You know the feeling you get when you make the realization that soda can tops are made that way so you can fit your straw into it and it won't float out? I remember when I did and I wished I had been using it that way my whole life. There are a million other "life hacks" like this that when implemented into our daily lives, we can become a lot more effective while we are studying for school.
Sometimes they do things that are legitimately annoying like drink your milk, snog their boyfriends (or girlfriends) in the living room, or shave in the kitchen. Other times you don't need a legitimate reason to consider your roommate annoying-they are annoying by just existing.
Here are helpful tips for surviving the semester with an annoying roommate. Learn their schedule and know where and who they spend time with. This may seem like stalker advice, but if you want to avoid your annoying roommates at all costs, you will need to learn how they spend their time-so you can plan not to be there when they are around.
For example if they are a morning person, become a night person. If they like doing their homework at the kitchen table, do your homework in the library, in your room or in the lounge of your apartment.
Even if you purposefully avoid them, you will have to interact with them or their stuff on some occasion. In these situations politeness and tact can go a long way. If you need to use the space they or their stuff is occupying, ask them if you could you use the space in the near future.
If they are amendable to letting you use the space, and if they clean up their stuff always be sure to positively affirm their good behavior. Roommates are kind of like pets; with the right encouragement they can be very trainable. Also annoying roommates are more likely to be nice to you if you are nice to them.
Microwave, The microwave truly is a gift from the College gods. It can sometimes seem like there is not enough room in that small oven to fit everything you want to microwave. Instead of doing two separate trips of radioactivity you can put a second bowl on top of a mug and microwave two bowls at the same time.
If a peace meeting results in an open declaration of war, it is time to contact your landlord about the situation. Negotiate with your landlord the options of either moving out or evicting your annoying roommates (if their transgression warrants such an action).
But most of the time those roommates pursuing a business degree or a human resource degree are not so abominable that they need to be evicted. As with all least than perfect situations that get on our nerves, all we can really do is grin and bear it and resolve to choose better roommates next semester.
Sometimes they do things that are legitimately annoying like drink your milk, snog their boyfriends (or girlfriends) in the living room, or shave in the kitchen. Other times you don't need a legitimate reason to consider your roommate annoying-they are annoying by just existing.
Here are helpful tips for surviving the semester with an annoying roommate. Learn their schedule and know where and who they spend time with. This may seem like stalker advice, but if you want to avoid your annoying roommates at all costs, you will need to learn how they spend their time-so you can plan not to be there when they are around.
For example if they are a morning person, become a night person. If they like doing their homework at the kitchen table, do your homework in the library, in your room or in the lounge of your apartment.
Even if you purposefully avoid them, you will have to interact with them or their stuff on some occasion. In these situations politeness and tact can go a long way. If you need to use the space they or their stuff is occupying, ask them if you could you use the space in the near future.
If they are amendable to letting you use the space, and if they clean up their stuff always be sure to positively affirm their good behavior. Roommates are kind of like pets; with the right encouragement they can be very trainable. Also annoying roommates are more likely to be nice to you if you are nice to them.
Microwave, The microwave truly is a gift from the College gods. It can sometimes seem like there is not enough room in that small oven to fit everything you want to microwave. Instead of doing two separate trips of radioactivity you can put a second bowl on top of a mug and microwave two bowls at the same time.
If a peace meeting results in an open declaration of war, it is time to contact your landlord about the situation. Negotiate with your landlord the options of either moving out or evicting your annoying roommates (if their transgression warrants such an action).
But most of the time those roommates pursuing a business degree or a human resource degree are not so abominable that they need to be evicted. As with all least than perfect situations that get on our nerves, all we can really do is grin and bear it and resolve to choose better roommates next semester.
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