<p>when i'm raedy to sleep, he is always on his computer, typing rapidly on his keyboard (the absolute loudest keyboard i've ever heard). i tried sleeping with headphones, but that just seems to keep me awake. any suggestions? i want to tell him to stop typing, and he's ususally only instant messaging, not typing papers, but i dont want to be mean about it. i mean, i'll be living with the rest of the school year...</p>
<p>so......what time are you going to sleep? Where is the closest lounge that roomie could move to? Semester 1 is already mostly over and you haven't spoken up yet? What will be your motivation so speak up second semester?</p>
<p>keyboards are cheap. buy him a new keyboard. problem solved.</p>
<p>If it's after midnight, just ask him if he minds moving. If it's before...suck it up, it's not late enough to justify complaining.</p>
<p>Yep I can't fall asleep to typing either - my roommate goes to bed at like 3 bc she has class later than me and stays up IM'ing so it's hard for me to go to bed before that because I can easily woken up with any noise...she's pretty considerate though so she moves sometimes into a different room, but not always...then again, she says it doesnt bother her when i'm in the room studying for a test late at night with the lights on...so i really don't have that much right to complain</p>
<p>I agree with what others have said. Unless it's really late I wouldn't complain. There are far worse things your roommate could be doing.</p>
<p>It's hard for me to relate to this since I'm the type that can fall asleep no matter how much noise or how much light there is in the room...but I wouldn't bring it up to her if I were you. Although you definitely are right and he's wrong, you don't want to get into any sort of conflict with your roomate. He might think of you as a jackass for daring to telling him to please be quiet...know what I mean? I guess all you can do is suck it up and hope you can get used to it.</p>
<p>You could also try to add some sort of white noise to focus on that could drown out the typing without being so specific...try getting a small fan to leave on at night.</p>
<p>The biggest suggestion I can give, however, is just to speak with your roommate about it. You're both intelligent adults, and if you just sit down and discuss it you may reach a compromise faster than you think. Good luck!</p>
<p>ear plugs. voila!</p>
<p>im having a semi issue like that with my roomate. i'm a pharmacy major, and she's in an "easy" major. i go to sleep pretty late at night (like 2am), but she goes to sleep much later because she has later classes. the thing is, even though im a deep sleeper, i still hear when she does certain things, & she doesnt really try to reduce the noise she makes. she spends hours playing stupid online games and imming people, and clicks very loudly on her laptop mouse. and she doesnt quietly close the door when she enters or leaves, she just lets it slam i think she takes advantage of my deep sleep. and she never really likes the lights on, so if im in the room studying i have to study by desklight (which we all know isnt that great.) she's a great roomate but she's starting to irk me.</p>
<p>best suggestions i've seen so far are ear plugs & quieter keyboard. there're some really quiet ones, y'know..</p>
<p>Go out and buy a ten dollar fan (maybe even a cheaper one). Turn it on. It drowns out the keyboard. Trust me, the ten dollar one in our room drowns out 3 keyboards. That's right THREE. And one of my roommates sounds just like yours. I have never heard typing as loud as hers. That fan has done wonders, since I seem to require more sleep than everyone else, and I have earlier classes than everyone else too. Or you could just ask if maybe the roommate could try typing quieter. I honestly dont see how it's possible to type so loud, but I know it can be done. But it's also possible to be quiet. If your roommate is anything like mine, he probably doesn't even realize he's being loud. I doubt he's so sensitive that being asked to try to hit the keys a little softer will send him over the edge. But you know him best.</p>
<p>okay thanks, everyone. </p>
<p>the a/c-heater unit is really loud, and he always turns it off when i turn it on. if he does, for some reason, not turn it off, i can usually fall asleep. i wake up early in the morning to run, and i require a good amount of sleep. i had been going to bed at 1-2, but that was not working well, so i've changed sleep time to around midnight. </p>
<p>this has not really been a problem until recently, when he joined a frat. now, instead of doing homework, he goes to his frat hall (my college doesnt have houses) and then comes in late to im. he doesnt have a laptop, so he cant move to another room. i'll try to find ear plugs, and i suppose i'll confront him about it. he isnt really the logical kind of person that notices his habits can bug the hell out of others, so he's probably just oblivious to the matter at hand anyway.</p>
<p>I've got a white noise machine in my room that drowns out external noises. It's wonderful.</p>
<p>I have the exact same problem. I'll go to bed at midnight or so, and I'll begin to fall asleep. Then, at about two in the morning my roommate loudly comes in, turns on the lights, and starts typing away on her computer. She'll right three page emails to random people! Sometimes she'll even talk to the computer!!!!!!! Come on, is that really necessary? She knows that I have been in bed for a while, but she doesn't care whether she wakes me up or not, and she always does. I tried talking to her about it, and I suggested a 1 o'clock lights out rule. It works most of the time, but not all of the time. Gosh, the lights don't even have to be on to type on a computer. The computer gives off its own light!!!</p>
<p>^^^
Yup, the computer does give off its own light. You're also not alone in that one. My roommate, who obviously (judging from the speed at which she slams computer keys) can type without looking at the keys, HAS to have a light on to type. It's ridiculous.
Now, is there any way to sleep through a bed being shaken, massively? One of my roommates came in unbelievably drunk last night and was VERY shaky as she climbed up onto her bunk (her bed is above mine). I woke up wondering if I was on a boat or something, in the middle of a hurricane, the bed was shaking like crazy. That's never happened before. When sober, she climbs up hardly moving the bed at all.</p>
<p>my roommate snores VERY loud, and it can pull me out of a deep sleep. a new keyboard won't fix that. If he would just sleep on his side he wouldnt snore so frickin loud. I thought of putting a tennis ball in his mouth, but that's mean.</p>