Living in a small dorm room with a total stranger is a universally stressful experience. Learning to be polite and considerate to each other is a must, as is mature, open communication about what the two of you expect from each other. But if you really want to get on your roommate’s nerves, here are 20 great strategies.
- Use your snooze button whenever possible.
- Avoid cleaning, especially things involving food and dirty underwear.
- Have an extra loud ring tone, and make sure it goes off in the middle of the night.
- Have an extra loud everything, for that matter. The noisier you are, the better.
- Make sure you have lots of company whenever your roommate has an exam.
- Buy a comforter that completely clashes with your roommate’s.
- Borrow your roommate’s things-no biggie, right?
- Break your roommate’s things-no biggie, right?
- Gossip about your roommate to everyone on the floor.
- Forget to mention that visitors have stopped by.
- Spill perfume or cologne in the room.
- Study in the room all the time.
- Eat your roommate’s food, and drink his or her milk right out of the carton.
- Make sure your guests are rude to your roommate.
- If you have a “special” guest, be sure to be be intimate in front of your roommate.
- Eat things in the room that gross your roommate out.
- Spill things on your roommate’s homework
- Be rude when your roommate’s parents visit (bonus points for being drunk).
- Put political and religious messages all over your side of the room that your roommate disagrees with.
- Flirt with your roommate’s ex-or current.
Posted on August 14th, 2008 by Naomi
Tags: college roommate, dorm, dorm roommate, roommates
Posted in Campus Life, College Advice | 5 Comments »
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August 18th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
I don’t agree with #12. My room is where I do most of my studying, and I shouldn’t be forced to go somewhere else because of my roommate.
I guess I stink as a roommate! =/
August 14th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
I will be sure to follow every rule 🙂