Roommate without a brain...

[DragonYoga]

Welp, serves me right to get a roommate from a internet site... Her name's Bri, she's nice enough and all I suppose but she has NO brain.  And oftentimes (to me anyway) comes across as rude, self-centered, and sometimes tacky.  The fact that she is a part time model seems to give her the right to be a bit conceited.  She moved in Sept., and there are times where I'm just tempted to toss her "I'm a model" bottom out onto the curb.

Here's one story that REALLY shocked me.  I should preface by explaining that I'm Deaf, and she can hear; we communicate mostly by text messaging.  I work the graveyard shift, she's up all night doing God knows what.  Anyhow, I was at work when she started texting me.

Apparently... She had gone out to a sports bar in the historical district near my home, and while there met this schmuck who was also a pothead.   She charms him into promising her that he would pay for the cab fare back to her home. She's happy with that and they hop into the cab.  The trouble starts when they get to my house at around midnight.  She gets out of the car, he finds out at that time that she is *not* inviting him in, so to retaliate, he refuses to pay for her cab fare.

FINE. All she has to do is give the cabbie the fare and go home, end of story, right?  WELL...

She tells the cabbe that she has no cash, she will write him a check (cabbies are not allowed to accept checks here) and walks into the house, still without paying. I was SHOCKED that she did this!  To make it even better... She turns out all the lights to give the appearance of having gone to bed. The cab literally stays parked out there for 40 minutes... then the cabbie calls the cops on her to force her to pay.  The cops arrive. They threaten her with jail time if she doesn't cough up the cash. She suddenly remembers this stash of cash under her mattress in her room... goes out and pays FINALLY.  As that particular episode ended, she texted me, obviously proud: "I cried my way out of jail!"

Gosh, I just wanted to strangulate her!!!

[NOVA Lady]

Ugh I feel your pain too! I once got a roommate from the internet (I bet it was the same site! CL.....)

Your roommate sounds like a total airhead. Who in their right mind takes out their petty BS with some guy they just met on a cab driver just trying to work for a living when they are parked outside of your home??? Ugh

My CL roommate used all my dishes and bakeware and instead of washing them and putting them back she just threw them away. Yup thats right..if she made cookies the cookie sheet went in the trash when she was done.

I hope you meet someone nice/friendly that you can move in there instead. Perhaps a girl who doesn't use her female wiles to get things from men?

Yick!

[DragonYoga]

*snicker*  She thinks she "deserves" it!  I had to force Bri to agree to alternating weeks of who cleans - one week, I clean, next week she cleans, and so on. Of course, when she cleans, it's usually HER room and she literally hauls MOSt of her junk out of her room and into the living room. Then that's where they stay for a week. I just keep my mouth shut and wait for MY turn and I'll dump them back in there.

Dishes? She'll wash them but I hate the way she does cups. She washes the inside but not the outside, and when they're dry you can see the fingerprints ALL OVER the outside! YUCK! 

I'm not *too* worried about being roommates forever - I'm getting married next Decemeber, and she'll be gone by then.

[IndianInlaw]

Gosh, if the guy rode in the cab, he's responsible too!

Having said that, you seriously need to replace her...soon.

I had a neighbor who would cadge rides home from bars in that manner.  The guy would think he's going up to her place, but she would stop by with him to visit me.

The first time it happened, I was polite

The second time it happened, I threw the guy out. (The situation warranted it)

The third time, I said "I'm busy".

Go away.

[freakyfemme]

>>As that particular episode ended, she texted me, obviously proud: "I cried my way out of jail!"<<

Don't worry, sooner or later, she'll cry/scream/drink/toke her way INTO jail, so karma will balance everything out.....and you'll have an apartment all to yourself to boot.

[DragonYoga]

Fortunatley, IndianInlaw, that was the only episode concerning a shared cab ride.  She claims to be a virgin, but the amount of time she spends putting Paris Hilton to shame makes me wonder otherwise. 

I just remembered another one - earlier I said that I made her agree to alternating cleaning schedules - but what I didn't add was that during the course of that discussion, she got mad because I was explaining it was the fairest course possible - I'm more concerned with cleaning than she is. She said, "You want to talk fair, then let me decorate the bathroom!"

I was floored. That was an entirely different subject, and one I was very resistant to - she thinks a velvet Elvis painting looks good with a leopard print couch. *shudder*   I made her go back to the subject at hand.  She eventually agreed.

As for the bathroom fiasco, I agreed on the condition she redecorate in solid dark colors (I used my migraines and resulting sensitivity to light as an excuse) and no loud colors. LIMITED patterns...    And so far, no redecorating attempts have been made.  Silly woman, to make a big fuss like that and then do nothing.

Yes I know I should toss her, but I have a very morbid fascination - "What will Bri do next!"

Tomorrow when I'm off work I'll post about the insane fight over the proper way to treat the garbage.  Hmm that sounded odd... Let me rephrase. "What is Loose Trash, exactly" would be better... Heh!

And FreakyFemme, I truly do HOPE she does cry her way into jail!!! The police around here are laid back but they don't take anyone's bull.

[Chartreuse]

Is this roommate on the lease?  And if so, how long is the lease for? 

You've got more patience than I would.

[Clara Bow]

That's not a morbid fascination, that's masochism!
Bri sounds like a pip, not unlike a couple of the boneheads I lived with when I was in college years ago...I had a sorority girl cheesebrain who kept getting "kidnapped" by her little friends in the night, never mind the fact that she had a roommate who didn't like waking up to a fake felony in the night. I kept hoping that real kidnappers would come get her, but no dice.

[drzim]

Sorry if this goes OT, but I'm curious....what happened to the guy? 

They both got in the cab, went to your place, he found out that she wasn't inviting him in, so where did he go?

Why wasn't he responsible (at least in part) for the cab fare?  Why didn't the driver collect from him? Did he just run away?

[DragonYoga]

drzim,  the guy was just as stuck as the cabbie; he stayed seated and basically refused to pay for *her* cab fare; they drove off and I'm assuming the guy paid for his own cab fare home.

[DragonYoga]

Garbage Incident. Last Sunday.

We all know the "proper" way of disposing of the garbage - trash in bag, then bag into the cans for the curb.  She just tosses the trash in the can without putting it into a bag first - and I finally had to have it out with her over that. I had told her that the garbagemen toss the cans all over the yard because of the way she does the trash - she said she'd call them and complain. We got into an argument over the trash - she said "As long as the trash is in a container of some kind, it's NOT loose trash!" And I told her that if the trash falls out of the can, it *is* loose trash. We went back and forth on that, and I finally got her to see that as long as the trash in in a bag, which has been closed and tied, and in a container, the garbagemen will treat it with respect. She *finally* gave in - so far, so good.

[Suze]

OK - can you come over to my house and get the neighbors to PUT their garbage at the street to be picked up?

We have to buy specal marked bags here for trash. and sitting up against the side of the neighbors house are 5 bags and a garbage can FULL that haven't made it to the street yet!  All are in marked bags and are sitting maybe 2 car lenghths from the street.

most have been sitting there for at least 5 weeks and the critters in the neighborhood have just ripped them to shreds and there is garbage all over the driveways (ours are side by side)

Why in the blazes do they - ON GARBAGE NIGHT - take the garbage AROUND the house instead of just dropping at the street.  I've seen them - out the front door - PAST the curb lawn (where we put it out) and around the house to put it on the side yard.

Their house is starting to look like a " You might be a readneck if...." kind of place.  Which is really sad to watch because it used to Grandma's house and I almost grew up in it (Mom and Dad built beside it)

Suze (vent over)

[DragonYoga]

Yikes, Suze!  Isn't there someone you can call about this? Like the county health inspector or something?  Me... I think I'd find a nice, overripe roadkill and hide it near their trash when they aren't looking. THAT should make things a little more interesting for them...!  Then again, that's just me. *G*

[Suze]

Yikes, Suze!  Isn't there someone you can call about this? Like the county health inspector or something?  Me... I think I'd find a nice, overripe roadkill and hide it near their trash when they aren't looking. THAT should make things a little more interesting for them...!  Then again, that's just me. *G*

I am about ready to call the Mayor about this, as it has happened more than once. But I am afraid to make trouble between us. She has a volital temper and I am afraid of the boys that her son (over 18) hangs out with.  They are as close to a inner city gang as a small (pop.2300) town can muster.

I have already stole their cat. I found her sitting at MY door one morning with her back feet and tail all duct tapped together.  She hobbled over to me mewing so sad. I took her in the house and Mom took one look at her and said she is staying.

That was in March and I have not heard one peep about "have you seen my cat?"

I don't know about the road kill thing. our back door and theirs are only the width of two cars apart.  Good thing that it is winter weather or we probably would be stunk out by now.

Mom however wants to put great big bows on them for Christmas.

Suze

[IndianInlaw]

Suze, what's their address?

I have a Massachusetts postmark.

And cat crap.

Lots of it.