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Shauk · 09-13-2007, 01:17 AM

ooohhh kay LOTS OF PROFANITY AHEAD. GRR FACE, ANGRY MAN AHEAD.

1. I am the "2nd resident" of this 5 person circus in a 3 bedroom apartment, while none of this is going to matter in the long term, as i'm looking to move out anyway but in the mean time I have to deal with until I get a job that makes the cheap rent "worth it"

2. Roomate "1st resident" the guy who can't hold down a job and really, if it werent for the rest of us, would be living with his mother, or who knows? Problem with him is he has a very "know it all" attitude. I mean this is the dinner conversation with me and my roomates, we can be talking about conversion rates or something random and he'll pop in with "oh yeah it's xyz'o'clock there" like he has all the time zones memorized or something (I even got so tired of his attitude that I started whipping out the laptop to look shit up and see if he was right or wrong, he's wrong mostly)

So situation is, 3 of these roomates are WoW addicts. I mean OMFG if they lag even a little the tears hit the floor. OF COURSE ITS MY FAULT, THE GUY WHO DOESN'T PLAY WOW ANYMORE, KILL HIM! OFF WITH HIS HEAD!

whoa, whoa, wait, what? I'm upstairs looking at TFP goddamnit, how is that slowing your game down exactly? no wait, let me rephrase, i'm TRYING to view tfp but I keep getting timeouts.

oh but once again i'm getting ahead of myself, I didn't know this was the situation until the icon in the corner was "No wireless networks available"
What? where'd it go? I was just on it!?

yeah roomate #1 decides that "oh it must be Shauk, lets just shut off the wireless and let it work itself out" (what is this.. Office Space? do I need to cut a bitch to get my stapler?)

I come downstairs, get thier sob story about thier laggy little video game and how he claims it was INSTANTLY better as soon as he turned off the wireless.

you know, have you tried this thing called speed tests? I proceed to have him visit a view broadband testing sites and after running about 10 tests or so with me not connected and getting crazy ass spikes from 450kbps to 1.5mbits
I connect and actually had a higher average.

his conclusion? "well you're still lagging WoW" and then he wanders off to sleep.

2. I have another roomate, he doesn't work, he's terminally depressed, he has a weird cat fetish, he is a guy who wants to be a woman, he wants his junk chopped, thats his thing, good for him, he uses his very gender, who he IS vs who he wants to BE as the reason for sitting around the house doing nothing. His mom is afraid he'll get suicidal, she pays his rent for him, buys him whatever he needs to get by.
I hate him on the very principal that he's a weak human being who understands that his life wont get better unless he makes it get better (we've talked about this) yet he continues to whine about everything. He's in essence, a house pet. He leaves messes, he sits around the house all day attatched to his computer, he needs to thumped right in the forehead by the purple mushroom headed cock of reality. *stamp*
I just posted how I'm trying to eat better and all that and went out and bought tuna, I know exactly how many I had. I left town for a day and when I came back, 1 can of tuna is now missing, and all of a sudden theres a pet bowl on the floor, and water. Apparently he just let some cat that I kept having to remove from my room (random stray that walks in because no one closes the door around here) move in. Of course I asked everyone who lives here what happened to my god damned tuna and all I get is a bunch of "I dunno"

Do i need to buy my own wireless router and plug it into his router? do I need to set up surveillance in this kitchen? or should I just keep letting it slide until I turn into a raging psychopath and paint the walls red with 4 of my roomates? (civillian casualties included)

I dunno, my internet access is included in my rent, access to the kitchen is included in my rent. Expecting my internet method of choice to be accessible (i'm on a wire right now) and expecting my god damned food that I paid money for to not be eaten by people who didn't god damned pay for it is expected.

I don't know how to deal with people who wont listen, or be honest, or claim to know everything.

thats right, ignorant lying know it alls.

how do you beat that out of people?

09-13-2007, 01:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
Shauk Confused Adult Location: Spokane, WA	How to defeat roomates who cross your boundaries? ooohhh kay LOTS OF PROFANITY AHEAD. GRR FACE, ANGRY MAN AHEAD. 1. I am the "2nd resident" of this 5 person circus in a 3 bedroom apartment, while none of this is going to matter in the long term, as i'm looking to move out anyway but in the mean time I have to deal with until I get a job that makes the cheap rent "worth it" 2. Roomate "1st resident" the guy who can't hold down a job and really, if it werent for the rest of us, would be living with his mother, or who knows? Problem with him is he has a very "know it all" attitude. I mean this is the dinner conversation with me and my roomates, we can be talking about conversion rates or something random and he'll pop in with "oh yeah it's xyz'o'clock there" like he has all the time zones memorized or something (I even got so tired of his attitude that I started whipping out the laptop to look shit up and see if he was right or wrong, he's wrong mostly) So situation is, 3 of these roomates are WoW addicts. I mean OMFG if they lag even a little the tears hit the floor. OF COURSE ITS MY FAULT, THE GUY WHO DOESN'T PLAY WOW ANYMORE, KILL HIM! OFF WITH HIS HEAD! whoa, whoa, wait, what? I'm upstairs looking at TFP goddamnit, how is that slowing your game down exactly? no wait, let me rephrase, i'm TRYING to view tfp but I keep getting timeouts. oh but once again i'm getting ahead of myself, I didn't know this was the situation until the icon in the corner was "No wireless networks available" What? where'd it go? I was just on it!? yeah roomate #1 decides that "oh it must be Shauk, lets just shut off the wireless and let it work itself out" (what is this.. Office Space? do I need to cut a bitch to get my stapler?) I come downstairs, get thier sob story about thier laggy little video game and how he claims it was INSTANTLY better as soon as he turned off the wireless. you know, have you tried this thing called speed tests? I proceed to have him visit a view broadband testing sites and after running about 10 tests or so with me not connected and getting crazy ass spikes from 450kbps to 1.5mbits I connect and actually had a higher average. his conclusion? "well you're still lagging WoW" and then he wanders off to sleep. 2. I have another roomate, he doesn't work, he's terminally depressed, he has a weird cat fetish, he is a guy who wants to be a woman, he wants his junk chopped, thats his thing, good for him, he uses his very gender, who he IS vs who he wants to BE as the reason for sitting around the house doing nothing. His mom is afraid he'll get suicidal, she pays his rent for him, buys him whatever he needs to get by. I hate him on the very principal that he's a weak human being who understands that his life wont get better unless he makes it get better (we've talked about this) yet he continues to whine about everything. He's in essence, a house pet. He leaves messes, he sits around the house all day attatched to his computer, he needs to thumped right in the forehead by the purple mushroom headed cock of reality. stamp I just posted how I'm trying to eat better and all that and went out and bought tuna, I know exactly how many I had. I left town for a day and when I came back, 1 can of tuna is now missing, and all of a sudden theres a pet bowl on the floor, and water. Apparently he just let some cat that I kept having to remove from my room (random stray that walks in because no one closes the door around here) move in. Of course I asked everyone who lives here what happened to my god damned tuna and all I get is a bunch of "I dunno" Do i need to buy my own wireless router and plug it into his router? do I need to set up surveillance in this kitchen? or should I just keep letting it slide until I turn into a raging psychopath and paint the walls red with 4 of my roomates? (civillian casualties included) I dunno, my internet access is included in my rent, access to the kitchen is included in my rent. Expecting my internet method of choice to be accessible (i'm on a wire right now) and expecting my god damned food that I paid money for to not be eaten by people who didn't god damned pay for it is expected. I don't know how to deal with people who wont listen, or be honest, or claim to know everything. thats right, ignorant lying know it alls. how do you beat that out of people?