roommate rant

[sixf00t4]

grrr. first a background on my idiot room mate...

1. he once took his car into campus for a night class. he took the bus home. the next day he took the bus in to classes and back to the apartment. the next day he skipped his classes, i came home and saw him on the couch, but noticed his car wasnt there. asked him where it was, and he didnt know, he was thinking it was either towed out of our lot or stolen. i asked him if he had his keys and he did. then i asked him when the last time he drove it was, and he said a few days ago when he went into class. to his luck, it was still on campus, only with $70 worth of tickets.

2. he went grocery shopping the last day of classes this semester and bought 2 gallons of milk (he drinks alot of milk) he then proceeds to go home for then next 2 weeks. needless to say he wasted all that milk.

3. when he returned to the apartment, he said "we should get a black magic marker and keep it in the freezer" i was stunned with the idea and asked why. he said " so that when we buy milk we can write the dates on them." ...

(pause so normal humans can try and grasp how stupid he is).....ok that should be enough...

i asked him three times if he was serious and then showed him that milk has expiration dates printed on them.

there are many more, but i think that is the most recent agitations.

anyway, when we signed the least back in august, he was the only one with a car, an oldsmobile, and we only get 1 pass for the lot, so we put in the olds. well a few months later someone hits the olds, and my roommate takes it home and brings back up his dad's truck, and has been driving that since.
i have had my sisters car for about a month now, and while he was home after classes, i asked him for the pass. so i had been using it while he was home. well a few days ago he asked me if he was getting the pass back. i was quite offended that he thinks it is his, but i just said, well i am using it, let me use it until my sister needs her car back. he then said that if he gets a job downtown, (he has never had a job in his whole life) he is going to take the bus, and would need the pass then. (i get free bussing) i then asked him for his logic on why him taking the bus plays a role in having the pass. he said that he doesnt want to pay for bussing and tickets for parking on the street.
he is parked now on the main street right outside our door with a 2 hour limit and no meters. 1 block up there are no meters and no limit. and turn the corner and there is space for ~5 cars to park no timelimit no meters. so i told him just dont park in a place where you can get a ticket. he then said that the pass was in his name since it was for the olds and that he should be using it then. i told him it doesnt matter, it is wrong either way since he has the truck.
needless to say, i came back from a walk this morning and he had a ticket on his windshield. he hasnt moved his car in 3 days. he just went home for a week, and i know when he comes back he is going to be wining and moaning he got a ticket.

who do you think should get the pass?

I personally, think you should beat him about the face, breast, chest, neck, and head.

Then, ask him if he still wants the pass.

[sixf00t4]

now that's just evil

good plan though, so far that is the best suggestion

anyway, when we signed the least back in august, he was the only one with a car, an oldsmobile, and we only get 1 pass for the lot, so we put in the olds.
Or you gave him the pass never thinking into the future about whether you would need one.
He had the car you guys decided he would get the pass. period.

None of the other stuff (his wasting milk, and getting tickets) is even any of your business.
Who cares if he gets tickets and wastes milk? You're not his mom.

I still think you should beat him.

But, surreal makes a valid point, but I don't think it's in stone that he gets the pass forever.

I think you should get to use it for a time equal to what he had it. Then, compromise and come up with a system that you both get the pass for X amount of time. The other gets to park on the street somewhere.

You could always get a black marker and write on his forehead when he gets the pass so he doesn't forget.

[sixf00t4]

definitely don't agree surreal. but i do see your point. then again, i am not very objective and quite bias

suppose you are right, and it is not my fault for "never thinking into the future" about whether i would need one. What should i have done then?

we had to put down something for the lot pass. i dont see why he gets an extra perk for the same price. i only plan on having it a few more weeks, when he has had it for 8 months. the pass does not belong to either one of us, regardless of what car is registered, registration can easily be changed, the fact is, that is is a part of the apartment, something we both pay for. why should he be the only one who gets to use it?

[SeanC]

Smack him around a bit for being such a bad roommate and an annoying, whiny person.

Then give him the pass back. Surreal is right, you got the pass for the Olds he had so he should have the pass back.

But there's no reason why you can't get a little retribution first.

Sean

[sixf00t4]

so then it is fair for him to pay the same price and get a parking pass too?

Can you go change the reg for the pass? While he is away?

Do it if you can. Then show him the reg is your sister's car's now.

I wonder what he would make of that?

Surreal, I disagree with you: sounds like bigfoot needs to be this kids mum. Someone has to, by the looks. He's one of those kids that just can't get by without their mums, by the sounds of it.

Beat him up, just a little, for arguing about the pass. Then make him agree to share it nicely.

It'd be a kindness to do that, IMO.

Cheers
Mick

[sixf00t4]

i was waiting for someone to pick up on it.

he has never had a job, his mother does everything for him. balances his check account and everything. he has even bounced a check. he doesnt have a single expense. she pays the rent, tuition, groceries, even for him to take out his gf to the movies.

i pay all the bills and then let him know what he owes me.

changing the pass is as simple as a telephone call. i think i will do it when they come in tuesday