fully aware that I am doing homework. He doesn't even have a headphone, so every time i have to ask him if he minds using mine cuz i am working. What's amazing is that right after he asks me to use my headphone while he's doing nothing, when he start watching something, he doesn't even feel slightly guilty about playing his movie or music out loud when I am working. I don't really wanna argue with him. Sometimes, I either just let it pass, or study somewhere else. I haven't even mentioned how he makes noise with throwing ninja stars or darts on the door... Does he simply not how to respect others, or is he simply retarded, which i seriously doubt sometimes.</p>
<p>How is he suppose to know that he is annoying you? Yea, he should know, but since he clearly does not, you have to tell him. You don't have to "argue" with him about it, just explain the hypocrisy of what he says versus what he does. Communication is the key.</p>
<p>"Hey, can you please turn the sound off; I'm trying to finish my homework."</p>
<p>or Plan B...</p>
<p>So is it the sounds thats making you mad or the fact that he doesn't do any of his work? If it's the sound thats bothering you then you have reason to be mad and you should make it clear that it bothers you. If it's the fact that he doesn't do his work, then you need to get some therapy or something and stop worrying about what other people do with their free time, especially if it isn't affecting you.</p>
<p>I had a similar problem last semester. They (my roommate too) are pretty goddamn stupid for not realizing that their noise can be disrupting.</p>
<p>Mine used to spend all day iming people and had his speakers turned up for the "ping" sound. (WTH??)</p>
<p>Anyways, you'll have to ask him politely to change his habits As long as you're polite (but firm) it won't turn into an argument.</p>
<p>if all things fail, kill his loudspeaker for him. you will be doing him a favour.</p>
<p>my roomie likes to play music in our shower (we have in-room bath) as she's getting ready in the morning.
LOUD music x.x
as i'm trying to sleep before i need to get up for class.
next quarter i'll talk to her about it, but in the meantime i resorted to: replacing one of the AA batteries of the ipod-speakers with a "dud" battery that had clear nail polish painted over the ends. looks normal but ain't gonna work! ;)
no harm done.
...not the healthiest option but worked on days i NEEDED sleep the next morning and did not wanna start the day off with an argument.
hehe.</p>
<p>You couldn't ask her to turn down the music and keep the door all the way shut while you're sleeping, you had to resort to making her think her expensive speakers were broken?? You better not tell her, because if I found out my roomie did that I would be MMMMAAAADDDD!</p>
<p>liyana179 </p>
<p>I may steal that when I get to college. Hahahaha.</p>
<p>why is communication such an issue with people...</p>
<p>just talk to the other person, generally they will be accomodating.</p>
<p>Nice, liyana...I love the evilness :)</p>
<p>My old roommate annoyed me with little things, too. Like when she slept through class, left the room to go to class at the time it was supposed to start, or didn't do her homework. I know that was none of my business, but I hate lateness and when people are slackers (and it didn't help that she was my partner in Engineering first quarter...ugh, I wanted to kill her several times in the shop when she did things half-ass and screwed things up). Oh, and let's not even get into how she came in at 3am or later EVERY NIGHT and woke me up by stomping around like a heifer...or her pathetic "relationship" drama she continuously created for herself.</p>
<p>I highly suggest just moving out if it's a possibility. My life is so much better now that I have my own room and can feel free to ***** about how much she annoyed me (and I've only had my new room since last Thursday) :)</p>
<p>But since I'm sure that's not really an option, try not to let the internet thing bug you too much and keep pushing the headphone thing while you're trying to work...or get even by turning up your stuff obnoxiously loud to get your point across. </p>
<p>When I was sick a few months ago, I was trying to get some sleep and my dumb roommate decided to shower in the middle of the day and blow her hair dry in the room instead of going down to the bathroom to do it (like I always did in the mornings when she slept through classes). So yeah, I was horrible for a couple of weeks and she got the message that it wasn't smart to **** me off. Especially when I'm sick. </p>
<p>Sorry for griping so much about my old roommate, though...I've been holding it in for so long, it's coming out at every opportunity. I can only hope that I annoyed her more :)</p>
<p>hehe... yah... sometimes communication is easier.
sometimes slight harmless ways of trying to regain control without communication is easier.
as for my roomie's speakers... they're pretty cheap little things, that produce loud distorted noise. and they actually belong to my other roommate... but the showering one borrows them in the morning. wah. and our bathroom walls are paper thin, so even with the door closed... but then she adds a hair dryer... and then opens the door to get something she forgot and doesn't turn down the music... and i wake up and i'm ticked.
clear nail polish: $1
no-harm-done peace while sleeping: priceless</p>
<p>if communication fails, i hear the best thing to do is to pee in your roomie's coffee-maker.</p>
<p>katho, you're terrible! If my roommate had a beef with me, I'd like her to just tell me rather than laugh it off and harbor a secret inner hatred. LOL. But being annoyed with somebody because they're a slacker is kind of dumb. Projecting much? Haha.</p>
<p>Eh, you'd have to live with the girl to understand. I promise after six months of listening to her either complain about her classes or go on about how ridiculously easy they are (yeah...that explains why her GPA sucks), you'd feel the same way. That's where the slacker annoyance thing probably comes from, actually. Hm.</p>
<p>But yeah, it's better that I kept all this kind of stuff to myself while I lived with her. Things would have gotten really ugly really fast otherwise.</p>
<p>Turn that off or else........</p>
<p>i`d tell your roommate to turn the crap off or you're going to beat them up.</p>
<p>jk. that might not really work..
but idk, in my experiences.. people usually realize when they're being a pain, they just are purposely trying to **** you off.</p>
<p>Actually, you be shocked. Communication works, but depends on the logic of the other person. Sometimes communication is almost a waste of time. It just depends I guess.</p>
<p>If Chuck Norris's roommate was ****ing him off, he wouldn't waste his time posting a thread on CC on how to deal with the situation, he'd go roundhouse kick his ass pronto, and then come here and roundhouse kick your ass too for being such a pussy</p>
<p>Yes, I agree sometimes communication is a waste of time. :mad: </p>
<p>Also, I love your tactics Liyana. :)</p>