rajatQ2
05-12-2004, 11:55 AM
I chose an absolutely wrong room mate, I am thinking. I have been really mad about this all week. Warning, this is a huge rant.
The thing that really ticked me off was having to eat cold dinner. I had food that I made at my parents house, but got to the apartment, all ready to move in, to find that he forgot to bring the microwave, and no one thought to turn on the gas.
I need to vent a little bit about this guy. He has been a friend of mine for almost 9 years now, and we have always gotten along well and partied a lot, but been very different types of people.
Ok, my gripes. This kid is a total dreamer. He is a philosopher, and lives on a totally different planet. Examples.
We're not getting a land-line in our apartment, so he needed a cell phone. I went with him to go pick a new one. He lost it two days later, while walking his dog. He went back and got a new one, and has lost it again, since monday night. I haven't been able to reach him.
On our big move-in day, sunday, we were moving together. I filled my truck up, and he filled his mom's van up, and we drove down there and helped eachother move our stuff in. All he brought were 4 boxes of books, and a huge book case. He was supposed to bring a microwave. Hence, i've been eating cold dinner. He was supposed to get gas connected. Hence, our oven and stove do not work.
His family is moving to Colorado next month, so his parents are giving us a lot of the furniture which they don't want to take. He is supposed to get an inventory of stuff, so that we can buy now what we are lacking. We don't have any beds, dressers, desks, or couches in the living room, because his mom promised us some of those, but he hasn't gotten together with his mom to get a real inventory yet, or even a day which they are leaving.
He is physically incapable of waking up before 2pm, even with an alarm set. we were supposed to move stuff this weekend at 2, and also last weekend at 2, and both times he called me at 2:30 and apologized, because he'd just woken up.
Our other room mate is one of his college buddies. I haven't heard from that kid even once since he's signed the lease. He calmly cut a check fo $1300, then has been MIA.
So far, i have done all the work for this apartment. I found the place, made appointments to see it, i contacted the landlord, got the lease, sent the checks. I am not bitter about this, because I also was the first to move in, so i took the parking spot, and had my pick of rooms. The no-show guy requested the best room, and we gave it to him just because he really wanted it. I took the room that is almost comparable.
This guy, even though he is a complete space cadet, is a great guy, and will do anything for his friends. When you tell him something specific to do, he'll do a good job. He has redeeming qualities, but i think i've made a HORRIBLE mistake in picking a room mate. That's all.
I've got funny stories about him too. When we were in high school, i had a huge party at my parents house. He jumped into the pool, thinking it was full of water. We hadn't opened the pool yet, and what he thought was water was actually the green winter cover. Next thing i see is this dude, up to his waist in filthy leaves and water, at the bottom of the 9-foot deep pool. Many other funny things. Ok, [/rant]
The thing that really ticked me off was having to eat cold dinner. I had food that I made at my parents house, but got to the apartment, all ready to move in, to find that he forgot to bring the microwave, and no one thought to turn on the gas.
I need to vent a little bit about this guy. He has been a friend of mine for almost 9 years now, and we have always gotten along well and partied a lot, but been very different types of people.
Ok, my gripes. This kid is a total dreamer. He is a philosopher, and lives on a totally different planet. Examples.
We're not getting a land-line in our apartment, so he needed a cell phone. I went with him to go pick a new one. He lost it two days later, while walking his dog. He went back and got a new one, and has lost it again, since monday night. I haven't been able to reach him.
On our big move-in day, sunday, we were moving together. I filled my truck up, and he filled his mom's van up, and we drove down there and helped eachother move our stuff in. All he brought were 4 boxes of books, and a huge book case. He was supposed to bring a microwave. Hence, i've been eating cold dinner. He was supposed to get gas connected. Hence, our oven and stove do not work.
His family is moving to Colorado next month, so his parents are giving us a lot of the furniture which they don't want to take. He is supposed to get an inventory of stuff, so that we can buy now what we are lacking. We don't have any beds, dressers, desks, or couches in the living room, because his mom promised us some of those, but he hasn't gotten together with his mom to get a real inventory yet, or even a day which they are leaving.
He is physically incapable of waking up before 2pm, even with an alarm set. we were supposed to move stuff this weekend at 2, and also last weekend at 2, and both times he called me at 2:30 and apologized, because he'd just woken up.
Our other room mate is one of his college buddies. I haven't heard from that kid even once since he's signed the lease. He calmly cut a check fo $1300, then has been MIA.
So far, i have done all the work for this apartment. I found the place, made appointments to see it, i contacted the landlord, got the lease, sent the checks. I am not bitter about this, because I also was the first to move in, so i took the parking spot, and had my pick of rooms. The no-show guy requested the best room, and we gave it to him just because he really wanted it. I took the room that is almost comparable.
This guy, even though he is a complete space cadet, is a great guy, and will do anything for his friends. When you tell him something specific to do, he'll do a good job. He has redeeming qualities, but i think i've made a HORRIBLE mistake in picking a room mate. That's all.
I've got funny stories about him too. When we were in high school, i had a huge party at my parents house. He jumped into the pool, thinking it was full of water. We hadn't opened the pool yet, and what he thought was water was actually the green winter cover. Next thing i see is this dude, up to his waist in filthy leaves and water, at the bottom of the 9-foot deep pool. Many other funny things. Ok, [/rant]