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“She Poisoned My Food”: 30 People Share Their Roommate From Hell Stories
Interview
If all roommates were like the cast of ‘Friends’ or ‘Seinfeld,’ the world would be a much better place. Witty, generous, and kind, these people would have your back no matter what arguments you get into. Alas! Real life isn’t like our fave TV shows. And some roommates are the stuff of nightmares that we wouldn’t wish even on our very worst frenemies.
Redditor u/Jman1994678 asked the internet to spill the tea about their very worst roommate experiences, and the stories are as captivating as they are atrocious. Seriously, it’s the kind of stuff that makes you consider living alone in a fairytale cabin in the middle of the woods, away from society. Grab your Unsee Juice™ and check out the most horrible roommate stories below, Pandas.
We got in touch with the author of the thread, u/Jman1994678, and they were happy to share their thoughts on dealing with awful roommates. You'll find Bored Panda's full interview with them below.
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#1
Dude killed my pet rabbit because he was jealous of the time I spent with it. Needless to say he stopped being my roommate that day.
Thee8thsense 2 years ago
If anyone hurt, let alone killed my animal, they would be met with the same treatment by me.
DonS 2 years ago
Where I live, that's a crime punishable by law since animals are no longer defined as a property like furniture but as a sentient being with biological needs and emotions! According to the law, it's a fine up to 250,000$ for a first offense and up to 18 months in prison for subsequent offenses.
ConstantlyJon 2 years ago
This is awful, but I have a story to make everyone smile at least: In college I lived in a house with a few guys. One of my housemates got a bunny named Pancake that he was planning to raise with his fiance, but they hadn't moved in together yet and he didn't have a good plan for how to take care of Pancake in the interim. When he was out of the house, he would let her roam free in the basement, next to my room. This was fine with everyone and we helped take care of her down there. However, he didn't clean up her poop very well. After a while, I got tired of it and picked up the poop. It filled an entire bowl. I placed this bowl outside his room on a small table, put milk in it, a spoon in it, and a note saying "I made you breakfast." He was in his room for an afternoon nap. If you know rabbit poop, you know it looks exactly like Coco Puffs. Dude woke up, grabbed a spoonful, and had it halfway to his mouth before I stopped him. He improved and we're still good friends years later.
Blue Bunny of Happiness 2 years ago (edited)
Were you feeding Pancake coco puffs, cos none of my rabbits poop has ever looked like that! Maybe they look different outside of the UK. Still love the sentiment of your post though! Edited to add… just inspected litter trays.. there’s a hint of chocolate puffiness… but that’s only from a sample size of 4 bunnies….
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Mario Strada 2 years ago
"Stopped being my roommate" ? If it was me, he would have stopped being anyone's roommate. I have worked a lot at being a better person, use empathy whenever possible and work on conflict resolution. Hurting animals is pretty much my red line. Fortunately no one has done anything remotely like that to any of my pets or any animal in general in my presence, but let me assure you, they'd be eating out of a straw for a long time if they did.
John L 2 years ago
My roommate's girlfriend was a nutter. I had a 50 gal aquarium and one day, came home to a tank of mostly dead fish, with a bleach smell coming from the tank. It's not like I had any issues with her. He did tend to find his big share of the nutty ones....
Xenon 2 years ago
Oh I'm so sorry. Fish aren't just pretty creatures to watch, they are beloved pets.
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Freddie Saturn 2 years ago
Long enough with pet make you thinks that, it is not just an animal, it has been your close friend/brother that always 'support' you especially when you are in depress. A peraon kill or take a way someones pet consider child kidnapping to me.
Xenon 2 years ago
Exactly. My cat is not just a cat, but a much beloved member of the family.
Load More Replies...The author of the viral thread, redditor u/Jman1994678, opened up about what inspired them to ask the question on the internet in the first place. According to them, they remembered their own college days.
"I was meeting up with my college roommate and we were reminiscing about the good old days with our other roommate," they shared with Bored Panda.
According to the OP, one of the best things anyone can do before moving in together is to explain where their boundaries lie so that everyone's on the same page.
"Mention your boundaries before you sign the lease. And be very clear on them," u/Jman1994678 stressed the importance of open, honest, and upfront communication.
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#2
Dude kept falling asleep while smoking cigarettes. I got mad every time and woke him up. He bought me a fire extinguisher at a yard sale one day. He thought it was best joke ever. He fell asleep on night on the couch. Cigarettes rolled off on to the carpet. Carpet caught fire, couch caught fire, his shirt catches fire. He never woke up. I woke up, having smelled it. Grabbed his gag gift and put it all out. His shirt and hair were GONE. He was okay. Never even went to the hospital, but he absolutely would have died of I hadn't been there and had that fire extinguisher beside my bed. I moved immediately.
SuperChicken 2 years ago
That would be horrible, if the whole building caught on fire because of his carelessness. I can only trust that OP found a better place to live.
Jp@nda 2 years ago
This is why living in connected housing scares me because no matter how safe I am, it only takes one careless moron to kill everyone
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SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
Dude was NOT okay. It's called "fading out" -- when you're so drunk or high, you lose consciousness. Smoking a cigarette frequently causes someone to fade out because when you're smoking, you're decreasing your oxygen intake. Usually, the person is already dead by the time they actually start burning. You saved his life -- temporarily.
PeepPeep the duck 2 years ago
As a burns survivor. - owwwwwww to dealing with that without the burns ward nurses
Xenon 2 years ago
Glad you're ok now. I think bad burns have to be the absolute worst.
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Super Beast 2 years ago
That dude deserves a chaotic evil roomie who would have silently left him burning
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
Sounds like your friend has a drinking problem not a smoking problem
Weasel Wise 2 years ago
How does one fall asleep and then not notice they were on fire? Idk. Maybe it's just me? But I think being on fire would wake me.
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago (edited)
Okay, alcohol is a blood thinner. So, among other things, it cuts down on how much oxygen your brain gets. Smoking also decreases your oxygen levels. It's called "fading out" -- it's not falling asleep, it's literally passing out from lack of oxygen. Someone who dies like that typically doesn't burn to death, because they're already dead when their flesh starts burning.
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She poisoned my food. She started out with "harmless" pranks like putting salt in my jello before it set. Then she put bleach in my pasta water like I wouldn't f*****g smell bleach noodles. She would steal my underwear, wear them during that time of the month, and put them back in my underwear drawer unwashed.
I spent YEARS f****d up. Being afraid of food and people. I already had a bad relationship with food because of my mom. This made it so I wouldn't eat at restaurants, or my friends' food they cooked to share, or eat anything that wasn't in a tightly sealed package.
Shark Lady 2 years ago
No, it was their sister's friend who was living in op's family home, they told their mum who was less than helpful or sympathetic.
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Lori w 2 years ago
Gross gross gross. I remember I had a childhood friend that would bang on the door and yell at me when I was peeing. I had anxiety to begin with, but it took a long time to feel comfortable using other people's bathrooms. Hope you get better people in your life!
Stannous Flouride 2 years ago
The only movie monsters that scare me are the psychopaths like this one.
ShaZam Beaubien 2 years ago
She sounds like a psychopaths. When is potentially hurting someone funny?
- 2 years ago (edited)
Here's the answer (the OP was under 18, living with her mother and the room-mate was living with them; the mother refused to kick out the criminal and told the OP to live with the situation): https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/15mfh5x/comment/jvgdrpd/ In my town a teenager's first option might be to live on the streets (even sharing a place is expensive). I knew one who slept at a laundromat because the owner liked her. She did get a place eventually, thanks to her good relationship with her probation officer (she hit a much bigger room-mate on the arm after he had beaten her and that's the part the cop saw. She left for the streets because she didn't have anyone to shelter her).
Load More Replies..."People think that roommates can be fun, they definitely can be, but you really don’t know who someone is until you live with them even if it’s your best friend," u/Jman1994678 warned that nobody should be romanticizing life with a roommate before they've actually moved in together.
"If your roommate is out of control, tell your landlord immediately and get some authority involved," they suggested how someone might want to handle tougher situations.
"If that landlord doesn’t care, try finding a sub-leaser immediately. Know your laws as a lessee."
#4
He allowed his homeless friend to move in without my permission and didn’t tell me. After several weeks it became clear that he wasn’t going anywhere. This man would be super loud on Xbox live playing video games until 4am. He would leave awful messes in the common area. I assumed that my roommate didn’t want to tell me he was gay, and I felt uncomfortable confronting the 6 foot 5 300 pound man in my apartment sleeping over every night. Eventually I said something to my roommate, and he said “what do you mean, he does pay rent!” Apparently he thought it was fine to let his friend move in and split their part of the rent 50/50 without even talking to me about it.
Then I overheard them talking, and after finding out I was trying to get this guy kicked out, he said that he was going to take care of me by “putting something in the jug of sweet tea I had in the fridge”. I moved out the same day and filed a police report.
Lex <3 (they/them) 2 years ago (edited)
Yeah… I don’t think that’s more water he’s putting in the iced tea… (roommates on this list seem to have an obsession with bleach so)
𝕎𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕞𝕖𝕝𝕠𝕟 ℙ𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕒 2 years ago
I’m really happy and relieved that she moved out before she could find out 😳😳😳
Weasel Wise 2 years ago
Not sure why the "he was gay" would be an issue? And wtf is with men that suddenly learn of someone's sexuality and think that THEY are in some sort of peril? So insecure and ignorant that they assume gay means guy who ràpes other guys or that any gay man wants to be with EVERY man out there.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
I don't think that's what he was implying. It sounded to me like the roommate was gay and the "homeless friend" may have been his "secret" boyfriend. And I dunno about you but a 6'5" 300 pound random man turning up in my house would scare me regardless of their sexual preferences.
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Dude told me my majesty palm tree was fine in the apartment common area after I asked him if it was cool. I was rinsing my dishes in the sink later that same night, and he barreled out of his room in full, unhinged temper tantrum mode, screaming I WANT ALL YOUR PLANTS OUT OF HERE TOMORROW YOU NASTY B***H, started kicking/hitting my plants and threatening to throw them off the balcony. I was legit worried he’d try to throw me off the balcony next. This was a grown a*s man in his thirties. Yeah I was outta there after that night. I live alone in peace with my plants now where they don’t get kicked
Daffydillz~ 2 years ago
I feel like you're right. Surely something else happened between A and B for him to lose his mind and go off on OP's plants. That sounds like a lot of anger/ rage at some plants with absolutely no provocation or tension leading up to the incident 😳.
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Linds 2 years ago
I had a roommate once who got raging drunk and he just started yelling at me about something (couldn't understand him) and dude PUNCHED a hole in the wall next to my head. I left that same night and hauled a** to my parents. Decided to check his background and I saw charges for domestic violence -_- always a good idea to check your roomies backgrounds
Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦 2 years ago
Just curious, what do you mean with your comment?
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Shared a quad in college with a girl named Monica. She was fine in the beginning but then began doing things like hiding the toilet paper, trying to limit how much time we spent in the shared living room, allowed a homeless man to sleep on the sofa and hoarded cutlery. She decided she wanted to be a vampire and had her teeth filed into points.. at the end of the year we started referring to her as “Demonica “.
Sara Wilson 2 years ago
Lived with a lady that moved into the house now as already in. We just had "communal" TP for the most part. We all bought some, but we didn't take the rolls into our rooms or anything. One day the main guy that only lived there every now and then, grabbed a pack of 4 rolls for where he was going to next and she spent a MONTH going on about how he STOLE her TP! Granted this was during COVID, but at the tail end of the TP hoarding. She had NO problems using all of ours, but after that, we all kept our TP in our rooms unless it was on the roll. The most ridiculous thing I ever heard of someone complain about
We were curious to get the OP's thoughts on the signs that someone might be great or a total nightmare to live with.
"How they live at home can be a really good indicator how they’ll be as a roommate," they shared some advice with Bored Panda.
"When looking for a roommate watch for things like hygiene, drug usage, and overall mental health. And do NOT be afraid to say no and speak up. If erratic behavior continues without consequences they’ll just keep doing it."
Roommates are no different than all the other people in your life: you have to create and enforce boundaries in order to have healthy relationships with them. Nobody else is going to do that for you. So how much you’re willing to tolerate when it comes to inappropriate (and sometimes even frankly disgusting) behavior comes down to you.
#7
I lived in a house with a guy who let his friend hide from the cops in our basement. The friend had shot and killed 2 people in a robbery.
Dave In MD 2 years ago
Not snitched but was a good citizen and informed the police where a wanted murderer was.
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Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
My cousin came to my house after I had a baby with a carload of guns and drugs because he "accidentally shot through the floor of his apartment and maybe killed someone" I told him to GTFO and never come back or ill call the cops right now
ShaZam Beaubien 2 years ago
I would move. I can imagine he has more than 1 friend who would need that service.
#8
First night in the new shared apartment I was renting, my landlord slept on the floor in my living room on a rug. I thought that was weird but I was not in a position to argue, as I really needed a place to live. Then, over the next couple of months, my landlord moved in and brought over 8 family members from Turkmenistan, including a newborn baby, and they all lived in 2 bedrooms (and by bedrooms I mean one was the living room!!). When I complained, they locked me out of the apartment. I called the police who let me in and scolded the family. It was a nightmare. I finally got out of there and never looked back.
Debby Keir 2 years ago
Presumably, in Turkmenistan, it's common to have very overcrowded accommodation, and it seems he was 'earning' money to send for his family. Not how the West does it, but probably from his point of view it was better (for him/his family) than they'd had before.
Weasel Wise 2 years ago
I call búllshít. The landlord immediately sleeps in the apartment and nothing is done about it to the point that he moves his whole family in and takes over....all while the OP is still paying rent. Yeah. This didn't happen.
#9
F*****g *Em* (not her real name)*.* The most aggressive "zen" hippy you ever met. She was all sunshine and flowers until you dared to, I dunno, asked her to do her goddamn dishes or pay rent on time. Then she would be screaming in your face. And it was never *her* fault, oh no; her energy was too *good,* it was *your* negative energy making her act this way, how dare you do this to her.
We were all relieved when she lost her job and announced she was moving back home...but apparently she didn't understand how a lease works until the landlord let her know she was still on the hook for rent if we couldn't find a replacement. So she started inviting creepy random guys into our home without letting the rest of us (all twenty-something girls), know what was going on or who they were (at the same time were actively searching for a replacement). She was apoplectic when we put a stop to *that* plan.
You were the f*****g worst, Em.
You are, in effect, responsible for saying ‘enough is enough’ and starting those uncomfortable conversations when the trash is overflowing, when the music keeps pounding in the middle of the night, and when your roommates trample all over your dignity. In an ideal world, everyone would be self-aware and far more empathetic. Unfortunately, that’s not the case.
Kat Cohen, the CEO and Founder of college guidance company IvyWise, told CNBC that drafting a roommate contract can be very helpful. That way, everyone becomes aware of the house rules and responsibilities and learns about each other’s preferences. Say, how they feel about someone having unwanted visitors over. The best way to solve a problem is to preemptively avoid it altogether.
“An individual’s ability to be considerate of others and willingness to compromise are important determining factors as to whether he or she will be a good roommate or not,” Cohen explains that a person who is unwilling to relent and look for common ground may be very difficult to get along with, in all aspects of life.
#10
Asked if I could switch dorms so his brother can be his mate, checked out the other room and it was so dirty you couldn't see the floor and it stunk like a generic boys locker room. Poor guy was stuck with 2 offensive linemen.
Told the dude no thanks and they spent the semester threatening me and always waking me up in the middle of the night with keys or turning on the lights, playing music etc. At like 12-2am when I had 5am practices every morning.
They apparently talked about jumping me to their group of friends who happened to include a mutual friend on my friend and they let me know. I was able to switch dorms to another building and the RD made sure they couldn't move in together. They both lost their scholarships the next semester for bad grades.
#11
My cousin and her family. They were DIRTY! Couldn’t walk in your socks on the carpet because your feet would stick to the carpet cause of all the spilled soda and beer that she never cleaned up. Her kids had lice so bad that one day I looked at the oldest girls hair and you could see the lice running around in her hair. I lived with them for three months but moved out after I saw those lice.
Lene 2 years ago
Especially since lice are so easy to get rid of. I have hair down to my upper thighs and my go-to if I get lice are oil (just whatever oil you got in your kitchen. Sunflower oil or whatever), one of those lice combs, a towel and a see-through plastic bag. Put the oil in the hair so the hair is completely covered. Put the hair in the plastic bag (may need to keep it tight with a clothes pin) and keep it there for 30+ minutes. The towel goes over your shoulders so the oil doesn't run down your back. Then you take the towel and bag off and comb your hair over and over again until no more lice comes out. The oil makes it impossible for the lice to hang on to your hair. Then you take a shower and try to get the rest of the oil out (you may have to wash your hair like 5-8 times. Lol). And then you repeat the process every 4 days until there are no lice at all. 4 days due to eggs hatching. And that's it. Simple, cheap and poison free. :)
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Lost Penny 2 years ago
I went to school with a girl like those poor kids. She would sit in front of me, & one day I noticed her hair move. I couldn't figure it out at first, thought maybe there was a breeze of a sort, but then 3 or 4 lice fell off her head onto my desk... Man, my scalp is prickling as I type this. It was bad.
Sara Wilson 2 years ago
Um...CPS?! Maybe do something for the kids that don't know their options?! Geez! THAT would be the first thing I would do before moving out!
Lex <3 (they/them) 2 years ago
Those poor kids, I hope they’re living a better life now!
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Jul 2 years ago (edited)
I didn’t know this before, but lice is a good reason to call social services already because it’s associated with child abuse and/or dangerous living situations. Not saying to do that, but I always thought lice was a product of being a child. I never had it, but ooh, every kid I knew had it once in their lives. Now I understood what a poor, high-risk area I had been living in growing up. Imagine my surprise when I found out kids with lice can get their family life looked at in an official manner.
#12
He got a cat from a friend. Never spayed the cat. Cat got pregnant and had two kittens. Then he got a big dog. Still hadn’t gotten the cat spayed. Cat had three more kittens. When the kittens were still nursing, he packed up his stuff to move up north and left all seven animals behind.
Lori w 2 years ago
Fix your damn cats! Some places offer low cost neuter/spay services. Kittens can get pregnant as young as 4 months 🙁
Donald 2 years ago
That is why I always adopt cats, specifically senior cats. They have all their shots, spayed/neuter and are out of the insane 1-3 year old phase. My last cat Lizzie cost me 18 dollars and is the sweetest cat I've ever met, got her at 9 and she is going on 16 this year.
Load More Replies... Lex <3 (they/them) 2 years ago
leaving the animals behind? horrible. I hope someone eventually got the cat spayed and found good homes for the dog/cat/kittens!
Easily Forgotten 2 years ago
I am going thu that now..if I take them to the shelter it's $75 a piece to surren6. It's $150 to get mama cat spayed it still hae rent and car payments. Tried my damndest to give away no luck.. not sure what to do with 9 cats and 2 small dogs..if I was still in Philly they have no kill shelters but here TX you have to take them to the pound 1st and then they may get lucky and not get murdered and end up in a shelter ...If I ever see her again I am straight up punching her in da face
Lex <3 (they/them) 2 years ago
animal abuse is for sure an offense that people can go to jail for. so yes, that guy probably COULD go to jail.
Load More Replies...There’s a huge difference between someone who knows that they’re acting wrong and continues to do so, consequences be damned, and a person who is simply oblivious to the negative effects their behavior has on others. In the former case, you may want to consider living separately because having someone malicious and unkind as your roommate won’t bode well. (That is, unless they have a complete change of heart and decide to change everything about themselves, but let’s get real, breakthroughs like that don’t happen this quickly.)
In the latter case, however, there’s a lot more hope for a happy compromise. However, think about how you phrase your request, whether you’re talking about chores or surprise nighttime visitors. The less you make it seem like you’re attacking your roommate and their behavior, the more likely they’ll be to hear you out.
#13
I roomed with a couple that hid their pregnancy from me until I signed the lease.
They knew they were expecting but also knew that nobody wanted to live with an infant. It was another 5 months of living there after it was born.
They were the worst f*****g roommates beyond that, too. That was just their biggest offense.
Monday 2 years ago
Depends on the laws. It can be expensive to break a lease.
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Con O Cuinn 2 years ago
There's definitely grounds for breaking a lease. Obvious bait and switch
#14
Came home to our power being shut off because the roommate we gave the money too wasn't paying the bill. Thankfully her mom paid to have it turned back on for us. The roommate was spending it on drugs with her new bf.
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
I'd never trust my bill or rent money to anyone but the landlord or company itsef
Richard Michael 2 years ago
Made that mistake once when I was young. Roommate was spending it on shoes.
SmooshieFries 2 years ago
My daughters roommates did this to her as well. This couple ran the ac 24/7, overcharged my daughter and another rm their "share" of the bill and would never let anyone see it! The electricity was shut off and this jerk asked them for the money to get it turned back on even though it was because of this couples non-payment. It was over $800! When my daughter moved out on her own she was shocked to learn the real cost of electricity
Lex <3 (they/them) 2 years ago (edited)
I hope Mom taught her a lesson on responsibility.
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I called to ask if he had his half of the rent and he informed me that he was on I95, headed back to his hometown of Virginia. Dude cleared his s**t out of the apartment and dipped with no warning.
SuperChicken 2 years ago
What a jacka$$. Honest question - can OP sue the roommate, if his name is on the lease?
Norman Beattie 2 years ago
Sure you can sue him but what will it cost you to do it ? Most likely not worth the effort.
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Sensitive Issues 2 years ago
Hell, that's a GOOD one! left with all his c**p and you didn't even have to evict him.
Remember that your goal is to solve the problem, not rage at your God-awful roommate. You want (and need!) them to compromise, so you need to be willing to hear out their side of things and be somewhat flexible to accommodate their wishes. Be friendly but firm, direct but diplomatic. Nobody’s perfect and there’s bound to be friction when living with someone else, after all—but common sense rules still need to be followed.
Obviously, in some cases, you simply won’t find a compromise. Or there’s just too much miscommunication going on. You should definitely consider asking a mediator to step in. If you’re living in a college dorm, for instance, you could ask one of the uni’s reps to help solve the issue. Meanwhile, if you’re renting a proper house or apartment, you may want to ask a third roommate to mediate, before you ask your landlord to step in.
#16
You know Sheldon Cooper from Big Bang Theory ? Exactly like that guy but no where near as smart, but condescending, insulting, with boundary issues. Was there for two months and had to get out, or would have ended up with assault charges.
Sara Wilson 2 years ago
I always say, those characters r funny on tv, but in reality, it would b VERY different
Dasha 2 years ago
Hate this show, especially Sheldon. I know he’s meant to be autistic or something but he’s so annoying and rude. Sorry for my little rant
Sara Wilson 2 years ago
He is, but there r a lot of really smart people like that. Artists can b the same way. The more intelligence/creativity a person has, it can cause them to not b able to deal with people and normal life. People find them funny on tv, but in real life, it really would not be, and is not. I feel sorry for those people. They can't help it and not a lot they can do about it
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#17
I had one that would just straight up steal my stuff.
One that brought home 2 rats as pets, and we ended up with 29 rats in what felt like no time at all.
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
One time when it was my turn to bring the pregnant class hamster home she had her babies and ate half of them. Trauma. Real and pure trauma.
Danielle 2 years ago
A friend had a flatmate in halls that would steal food, small amounts at first but culminating in her stealing AN ENTIRE BIRTHDAY CAKE. They went in her room when she was out and found a huge stash of stolen food. For some reason she lived with this person again in a shared house the following year. They all left their rent money on the fireplace as the landlord was coming round to collect. The money and the cake stealer were never seen again.
Pigeon (they/them) 2 years ago
Nooooo always have same-sex rat groups!!! I would still get them neutered, just to prevent spraying (with males) anyway, but it’s not necessary if you only have males or females
Robin Roper 2 years ago
Rats are very smart and make good pets. They don't live long and you should never mix genders.
#18
My roommate in the barracks in the army was disgusting. He would sleep in his Physical Training (PT) uniform (the uniform we exercise in). Then, when he woke up, he would go to PT and exercise and sweat. After that, he would not shower, he would put on his daily uniform and leave his PT shorts on as underwear. At the end of the day he would get back down to his PTs for the evening and eventually going to bed. The only difference on non-workdays was that he wore his civilian clothes over his PTs as underwear. He also would not brush his teeth because he believed that if you brush your teeth you destroyed their protective coating (plaque) which is what forced you to continue brushing your teeth, the rest of your life.
liam newton-harding 2 years ago
That’s when you report him to the Sergeant. The Sergeant will come down on that soldier like the literal Wrath of God for poor personal hygiene.
Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
Especially if he's being trained for jungle or desert warfare - you'd be amazed how far the smell of BO travels when the wind is blowing in the direction of the enemy (and vice versa).
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I heart Boo-BI-es 2 years ago
I lived in the barracks with this other female who was so unhygienic and stunk to high heaven that she had a literal ring of dirt and grime around her neck..it got so bad our command had to step in and made sure she took a shower.
Sara Wilson 2 years ago
A lot of guys just don't know about laundry and hygiene of it, because moms always do/did it for them. When my nephew went into the military, it was the 1st time he thanked my sister for teaching him how to cook and do laundry. He ended up teaching most of them how to do their laundry. I am a housecleaner now and am constantly amazed at the amount of parents that seem to think that their kids will just "magically" develop the skills and discipline of when and how to do chores. IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY! For boys OR girls! I know it s*cks, but u have to teach them. It's part of being a parent. A few more decades and there won't even b any young naive women LEFT that will b willing to do this for your precious baby boys!
Robin Roper 2 years ago
I would think someone who was dirty and smelled would not pass daily inspection.
Mario Strada 2 years ago
I was an officer, so I had my own quarters on base, but during officer's school, we were treated like any boot. No way anyone could have gotten away with something like that.
#19
This crazy, entitled, hypocritical spoiled brat of a person I was assigned in a college apartment. Everything was fine until I offered to buy a wireless router for all three of us to share. She agreed to split the cost, but then when it came out to $20 each she threw a huge fit. She refused to pay, so I refused to give her the password. She got in my face and screamed at me, but I didn’t flinch (I’m a foot taller than her and I had just gotten out of the Army lol). Then she took all of her stuff out of the common areas. Whatever.
One day I needed to do dishes and her stuff had been in the dishwasher for days, so I finally just took it all out and put my stuff in instead. I came home to find all of my dishes in the sink again, covered in maple syrup. So petty and gross.
Another time, I accidentally threw a single can in her trash can instead of mine. She came out on the balcony screaming at me and threw it off the third floor, where it hit my car and dented it.
The final straw that caused me to move out early: we all smoked weed, including her and her boyfriend, but one day she called the cops on me for it. Thankfully I heard her on the phone with them, so I took anything incriminating and left before they got there. Most of it was my boyfriend’s anyway, but until then my place was cooler than his. I just left it all there until I was able to move.
She also got in huge screaming fights with her boyfriend and smashed his laptop and phone, so I guess I should’ve expected the worst from her.
Erik Rydbom 2 years ago
When you have to separate your dishes in the DISHWASHER and have separate trash cans you all might have a bit to learn...
#20
She would constantly bring strange men over. Like strangers/literally strange men. Weekly to almost daily. I asked her to either stop or at least vet a few of them beforehand because I didn't like all these weirdos parading through our house past our expensive electronics and the hefty amounts of pot I used to keep on hand. I recall an argument I had with her about not being selective with the company she kept, and I screamed at her "Do you want me to have to call your mother to tell her you were murdered by some psycho?!" She calmed down a little after that, and soon after I moved out she did finally find a nice man to settle down with.
Oh and for some reason whenever she did the dishes they always felt greasy after??
Super Beast 2 years ago
i had a similar roomie. she slept with a new guy every day. EVERY DAY. and she would leave them in her bed and leave to go about her day. i would wake up to men i did not know every day. i am not a friendly person, i have a resting murder face, and i made them uncomfortable so they had to leave. she's now married and monogamous. i dont get people
Hugh Cookson 2 years ago (edited)
Maybe she was getting something out of her system (a friend of my step daughter did something similar whilst she was at Uni and later explained her behaviour by saying that at that time she had an itch that couldn't be scratched so went on fuckathons with loads of guys over the course of a year / 18 months ) When she graduated - which she did at a very high level - she turned to 'god' and the last I saw of her she was a born again fundamental (with the emphasis on mental) christian. She was, as I remember, quite good at washing up though ; no grease at all.
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At least she made some sort of effort to wash dishes.
Dread Pirate Roberts 2 years ago
I'm glad that at least this one had a semi happy ending. Except for the greasy dishes. That's gross.
Bored Trash Panda 2 years ago
I had a similar roomie. She stole my tanktops and a few pairs of underwear to. Once, my cat had kittens and, even after I told her to stay out of my room, I woke up to her in my room playing with them.
#21
She never cleaned dishes and would leave them until they get REALLY moldy like multi color colonies that are 4 inches tall. Everybody used to do her dishes but then we stopped and kept putting them on her bed. To which she put the f*****g dishes on the ground of her bed. She was a proud alcoholic and would constantly cause issues around the house as well as lock other roommates out and barricade doors if someone made her upset. Baby s**t. AND another different one the year after was some kid who was generally a nuisance but one night he got kicked out of a party and drove his car into a few other cars in the lot, a couple people, and drove right into an apartment complex busting the gas pipes so they had to literally move people out into hotels for a while. He turned himself in the next day.
Blue Bunny of Happiness 2 years ago
Took me way too long to realise that’s mould, I was thinking nice fuzzy cushion!
#22
One of my roommates worked for trugreen Lawn care and signed me up for service without my knowledge. We lived in a house and their was 4 of us. Somehow he got the bright idea to steal some of my information and sign me up. I owed hundreds of dollars to trugreen and they sent me to collections.
I was pissed. I called trugreen and told them what happened after weeks of trying to get the problem solved and talking to multiple people they finnaly closed my account. And fired my roommate.
Well then he lived there free loading for months. I finally moved out of that place and never had a roommate again.
#23
College roommate- we were in the same room (2 beds) for the first year.
She was extremely insecure and needed to have freshly washed and blow dried hair for every class.
So for her 8am class she was blow drying her hair in our room at 5am waking me up every week.
I tried to have a talk with her saying hey it’s a loud blow dryer you’re waking me up and I’m tired all day because 5am is too early for me. Can you please blow dry your hair in the bathroom atleast?
"No!! The mirror isn’t big enough!!!"
What about using my blow dryer? It’s quieter
"No!! Mine is ionic and cuts down on frizz!!"
How about doing your hair the night before so you don’t do it at 5AM?
"NO! My hair gets RUINED in my sleep!!!"
Well you know no one is going to notice your hair that much for an 8am class
"NO!! I notice my hair!!!"
Her solution was for me to wear earplugs in my sleep. I said no ear plugs will be able to drown out her loud blow dryer and besides they will just fall out in my sleep…
Anyway she cried. She cried to everyone. I was evil.
I tried to switch rooms saying it’s affecting my academic performance (it was). They refused saying we need to work together. The floor don talked to her and later told me she’s so insecure about her hair probably because she is not healthy (she was alluding to her weight/obesity)..
Anyway let’s just say I was excited to move out at the end of the year
Cate 2 years ago
Why on earth are adult students sharing rooms? This is not common in the UK. You share a flat but not your bedroom.
John L 2 years ago
Depending on the type of dorm you stayed in, they could be a single room, with two desks and two beds, two sets of dressers, on opposite sides, with a common "room" with the rest of the students in the building. You would eat in a communal kitchen with the rest of the students on campus, and share bath facilities with the entire floor.
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Erik Rydbom 2 years ago
As you get older you realize that earplugs go hand-in-hand with living with roomates.
Wysteria_Rose 2 years ago
Me and my college friend had a third roommate who did annoying mess like this; she'd be out all night long (she was a sorority girl who either was partying with them or her boyfriend). Every morning she'd come in between 4 and 5 AM. She would wear stiletto heels that clacked on the floor, waking us up, and then would loudly change into other clothes, walk to and from the bathroom (right by our beds), use her electronic toothbrush, and then go back to her end and play her television. We finally left a polite note explaining how this wouldn't work, offered suggestions (take her heels off before coming in, waiting to brush her teeth, using headphones for her tv, etc.) She literally moved out the next day without a word to us. Oh well. We were able to sleep in until 7 after that.
Not-a-Clue (she/her) 2 years ago
Why 3 hours before class, though? It doesn't take that long to do hair ... does it?
#24
He got drunk with the neighbors then accused them of stealing his cellphone. Then he slashed their tires. I woke up to the neighbors banging on my door with guns but the little s**t had already left. His cellphone was in between some couch cushions in my house btw.
Steph 2 years ago
Is this USA again? If so, I will never, ever move back home… seems to get worse every day. Haven’t been back home since COVID, I rather pay for friends and family to come and visit me here, on a much safer continent… I do miss my beautiful Californian hometown a lot, though! 😓
#25
Freshman year of college- she came back drunk night 5 and p***ed on our carpet and some of my clothes. Then in the morning she denied all of it despite the room smelling like p**s. She would have random guys over constantly and f**k them with me in the room (even though she had a bf). She ended up getting arrested twice during the first semester (she had painkillers that were not hers and she got a marijuana charge lmao). She was pure chaos and ended up in academic poor standing since she literally never went to class. The second semester her parents required her to come home every single weekend so it made things much nicer lol.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
Back in college someone's drunk boyfriend once peed in the corner of our hallway thinking it was the bathroom. Then he went in another girl's room by accident (which is why I always locked my door!) and tried to get in bed with her. Everyone woke up to her screaming.
Steph 2 years ago
I hope you meant WHILE you were in the room…🙏🏻 I‘m almost sure you didn’t mean „with“ you…
Ian Shaw 2 years ago
Pedantry when you know darn well what she meant. Shame on you 🤦🏻♂️
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#26
I have a few but one really stands out. I was living with 7 guys in a 4 bedroom house in SF, 1 bathroom. Worst place I ever lived, covered in mold, rats everywhere, etc (was cheap and we were broke). Was actually super fun until "Jason" moved in. Jason must have been on the spectrum which I was sympathetic to, but it didn't make living with him any easier.
* First night he came into the kitchen from a run wearing nothing but short shorts, grabbed my milk from the fridge, must have been 1/2 galloon in there, chugged the whole thing straight to the dome. Then put the milk back in the fridge and asked "is there any more milk"
* Used other people's towels. When we told him "this isn't an airbnb, we each have our own towel" he stopped using a towel at all and just walked around buck naked dripping shower water
* Ranted for hours, alternating between extreme delusions of grandeur (I am the greatest financier to ever live) and extreme self loathing (I am worth less than a cockroach)
* Got kicked out of his coding bootcamp, presumably for behavioral reasons, so started walking around the house all day. When we would come home from work everything would be moved around, including in our rooms. Nothing ever went missing, it was just like he's been in our rooms and tried to make us not notice. To this day I shudder to think what he was doing in there
In the end we took the coward's way out. The rest of us just moved together to a new house and told him the lease was ending. He was only there for a month. He moved in on the first, and moved out on the last day of the month. He argued that - since he didn't *sleep* in the apartment the last day of the month he was owed rent back for that last day. We tried to explain that when you rent an apartment you pay the entire month, and when you leave you move out on the last day of the month. I was the master tenant at the time and wanted to just give him the $30 and be done with it, but another roommate insisted I shouldn't do that. He continued to email me for *months* calling me all kinds of horrible things.
#27
He was a big dude, 450lbs big, I lived with him for a year during college. He would sometimes have 3-4 days off from classes and weekends etc, and wouldn't shower at all. He would sit on his computer and just stink up the whole apartment with his BO. Just absolutely awful.
Sara Wilson 2 years ago
Some people can go days without showering, but larger people seem to not realize that their size, usually, combined with their diet tends but not allow them to b able to shower less frequently
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
Ew this brings back nightmares of My college roommates boyfriend. The stench was ungodly
#28
Lived in a house share for 7 years so have a few stories.
2 that are tied for the worst.
First was a guy who had skin issues, refused to get help, shed flakes everywhere, shower, sink, toilet.
Ended up in the washing machine too when he did his washing, which ultimately ended up in everyone else's clothes when they did washing.
I felt sorry for the dude, super intelligent, kind, happy and friendly. Just didn't look after himself.
Second was a guy who lied about his job, never went to whatever it was, and regularly got up during the early hours to randomly scream at the top of his lungs and bang all the walls, the floor and ceiling in his room to ensure it woke everyone up.
Hated the dude for this, and hated the fact he used my car as a bench when he went out to smoke. Would roll his eyes at me when I politely asked him to not sit on my car.
Sara Wilson 2 years ago
My ex-husband would go nuts if I even LEANED on his car, and yet he had no problem with putting his feet up on my car to tie his shoes.
DippityDooDerp 2 years ago
I don't care if someone I know touches my car. If I don't know you, though, I will flip out if you even get close. Someone I don't know has no business near my car
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I also had a college roommate with flakes. What's worse is that they were constantly scratching their scalp and leaving the flakes everywhere. It totally grossed me out. I had to vacuum a LOT!
Cheryl Ramsay 2 years ago
I suspect this roommate had psoriasis. I had a nephew with this and he constantly shed big flakes of skin.
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I was in college. Was sleeping and heard a banging on the door. I had just woken up and hadn't heard anything said, just heard the banging and figured my idiot roommate locked himself out or something. I dunno. I was woken up by banging. I got up and unlocked the door and opened it a bit before walking away without looking at all. I was groggy and young and had it in my head that it was just him. Suddenly there's a flashlight on me and I put my hands up. It was the cops. Apparently, my roommate was shooting bottle rockets at the neighbor's house with his friends and came back into the apartment to hide in his room while I was sleeping. F****n idiot. At some point later on after we weren't roommates anymore I found out he had been charged with a hit and run and sexual assault. Not sure the specifics and I doubt they were at the same time. He was that kind of guy. I spent most of my time out of the apartment when possible.
#30
I lived with a girl in college who let her dad pay for everything. He was putting thousands down on her tuition and she never went to class, was failing and had to change her major like 4 times, and to this day I don’t really think she managed to graduate.
So she decided to get a puppy without asking, didn’t train him, had her bf and dad send her money for him. The dog ruined so much furniture and was just a general nuisance. I liked going for walks so I took him out more than she did.
She eventually got engaged to her boyfriend, who was in the process of becoming a marine and on the other side of the country. When we turned 21, we’d go to bars and she’d ask me to hold her engagement ring so she could try and get free drinks or because she “didn’t want to lose it”. Sometimes I put it on hoping men would avoid me lol.
Ended up in a huge fight between her, our other roomate, and myself over petty drama. Last I heard her wedding was cancelled because she cheated on her marine boyfriend and got pregnant with a guy who already had a kid. Still don’t think she got her *COMPLETELY FREE* degree either.
John L 2 years ago
Yeah, it's hard to appreciate something that's free. I did the typical go to college thing, after high school. Got in under a military program from my dad, so we literally paid for nothing. Didn't finish. About 10 years later, finally understood the value and got my BS, then MA. Sometimes, you just have to learn the hard way or wait until you understand why, you are doing this.
Monday 2 years ago
I think that's why so many people push for affordable education vs free education. You're more likely to work hard at something that costs you money
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Super Beast 2 years ago
i had a hippie chick roomie who stuck her panty liner on my desk. it was dirty. i left a post-it on it, asking her where else did she rub her genitalia. wheb i came back i had a long letter that i didnt bother reading further than 'im having mental issues'. we didnt talk the rest of the semester.
DarkViolet 2 years ago
Reading these stories makes me feel even more glad not to be doing the roommate thing anymore. I've been through a lot of this stuff: having my belongings damaged, missing, stolen; roommates turning into quadriplegic Helen Kellers as far as basic housework goes; my mail scattered all over the place; being expected to pay unreasonable amounts of money for utilities I didn't use.
BookFanatic 2 years ago
I had a random roommate my freshman year. We talked a bit on the phone ahead of time, and were to meet face-to-face at orientation. Halfway through, a rubber band bonked off my head. Turned around to see my new roomie grinning like a fool. Of course I shot her back. We've been friends for 25 years and counting...
penguin 2 years ago (edited)
I was the horror roommate! I lived with an friend and, since I was unemployed, did the housework, including paying the rent, for which she gave me the money in cash. Then I met a man who was an extremely bad influence on me. He persuaded me to give him the money for the rent. I then moved out after 2 months without telling her that the rent had not been paid for the time. Luckily she got support from her parents and was able to stay in the apartment. The guy then disappeared from my life and I was in the deepest hole. It took me almost 2 years to get out of debt and get my f****d up life back on track. And I was finally able to pay my friend back the money with interest. Even 25 years later I still get sick when I think about what I did to her.
Wysteria_Rose 2 years ago
Me and my college friend had a third roommate who did annoying mess like this; she'd be out all night long (she was a sorority girl who either was partying with them or her boyfriend). Every morning she'd come in between 4 and 5 AM. She would wear stiletto heels that clacked on the floor, waking us up, and then would loudly change into other clothes, walk to and from the bathroom (right by our beds), use her electronic toothbrush, and then go back to her end and play her television. We finally left a polite note explaining how this wouldn't work, offered suggestions (take her heels off before coming in, waiting to brush her teeth, using headphones for her tv, etc.) She literally moved out the next day without a word to us. Oh well. We were able to sleep in until 7 after that.
Super Beast 2 years ago
i had a hippie chick roomie who stuck her panty liner on my desk. it was dirty. i left a post-it on it, asking her where else did she rub her genitalia. wheb i came back i had a long letter that i didnt bother reading further than 'im having mental issues'. we didnt talk the rest of the semester.
DarkViolet 2 years ago
Reading these stories makes me feel even more glad not to be doing the roommate thing anymore. I've been through a lot of this stuff: having my belongings damaged, missing, stolen; roommates turning into quadriplegic Helen Kellers as far as basic housework goes; my mail scattered all over the place; being expected to pay unreasonable amounts of money for utilities I didn't use.
BookFanatic 2 years ago
I had a random roommate my freshman year. We talked a bit on the phone ahead of time, and were to meet face-to-face at orientation. Halfway through, a rubber band bonked off my head. Turned around to see my new roomie grinning like a fool. Of course I shot her back. We've been friends for 25 years and counting...
penguin 2 years ago (edited)
I was the horror roommate! I lived with an friend and, since I was unemployed, did the housework, including paying the rent, for which she gave me the money in cash. Then I met a man who was an extremely bad influence on me. He persuaded me to give him the money for the rent. I then moved out after 2 months without telling her that the rent had not been paid for the time. Luckily she got support from her parents and was able to stay in the apartment. The guy then disappeared from my life and I was in the deepest hole. It took me almost 2 years to get out of debt and get my f****d up life back on track. And I was finally able to pay my friend back the money with interest. Even 25 years later I still get sick when I think about what I did to her.
Wysteria_Rose 2 years ago
Me and my college friend had a third roommate who did annoying mess like this; she'd be out all night long (she was a sorority girl who either was partying with them or her boyfriend). Every morning she'd come in between 4 and 5 AM. She would wear stiletto heels that clacked on the floor, waking us up, and then would loudly change into other clothes, walk to and from the bathroom (right by our beds), use her electronic toothbrush, and then go back to her end and play her television. We finally left a polite note explaining how this wouldn't work, offered suggestions (take her heels off before coming in, waiting to brush her teeth, using headphones for her tv, etc.) She literally moved out the next day without a word to us. Oh well. We were able to sleep in until 7 after that.
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