Roommate Issues

[DisneyGirlie]

It's not clique-ish of them to search for roommates. Cliques are forming from these people that think all 8 of them or however many that have been talking on facebook are going to be roommates and then they tend to be sort of rude to everyone else in the group. That's what I'm seeing. I can't speak for what Dreamstuff is seeing though.

 

[BadDad]

It's been a week since my s moved away from his old room-mates to his new apt. He has spent more time going out with his new room-mates than 3 week with the other jerks.

You never know someone until you live with them. Just treat others as you would like to be treated.

 

[Dreamstuff]

It's not clique-ish of them to search for roommates. Cliques are forming from these people that think all 8 of them or however many that have been talking on facebook are going to be roommates and then they tend to be sort of rude to everyone else in the group. That's what I'm seeing. I can't speak for what Dreamstuff is seeing though.

You can totally speak for me because what you said is exactly what I meant

 

[duffietc]

It's not clique-ish of them to search for roommates. Cliques are forming from these people that think all 8 of them or however many that have been talking on facebook are going to be roommates and then they tend to be sort of rude to everyone else in the group. That's what I'm seeing. I can't speak for what Dreamstuff is seeing though.

Okay, I can understand that. I haven't seen that happen but I'm sure it does I guess.

@BadDad - It is a gamble. After hearing your son's situation, it definitely shows there is no guarantee about the outcome of your roommates unless you have someone close to you that is also joining the program.

 

[YesIStillLoveDisney]

I'm not saying that everyone who finds roommates ahead of time are desperate or someone to watch out for, like I said, I found my roommates ahead of time. It is just when after 5 minutes or talking or one or two emails that person is trying to lock you into rooming together (especially months out).

My advice is to try to make friends online first, even through the questionnaires. If after talking for a few weeks or something you think you will make good roommates go for it but don't talk to people with the sole (or major) concern being finding a roommate.

 

[SmellsLikeJapan]

Honestly? I was not impressed.

We had a serious roommate issue and met with them four times, yet they did nothing. She wouldn't admit to anything so we were not allowed to "accuse" her. She was stealing our stuff (food, medicine, hygiene products) and we caught her multiple times IN THE ACT yet they did nothing. Eventually we confronted her on our own with proof and she moved out while we were at work the next day. They wouldn't change our locks but they moved a new roomie in anyways. We noticed things still disappearing, very odd, and lo and behold we came home one day from the store and old roomie was standing in our kitchen stealing our stuff The door was locked when we went out so we know she made a copy of the key and are pretty sure she'd come back multiple times to steal stuff while we were out. Yet there was still no punishment for her. I'd like to think that this was a fluke, but after meeting with them four times?

I 100% agree. I had a roommate from hell. She would always write nasty and threatening notes. Hide things from us, mess with the thermostat, turn the volume all the way up on the TV while everyone was asleep, throw the garbage all over the floor, etc. I literally could go on. It was horrible, my managers were even asking about my well being and safety. It got to a point where everyone was woken up at 3 AM because of her and another roommate yelling and security being called. We ended up having a housing meeting (we were supposed to have a couple of other ones but she kept on calling and cancelling the meeting) and they had her kicked out of our apartment and relocated. I honestly feel they didn't handle the situation and just brushed it aside. When we had the housing orientation they were very serious on threats and abusive behavior, but in our case they just relocated her. By their rules and regulations she should have been terminated from the program.

 

[Dreamstuff]

I 100% agree. I had a roommate from hell. She would always write nasty and threatening notes. Hide things from us, mess with the thermostat, turn the volume all the way up on the TV while everyone was asleep, throw the garbage all over the floor, etc. I literally could go on. It was horrible, my managers were even asking about my well being and safety. It got to a point where everyone was woken up at 3 AM because of her and another roommate yelling and security being called. We ended up having a housing meeting (we were supposed to have a couple of other ones but she kept on calling and cancelling the meeting) and they had her kicked out of our apartment and relocated. I honestly feel they didn't handle the situation and just brushed it aside. When we had the housing orientation they were very serious on threats and abusive behavior, but in our case they just relocated her. By their rules and regulations she should have been terminated from the program.

That's horrible, I had a coworker on the program who was apparently the roomate from hell as she had been relocated 3 times. We at work always wondered why they didn't just kick her out. She was more than a little crazy.

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