Sunday, July 26, 2009

Roommate Drama!

I swear drama and stupidity follows me everywhere I go! Ahhhh!!!!!!! I have four roommates, and it's actually not as bad as you would think and unpredictably worse than many people would suspect. My roommate is intellectually-challenged (to put it politely), which is primarily the source of my problem. He's also inconsistently dishonest and seriously disturbed. you know someone has problems when they steal stuff from other people as a set up. Just my luck, right?

When I sent him a not so nice email about not paying the electric and water bill, it ignited a confrontation that's been boiling inside of him for some time now. I guess he didn't like being schooled. Here's the email:
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Hi.

A final notice was sent to us that the electric and water bill is still due, stating that both the electricity and water bill will be shut off today without further notice! This means that the bill wasn't paid for three consecutive months because only then can a company legally shut down these services. We're very livid about the situation because it affects all of us. The food in the refrigerator and freezer will rot. That's money we're never going to see again. The bill is under your name, and, therefore, ONLY YOU'RE held accountable for the accumulating late fees. It's also your responsibility to tell all of us how much we owe and collect the money, or pay it in advance and collect the money afterwards. These are the only ways that the bill will be paid. After speaking to Grace, it's come to my attention that she hasn't paid her portion because you've neglected to tell her what it is. But that's no excuse for ignoring the bill for THREE MONTHS!
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Okay, so, it's not a nice email. But please tell me, how can you write a nice email to your fuck-up roommate? That's like politely bitch slapping someone. It's not possible! Grace agreed that it wasn't nice but that he deserved it. He had the audacity to ask her to pay for it because he gave some crap excuse that his credit card expired this month, but it was Grace who observed that he manages to successfully make amazon purchases. That's suspicious. Also, it shouldn't matter what is or isn't going on with his credit card this month if it was paid months ago when it was supposed to! He's a neglectful idiot who can't even come up with a convincing lie. I find it amusing that he's so intimidated and upset by my reaction, though. What did he honestly expect? My other roommate doesn't think it's a bad email and says that He brought it upon himself. He was also the one who specified what points should be addressed, too.


In retrospect, I was naive to assume that this arrangement can coexist peacefully. When I first moved into my apartment, I commented on how there was no furniture. I didn't whine about how I didn't want to get rid of my furniture or anything that could've led to coercion of my furniture finding a new home in the living room, which serves as his bedroom. I specified multiple times because I'm an excessive person that only and only if everyone agreed to taking in my furniture will it go into the living room. I have two witnesses (my other roommates Han and John) who were there multiple times when it was agreed upon. I indicated each and every piece I wanted transferred to the new apartment to a condescending degree because I personally like making lists. Plus, I had a visual aid of exactly what I wanted moved into the new apartment when my roommates viewed my furniture already set up in my old apartment. During the move some of my friends were there, too. (Johnny, Chris, BoBo, EriK, and Kheang).

Clearly he has regretted his decision to share some of the living room space with me, particularly when he got upset with me. But that doesn't justify stealing our other roommate, Han's, boxers and putting it on the TV, as though it were mine! Yes, he waved around our other roomate's boxers as one of the reasons why he wants me to move my stuff out of the living room because I'm leaving my crap lying around like it's my own room. WTF?

I kept telling him that I'm a girl. I don't wear boxers. It would have to be a guy's. Instead of deducing that it's Han's, he said it was my boyfriend's. WTF? I don't have a boyfriend. It's not any of my friends boxers, either. What is he thinking, that they come over, strip down, and leave their boxers on the TV? What an idiot! Then again, after talking to Han, he confidently said that he planted the boxers there. Apparently he does that. When Han asked what his boxers were doing there, he slightly touches him in the back and smiles saying that someone stole them and put it there. No shit! He did.

Such extreme measures to take because he regrets his decision. But that's what was agreed upon. Actions have consequences. I feel bad that he feels like his personal space is invaded, and I don't want to bother him, but, more importantly, I don't want to get rid of my furniture because he's being an idiot who lacks forethought. He told me to move my entertainment center into the dining room. When I told him that there's no space and will cover the window, he said that that's a trivial matter. That's how single-minded and unintelligent he is.

STUPID ALERT: He even said that he only agreed to the entertainment center, sofa, and TV, so I have to take the other crap out like my DVD player and DVDs. Why would my entertainment center come without that?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????? He admitted that he didn't think it would come with all that. That's not my fault. It's a damn entertainment, plus I was even specific about it.

He kept saying that he didn't agree to this; he was being nice. But by being nice you made a decision. He argued vehemently that he didn't make a decision; he was being nice. Then he spewed that these things shouldn't be there because it's not a living room, it's his bedroom. So then I felt this sudden urge to educate him (as if it would do any good). Desperation is no excuse for neglecting accuracy. That living room serves as his bedroom, but it didn't magically stop being a living room. It's still a living room. He said that it's not a common space, so it's s not a living room. He said that the dining room is a common space, so the dining room is the living room. Move my stuff into the living room! WTF?

I know I'm stupid, too. I shouldn't have fought with someone so special ed, but I can't help it! I can't put my mind in the head of a retard, so it's a futile battle that I'll never win. I understand that people aren't always as comfortable being upfront as I am, but that's not my fault. If you can confidently and openly be so stupid, you should find the strength to be honest with yourself and the people around you. If you can't do that, at least learn to live with your mistakes and stop lashing out at others who can do what you desperately want to do but for whatever reason can't achieve.

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