Mimi this one's for you.
Now this isn't exactly a roommate horror story, just a rant. It's not like we're at each other throats or anything. Although if I wasn't as passive as I am perhaps the situation would be a little different.
Out of the seven roommates I've had none have ever gotten on my nerves as much as John. It takes a lot to annoy me but he's pushing all the right buttons.
He's the type of CS geek that thinks he's the definitive source on anything and everything. He'll jump into a conversation on any particular topic pointing out why one party or another is wrong and why he's right. Often he is right, but he just walks about and presents himself with such arrogance that it pisses people off (namely me).
At first I thought it was mildly cute that he talked on the phone with his girlfriend every night. That was before I started hearing some of their conversations. I'll give you a few of my favorite quotes.
”I need you here so you can make me my lunches and cook our meals for us, I'll be eating healthier that way. Your such a good cook”
“I'll do the cleaning around the house so that you don't have to feel like you home life is an extension of your career.”
“I'm so glad I met you, someone so willing to put up with all my personality quirks. Among CS majors meeting someone like you is like winning the lottery.”
He truly sees her and an object to be possessed, a status symbol in the world of geekdom. Fucking chauvinistic excuse for a man. It gets worse - he thinks he's one of the more liberal people living in the apartment.
His girlfriend lives in the Netherlands. Within the next year she'll move to the States at which point they will get married. A process that they are pushing forward so she can get her visa. And the part that worries me, the fact that John is paying all the bills. All in all it probably adds about to at least a few thousand.
He certainly sees himself as a breadwinner. But it really sounds like he's being taken advantage off. Well I won't go so far as to say it's certain but I just don't see this relationship ending well.
Did I ever mention that they met at an online gaming forum? Actually the entirety of John's social life consists of playing MMORPG's, his current game of choice is Guild Wars. He uses teamspeak so he can talk online with the people he's gaming with. Most weekends he only leaves the room to eat.
Unfortunately I can't confront him about how I feel about his relationship with is girlfriend.
So as I can do nothing about that one onto another topic.
About what I mentioned in an earlier post. My roommate honestly relies on the fact that I'll be cooking enough food for two. A few nights back he had the audacity to step out of the room only to fetch a box of pasta and place next to me, following which he went back to the room to continue playing Guild Wars. Never said a word, just placed what he wanted for dinner in front of me and expected me to cook it for him.
Whenever I do actually prepare any food for the two of us he refers to it as something 'we' did.
I started buying my own groceries a cooking only for myself. He stopped eating entirely until he figured out that he couldn't rely on me for his meals. I estimate he went for about two days without food.
Would be nice if he'd at the very least wear a shirt when lounging around the apartment. Actually all the guys, save for myself, go around shirtless on regular basis. (and trust me it's not to show off their muscular bodies)
Don't even get me started on the dishes problem...
This coming semester will be such a nice change, a single in the quietest cleanest house on campus. Well, a single as far as housing is concerned ;-)
Out of the seven roommates I've had none have ever gotten on my nerves as much as John. It takes a lot to annoy me but he's pushing all the right buttons.
He's the type of CS geek that thinks he's the definitive source on anything and everything. He'll jump into a conversation on any particular topic pointing out why one party or another is wrong and why he's right. Often he is right, but he just walks about and presents himself with such arrogance that it pisses people off (namely me).
At first I thought it was mildly cute that he talked on the phone with his girlfriend every night. That was before I started hearing some of their conversations. I'll give you a few of my favorite quotes.
”I need you here so you can make me my lunches and cook our meals for us, I'll be eating healthier that way. Your such a good cook”
“I'll do the cleaning around the house so that you don't have to feel like you home life is an extension of your career.”
“I'm so glad I met you, someone so willing to put up with all my personality quirks. Among CS majors meeting someone like you is like winning the lottery.”
He truly sees her and an object to be possessed, a status symbol in the world of geekdom. Fucking chauvinistic excuse for a man. It gets worse - he thinks he's one of the more liberal people living in the apartment.
His girlfriend lives in the Netherlands. Within the next year she'll move to the States at which point they will get married. A process that they are pushing forward so she can get her visa. And the part that worries me, the fact that John is paying all the bills. All in all it probably adds about to at least a few thousand.
He certainly sees himself as a breadwinner. But it really sounds like he's being taken advantage off. Well I won't go so far as to say it's certain but I just don't see this relationship ending well.
Did I ever mention that they met at an online gaming forum? Actually the entirety of John's social life consists of playing MMORPG's, his current game of choice is Guild Wars. He uses teamspeak so he can talk online with the people he's gaming with. Most weekends he only leaves the room to eat.
Unfortunately I can't confront him about how I feel about his relationship with is girlfriend.
So as I can do nothing about that one onto another topic.
About what I mentioned in an earlier post. My roommate honestly relies on the fact that I'll be cooking enough food for two. A few nights back he had the audacity to step out of the room only to fetch a box of pasta and place next to me, following which he went back to the room to continue playing Guild Wars. Never said a word, just placed what he wanted for dinner in front of me and expected me to cook it for him.
Whenever I do actually prepare any food for the two of us he refers to it as something 'we' did.
I started buying my own groceries a cooking only for myself. He stopped eating entirely until he figured out that he couldn't rely on me for his meals. I estimate he went for about two days without food.
Would be nice if he'd at the very least wear a shirt when lounging around the apartment. Actually all the guys, save for myself, go around shirtless on regular basis. (and trust me it's not to show off their muscular bodies)
Don't even get me started on the dishes problem...
This coming semester will be such a nice change, a single in the quietest cleanest house on campus. Well, a single as far as housing is concerned ;-)