<p>I usually sleep around 12am-1am, sometimes later</p>
<p>and yes it sucks lol, and the fact that he wakes me up earlier and DOESN’T do anything really irritates me</p>
<p>jkid it sounds to me like you need to grow up. Come on man most students that take their studies seriously wake up at least by 8am.</p>
<p>I agree with gator4ever, 8am is not early (When you said he wakes up way early I thought you meant something like 6am). You need to grow up, your not going to be getting up at 9am forever. I mean if he is making a ton of noise in the morning, then that is a problem. If he is, just ask him to keep it quiet in the morning.</p>
<p>Gator4ever that is crazy. Everyone has different lives. Just because you get up at 8 doesn’t mean everyone else is getting up at that time. If you get up at 8, you must go to bed at like 12, if not earlier to be able to function everyday. Many people would call that a very early time to go to bed. So who is to say JKid isn’t doing his work when you’re sleeping. And while work should be a priority, college isn’t all about work. People are allowed to go out and have fun, even while taking their work seriously. I could not disagree more with the way you feel. Who is to say that because you don’t wake up early you don’t take work seriously? That’s a pretty bold statement right there. Everyone works around different schedules. Some people are morning people and others are night people. Just because you may be one way doesn’t mean that everyone functions the same way.</p>
<p>@gator4ever and @sablewarrior</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure i’ve grown up and taking my studies seriously since I’m making As in almost all my classes AND have a part time job (not to mention a social life and other commitments to student orgs.) on campus. Sleep is very important to me and yes I know I’m not gonna have this schedule forever. You both should really watch what you say since it might make you sound foolish since NONE of you know what my lifestyle is like. </p>
<p>@Gatorfan thank you for enlightening the other two on how not everyone’s schedule in life is exactly the same.</p>
<p>Anyways, back to the issue (which is what this is really about), now I’m learning that this guy has been telling different stories to everyone about his past dorm exp. as I was talking to various ppl who have met him and told him “no” to living with them</p>
<p>It seems as though he is the one the got kicked out for his habits instead of it being a mutual thing…should I ask about it since he has told me something different than the others have</p>
<p>@Gator4ever… With all due respect many students who take their studies seriously get up after 8am and if somebody has a roommate who is rude enough to get up early and walk around talking to himself he is justified in complaining! </p>
<p>@jkid… It’s obvious this kid had roommate issues in the past and his old roommate couldn’t even wait until the semester ended. I would complain to the RA as soon as possible and maybe try to see who he roomed with before to find out what other issues there were. Some people should just realize they are better off in a single room, especially those that get up early and walk around talking to themselves. LOL</p>
<p>that is true sender everyone has a different schedule.</p>
<p>Thanks! I already spoke to my RA and we’ll see what happens! </p>
<p>Is it wrong for me to be “that guy” to say that our lifestyles don’t match if I do have to tell him? You think that would be too awkward?</p>
<p>I would just tell him what you dont like and see if he can change.</p>
<p>You never know who you may get next.</p>
<p>That is true, it’s a coin toss at this point…</p>
<p>BUT, we might just risk it since we just can’t stand him…me esp. </p>
<p>We’ll see what happens in the next few days i guess…</p>
<p><em>UPDATE</em> So another interesting fact I found out is that this guy is taking a LOT of medication, so who knows if he has some sort of condition</p>
<p>In addition, he like yells or speaks very loudly in the shower and makes really odd noises…</p>
<p>Hopefully there can be a solution in the near future</p>
<p>If there is somewhat of a medical condition he has, is it cause for some sort of action? By us or housing? Or should I not ask since it would be too personal?</p>
<p>Let me get this straight. You don’t like your roommate because he:</p>
<p>talks to himself
gets up early
shakes when he’s going to sleep (do you think he’s masturbating? ask him to do it in the shower instead)
he’s socially awkward
he laughs in his sleep and snores
he leaves weird black stuff in the shower
you feel as though you need to change your “tone” when he’s in the room</p>
<p>Any other complaints?</p>
<p>As a philosophy major, I like to break things into categories. So, let’s break these problems into two categories: “get over it”, and “legitimate concerns”.</p>
<p>In the get over it category, we’ll put: talks to himself, gets up early, he’s socially awkward, he laughs in his sleep and snores, and the fact that you feel as though you need to change your tone when he’s in the room. Why did I put all of these things in the “get over it” category? Because these seem to be problems with you and how you’re reacting to these things, not with him.</p>
<p>As people have said frequently in this thread, people wake up at different times, and often people need an alarm in order to wake up. Whether they have a reason to get up is irrelevant. He needs a reason to wake up early no more than you need a reason to go to bed late. If he talks to himself, so what? Deal with it. He’s socially awkward? How does this affect you? Perhaps it’s a good thing: if he weren’t, he’d be bringing all of his friends over to the room. But it’s no problem with him. How about the fact that he laughs in his sleep and snores? It may be the case that he does this, but it’s not really something you can complain about in a roommate. He has no control over these things. Deal with it. You might want to wear earplugs to sleep - problem solved. And, finally, the fact that you feel as though you need to change your tone when he’s in the room. For this one, I really can’t say anything. This is obviously a problem with you and your roommates. Get over it, or leave the room and go chat somewhere else.</p>
<p>Now, for the rest of the problems: he shakes when he’s going to sleep, he leaves weird black stuff in the shower. With regard to the shaking, if this is a medical problem, you can’t really complain about it. It’s not like he’s trying to annoy you. On the other hand, if he’s masturbating - and I recommend being frank and confronting him about it if this is what you think it is - just tell him to do it in the shower. Problem solved. With regard to the weird black stuff in the shower… I don’t know what to say. Maybe ask him what it is and ask him to stop? I don’t see how this bothers you, though…</p>
<p>My point with this post is that this is really nothing on the scale of bad roommates. As you get older you need to learn to adjust to people you don’t like and that you don’t get along with. If you can’t deal with this you’re not going to function well after you graduate. I recommend sticking it out for the semester, maybe even the year.</p>
<p>And be nice to him, no matter what. Especially if it’s a medical/mental condition, he probably realizes a lot of things and recognizes that they bother you and wants to change them, but is unable to. If he’s having uncontrollable spasms as he goes to bed, I’m sure he likes it just as much as you do, probably less: it’s embarrassing, it prevents him from sleeping, and it makes you like him even less than you do otherwise. So, as much as he bothers you, please try to be kind.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Rankinr are you sure you’re not related to this guys roommate? LOL All of your posts are about UM and now you are defending this guy at UF when all the evidence pretty clearly seems to be against him.</p>
<p>I guess that’s part of living on campus. If there is evidence for a legitimate complaint, you could make one.</p>
<p>I feel like you should be able to draw a new contract with him (the yellow one at the beginning). There should be a new one for a new person. Naturally, when filling these out, you could bring up the issues.</p>
<p>Also, I know you from Minecraft.</p>
<p>@Gator28 LOL</p>
<p>@Engineerjw JWCgator???</p>
<p>@Rankinr I see your point of view, but not totally agree with. Yeah some things I can get over like waking up early for example. But other things not so much, like the shouting in the shower to himself…that’s just too bizarre. We’ll see what happens come Spring as all three of us are going to approach the RA (again) and try to discuss what can be done. In the mean time, I’m glad its Winter Break and I some peace at last! :D</p>
<p>So I know my username probably makes me unwelcome hear, but I had a thought about this. It’s far fetched but some cocaine and crystal meth has a black residue and can cause some of these weird symptoms such as shaking. Now it’s much more likely that he is just socially awkward, and if he has a medical condition, that would also explain things. I would suggest gently talking to him about your concerns to see if you could come to a conclusion. Most of these things can be resolved by communication 
It’s most likely not drugs, but I figured you might want to be aware of the possibility. Please don’t make accusations and be kind in your actions.</p>
<p>Lol never really thought about cocaine or meth issues, but I doubt it</p>
<p>Although what was kinda unusual was that he came home one day with really bloodied and bruised hands. He claims that he fell off his bike, but idk…they seemed pretty bad for just to be a bike accident. </p>
<p>There are other weird things that he does that I won’t bring up here since it will be redundant. We’ll try to talk it over during Spring.</p>
<p>The thing Im lost is that communication apparently never worked with his old room mate, so now he’s with us? Idk just a random thought</p>
<p>Also a mention on Housing:</p>
<p>Why in the world did they let him leave his room? First of all, I knew we we’re going to get a new room mate since housing is dealing with over flow issues. But why in the world did they place this guy in our room? He had a room in a dorm! He wasn’t in overflow! That I feel is though a really poor job on Housing’s part. When you have an OVERFLOW issue, you would think that would take priority instead of petty bad room mate relationship nonsense.</p>
<p><em>super bump</em></p>
<p>i’m going to have to agree with rankinr here. half of the issues listed are you just being a hater. the other half are standard roommate issues that you’re lucky if you don’t deal with them at some point or another.</p>
<p>dealt a bad card. you have every right to try to mitigate this with housing, but in the case where nothing can/will be done, you really should adopt a better attitude towards him and stop being judgmental/negative.</p>
<p>aforatumn I agree with you. While I emphaize with the OP. What is the problem with someone talking to themselves in the bathroom. Ok maybe not the norm, but what is normal come on get real.</p>
<p>Believe me he has no clue what a bad roommate can be. A bad roommate will bring in people at all hours, play loud music whenever he or she wants, not pick up after themselves, be a total pig and unsanitary.</p>