<p>my roommate is totally disorganized. Every morning, when he wakes up he keep snoozing for about an hour before he gets up. Then he takes shower and blasts rap music in bathroom. It keeps me awake for 2 hours. He often gets turns alarm at 7 or 6 but does not get up until 1 hour later. I asked him to not keep snoozing that for long, he does not listen. I am tired of this. In addition, he leaves empty water bottles on the floor, and leaves a lot of other mess in living room and kitchen. I really hate this and I don't like him. He makes me wanna punch small animals. Sometimes even on Saturday he leaves alarm on, and he does not get up until 2:00pm, sometimes 3:00</p>
<p>Those are not problems...Just realize that the majority of college kids are slobs and you will be more at ease.</p>
<p>no advice on how to convince him to respect that he shares room with someone else and he is not sleeping by himself?</p>
<p>he sounds like the type of jerk that won't listen to what you have to say. however, kindaslick is wrong, not all college students are like this.
are you rooming w/ him on a campus, or is it in an apartment. if it's on campus, then you can ask to get a new roommate. if you're sharing an apartment, start looking for a new roommate and move out when you find one.</p>
<p>@_@ Boys will be boys...</p>
<p>LOL.</p>
<p>My room mate probably hates my habits too...oh well, I don't care what he says. I'm probably the jerk between the two of us. I guess being the jerk is better than being dominated by your room mate.</p>
<p>Meh, those are small potatoes IMO. Everyone does that, you just give and take. I'm sure you do things that bother your roommate. Did I hate my freshman roomate using the snooze everyday for an hour? sure, but I'm sure I did things to bother him. Those really are petty problems, grow some thicker skin and just be thankful that you don't have a terrible roommate, because believe me I have seen/heard much, much worse.</p>
<p>aww I have a roommate who snoozes all the time too.
Now I wake up to her alarms and she sleeps right through them. -.-;;
It doesn't bother me too much, since I don't expect her to have the same daily habits as me (we're very very very different, my roommate and I). </p>
<p>But if it truly bothers you a lot, I would recommend talking to your roommate about thsi. Preferably over a snack or something so the talk doesn't get too heated and somebody ends up getting their feelings trampled on.</p>
<p>There are two solutions to the alarm problem:</p>
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<li>get up and change the snooze interval on the alarm so it doesn't go off as often.</li>
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<p>or the better option:</p>
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<li>If he doesn't get up and the alarm keeps going off, just turn off the alarm.</li>
</ol>
<p>Change his alarm time to the time he ACTUALLY gets up at. After one time being an hr late to class, he should get the idea. Another thing you could do is condition him out of it by getting a cup of water and getting up before his alarm goes off for several mornings. When he hits the snooze button the first time, tell him this is his final snooze. If he presses it again, pour the water all over him. A few mornings of that and he should quit doing it...of course, he may hate you too, but.....</p>
<p>That's a problem?</p>
<p>or you can get a pitcher of warm water and place his hand in it when he doesnt get up and he will eventually</p>
<p>Here is what I did. One day after 4th time I got up and told him to stop it. He said he needs one more but he eventually got up and turned the alarm clock before the next snooze. However, now he does not use alarm clock anymore. He uses his cell-phone (its little less loud lol) as an alarm clock now that he puts next to himself under his blanket. So he knows it really bothers me, but now he switched to cell phone so I would not turn this off. The problem is I still hear it, it still keeps me awake, but at least does not scare me like his radio alarm. </p>
<p>In addition he makes the most of the mess in my dorm. The worst thing is, he leaves empty bottles with another roomate on the floor instead to put to trash. Someone at night might eventually trip over. I do not know what to do about this slob! I think I might wanna hang trash bag with his stuff on his closet with a note. There are 6 roommates in my dorm, but only 2 of them takes to make the whole mess. I live in an apartment style dorm.</p>
<p>I'm sorry to tell you, but that's life. Everyone is a slob. You're whining about nothing.</p>
<p>Have your alarm go off in the middle of the night. When it goes off, go grab a drink of water and go back to bed. Set again..... </p>
<p>Should make him talk about it more seriously</p>
<p>Ughh that sucks, but there's little you can do about it.</p>
<p>My roommate is a slob - she leaves her clothes, books, shoes, and basically all her stuff lying everywhere. our floor is half-covered in old receipts and gum wrappers. why walk across the room to throw something away when you can toss it on your pile of crap? Not only do I always clean our room - dust, vacuum, pick up clutter - I also do her laundry as well as mine!</p>
<p>it's cause I live at home and my roomie is my 15 year old sister...such a brat.</p>
<p>My son had a roommate last year who was much more of a slob, and rather inconsiderate about many things. It was a difficult year for him, but this year he has a roommate he likes so all is well.
Sounds like you found some of a middle ground about the alarm. Try for the same with the mess on the floor. Take a good look at your behaviors and when you talk to him, but ready to compromise as well. Good luck. Life is full of negotiations, not battles!</p>
<p>"Life is full of negotiations, not battles!"</p>
<p>Here I disagree with you.
I am sorry but if anyone who goes only by this direction is an a**ole! Excess of any virtue is a vice as so is the deficiency. Consider this : cowardice -bravery- rashness.</p>
<p>So the point is, maybe let's focus on a moderate solution? Not weak, but also not too strong.</p>
<p>The solution should be suck it up.</p>
<p>This might be underhanded, but what about turning his alarm clock off for him (so he never gets up)? If that doesn't help, just turn off the alarm clock before it's supposed to even go off. Since he likes snoozing so much, why bother being woken up every 5 minutes or so? I'm sure both of you would appreciate the extra sleep.</p>