How to be a horrible roommmate

July 10, 2009 by Tellie  
Filed under My Inner Kindlings

  1. Come back to the apartment late at night totally wasted. Then attempt to cook corn dogs. Forget about the corn dogs and go to sleep without turning off the oven and subsequently almost burn down the apartment.
  2. Forget to tell me that you have turned the toaster to level BURN THE HELL OUT OF IT until after I toast my poptart.
  3. Forget your wallet, again, when it’s your turn to pay for the toilet tissue. It’s not sneaky. It’s stupid.
  4. Talk to me while I’m trying to go to sleep. After I tell you that I’m trying to go to sleep continue to jabber like a monkey.
  5. Snore.
  6. Wait until I lie down to take a nap before you start reading a book LOUDLY.  Do you know how loud pages turn nowadays?
  7. Screw the lid on to everything  so tightly that I have to use a jackhammer to open the mayo.
  8. Shave in the tub and leave a puddle of hairy water.
  9. Borrow my shampoo. Get your own.
  10. Make fun of the way I drool all over my pillow in my sleep.
  11. Misplace your keys one more time.
  12. When I catch you picking your nose, instantly pretend that it was just an itch you had to scratch. That’s a mighty deep itch.
  13. Casually admit to sercretly eating my granola.  Then brag about how good it tasted. You know I bought it for  me, myself, and I.
  • Sounds a bit like marriage to me...
  • GREAT POST! I can relate to all of these.
  • nandita
    he..he...like it
  • HA! I was skimming through this and I totally read "granola" as "grandma" I think YOU should edit the entry to make it say that. =)
  • streetsmart
    i remember back in college, i have this annoying roommate who frequently invites her bf to sleepover. so irritating that i can't move comfortably around our room! what i did to get back at her is i always kept the lights open, pretending i was still studying, whenever she invites that guy to spend the night!
  • I am 40 now and haven't been in a roommate situation for 20 years -- so I am surprised to read this post and see the SAME shizz is still going on! All the same stuff. I feel you. Hide your groceries.
  • Oh goodness. I would flip my sh*t.
  • theredheadriter
    Sounds like you are in prep for marriage...LOL

    Stopping by from SITS to say Hiya!
  • Man... that crap would piss me off even if it was someone I dearly loved... never mind just a roommate.

    And frankly, if you're gonna pick, at least OWN it. Be all, "I'm going in! ON GUARD, LEFT NOSTRIL!!!" Don't try to hide it. That's just awkward.
  • I think after #1 I would have changed the locks.

    Thanks for stopping by my blog and reading and for you compliment :)
  • lyryn
    Thanks for your comment. I am very proud of my sister and I agree... her strength is amazing. Thanks for stopping by my blog! :)
  • Oh, how I don't miss the days of *that* kind of roommate. The kind who lives in a self-centered haze.
  • really funny... but it got me too... i must be a horrible roommate.

    i snore and i drool.
  • Are you living with this freakshow? If so, you should just kill them, and save the next person the grief of having to live with them.
  • Hey hey there! This is how to be a horrible roommate. I think it would be the opposite lol. How ironic. I don't like having a roommate unless the living space is to the standards of having privacy and space and then room to have fun and everything.
  • Oh wow I guess that leaves me out of the question :( sigh.
  • We've all had the less-than-fabulous roommate...might i suggest either suffocating their snoring with ear plugs in your ears, or a pillow over their face. juuuuust kidding.


    p.s. passive aggressive notes are always amusing
  • I don't think smothering is such a good idea. I just tried to smother my last roommate, and failed...so now it's awkward.
  • first time to your blog and the title instantly caught my attention, so I had to of course read the post. Your roomie sucks, but you already know that. Sorry to hear it, nonetheless. Hopefully you can have a meeting and solve the roomie crisis.
  • carlota
    better no roommates!

    Thanks for the kind comment. Have a wonderful week ahead!
  • OUCH! Those really sound horrible, especially shaving in the bathtub part! It's a straight "get outta here" moment LOL
  • ramblingsofaninanemind
    Ouch...that sounds really horrible. My bad experience with a roomate was when she was talking so loudly in the hallway standing at the door, at abt 1am, with the door open mind you, I woke up and sleepily pushed her out of the room! eheheheh whatever....sleep is important right?
  • I had a roommate that was a loud cell phone talker. It sounded like she was literally yelling into the phone. She started talking on the phone while I was trying to go to sleep. I told her to stop, and she never did. So I just started waking up extremely early in the morning and doing loud things back including but not limited to: slamming doors, watching TV, laughing for no reason, randomly clapping. She got the idea.
  • Oh goodness. That does not sound good. I'm sorry your roommate is pretty icky. :(
  • which is why I have no roommates lol I can't tolerate them.
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