Finding a third roommate is difficult.

[Art Sandusky 0]

So this dude I work with and myself are looking to move into a place downtown and have been looking for a third roommate. As I said in my Raw review, it's been a series of furrinerz, but the last couple of days have brought on the callbacks by the accented ones, as well as other folks that are interested (since the location is superb). No one seems to understand when I tell them the first time that we don't live there yet because we don't have a third person yet. A Swedish guy named Jonathan (pronounced "Yawn-a-thun") called me roughly eight times on Sunday, leaving frantic voicemail messages asking if he could move in immediately, as he'd been booted from his current place. Then a Russian dude named Ivan (no joke) called to ask about the place but after I answered the first question he went on to talk for the next ten minutes and I had all of eight words edgewise before telling him to call back in a couple of days. Compounding this is the minimal effort being put forth by the guy I work with.

 

So, share your wacky roommate stories.

 

EDIT: Mere minutes after posting this, Jonathan the Swedish called me from a different number, tried to front that he was someone else, and started calling himself "John."

[Guest wildpegasus]

I'll be your roomate as long as the facility is non smoking and I can bring my weights in. I'll only charge you $200 a month.

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

I'll be your roomate as long as the facility is non smoking and I can bring my weights in. I'll only charge you $200 a month.

 

Your schtick is tired.

 

Living in residence at school has helped me deal with a bunch of weird people. Well the weird people are a minority, but I'm not used to some being so damn angry.

[Art Sandusky 0]

I'll be your roomate as long as the facility is non smoking and I can bring my weights in. I'll only charge you $200 a month.

I saw this quoted, so yeah. WildPegasus, here in America (and the rest of the real world), tenants don't charge landlords. In fact, it's done the other way around. Imagine!

[Guest wildpegasus]

I'll be your roomate as long as the facility is non smoking and I can bring my weights in. I'll only charge you $200 a month.

I saw this quoted, so yeah. WildPegasus, here in America (and the rest of the real world), tenants don't charge landlords. In fact, it's done the other way around. Imagine!

 

Canada >>>>>>>>> The Rest of the world, A.S. and America. Just look at our female hockey team which is the only sport that counts.

[Guest Fook]

My roommate is a semi-retarded mental case.

 

My landlord has tried to evict her multiple times due to her stealing from us, threatening one of my other roommates with a knife, loudly yelling and banging on the walls in the middle of the night, and other things which I won't get into here.

 

Each time she gets her social worker to step in and file an appeal, which usually takes a couple of months to sort out and doesn't solve anything. My landlord won't call the cops because he's involved in some shady dealings and doesn't want the police attention.

 

If you're wondering, I live here because I'm a poor-ass student and it's dirt cheap. But I guess you get what you pay for.

 

Edit: To WP, what you just wrote was insanely retarded. And this is coming from a hockey-loving Canadian.

[Guest The Satanic Angel]

My last roommates, a married couple who chose the apartment we rented, against my wishes, bailed out on me because he quit his good paying job to become a realtor and suddenly couldn't afford the rent. A month later, they were divorced. I'm stuck with my parents. Needless to say, the roommate thing ain't happening again any time soon.

 

Good luck on the third, dude.

[The Metal Maniac 0]

I'll be your roomate as long as the facility is non smoking and I can bring my weights in. I'll only charge you $200 a month.

I saw this quoted, so yeah. WildPegasus, here in America (and the rest of the real world), tenants don't charge landlords. In fact, it's done the other way around. Imagine!

 

Canada >>>>>>>>> The Rest of the world, A.S. and America. Just look at our female hockey team which is the only sport that counts.

 

Okay, first off, is Women's Hockey the only sport that counts? Otherwise, look at the Men's team.

 

Secondly: That's the way it works in Canada too. In fact, it's the way it works in the province you claim to live in.

[EricMM 0]

I've had a crazy cat lady as a housemate.

 

Just plain filthy.

 

Nothing can compare.

 

We never knew, til she moved out, and we went to her room, and saw the state it was in...

 

(litter everywhere)

 

 

 

craiglist will help you find applicants. Just fucking screen them.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

My dorm roommate in college was this really nervous fidgety boring guy named Chris that I'd never met before in my life. He was absolutely terrified of me, probably because I probably had sex with some chick while he was in the same room while I was drunk. I'd blare music while he was sleeping, steal his change, all kinds of horrible shit. Dude wouldn't say a word. He moved out after one semester.

[Zack Malibu 0]

My dorm roommate in college was this really nervous fidgety boring guy named Chris that I'd never met before in my life. He was absolutely terrified of me, probably because I probably had sex with some chick while he was in the same room while I was drunk. I'd blare music while he was sleeping, steal his change, all kinds of horrible shit. Dude wouldn't say a word. He moved out after one semester.

 

That description reminds me of the scene with Jeremy Piven and David Spade in PCU, when Piven's character flashes back to when they were roommates.

[The Czech Republic 0]

wildpegasus has run his course here.

[EricMM 0]

One of the worst roommates I ever heard about was my friend Michael's.

 

Mike often brought women back to the room, and fucked them in a bunkbed, directly above his roommate. Not exactly good roommate behavior.

 

But his roommate would jerk off to the sounds.

 

Roommates are a whole 'nother matter, luckily it sounds like Kotz is trying to find house/suite-mates...

[BruiserKC 0]

My dorm roommate in college was this really nervous fidgety boring guy named Chris that I'd never met before in my life. He was absolutely terrified of me, probably because I probably had sex with some chick while he was in the same room while I was drunk. I'd blare music while he was sleeping, steal his change, all kinds of horrible shit. Dude wouldn't say a word. He moved out after one semester.

 

 

I had a roommate in college I walked in on one time and he was getting his freak on with this stripper he had picked up at the bar. He looked up at me as I walked in, I told him, "Don't mind me...just need my coat." Just walked in, grabbed my coat, and walked back out without him missing a beat.

[The Czech Republic 0]

Kotz, I'll move to South Carolina and live with you so you can corrupt me.

 

 

 

Oh man, that sounds disgusting.

[Art Sandusky 0]

Devin (dude I work with) and I would eat you alive.

[Guest wildpegasus]

wildpegasus has run his course here.

 

Why are you so infatuated with me?

[C Dubya 04 0]

I had a roommate who one day stayed in his room from the time I got home on a Sunday morning (around 9:30) until 11 at night. He walked out, went to the bathroom and walked back in. We had no idea he was even home. And he wasn't asleep or anything. Just weird.

 

We ditched him soon after that.

 

I suspected that he beat his girlfriend too, but could not prove anything.

[PLAGIARISM! 0]

I don't hate the people I live with at all, I just have better friends back at home. I think I've been pretty lucky though, they might be dull, predictable and somewhat idiotic at times but I can't see any of them killing me or anything.

[Zorin Industries 0]

I was very close to moving out but I got fucked over by my friend in the end.

 

Kotz i'm coming to live with you

[Hawk 34 0]

My only advice, when looking for that final piece of the puzzle...

 

Screen their relationship history. If any instances of relationship drama is obvious, shut the door on them.

 

Last semester, Myself and two other friends needed a fourth room-mate after our fourth developed a really bad case of homesickness. We put a notice up and within hours, we were flooded with calls.

 

We decided, it doesn't matter who pays the "most" because offers were equal. After a couple days of taking phone calls and meetings, we made a list of the top choices.

 

It came down to four guys at the end and my room-mates and I, couldn't come to a decision.

 

One, a guy named Justin was an devout christian and your typical bible thumper. He was cut, despite probably being the only one, with no negative qualities beyond the bible thumping. (Two jews and an agonostic, wouldn't work with a bible thumper)

 

Donnie was a total metal-head, he was tatted up and had piercings all over. We weren't bothered by this but we drew the line when he wanted to keep his snakes in his room. We had seen enough bad sitcoms, to know that the snake would get out of the tank sooner or later and that chaos would follow.

 

The next one was this really shy kid, whose name i can't recall. Similar to AoO mentioned. Shyness, isn't a bad thing but we could tell this kid wouldn't add anything to the table. (In hindsight, we should have taken him)

 

The final choice, and the one we ended up selecting as our final room-mate was seemingly normal....except one thing.

 

To say he had woman issues, is an understatement. We really didn't mind having girls coming in and out of the place, (as we also had girls coming in and out). It got out of hand, when he finally pissed off the wrong girl.

 

We weren't aware that had filed a restraining order against an ex before he had moved in, but we were quite aware after she broke into the place and destroyed the house including many valuables.

 

That was just the start of it, that girl would haunt all three of us for the rest of the year. (She didn't even go to the same school). Her idea was that if she bothered the three of us enough, she'd get him to reconsider his stance.

 

Finally, the semester ended and we told him to pack his bag because we weren't going through this again.

 

I ended up, moving out as well. Back to the family (the drive was short enough to justify it).

 

So yeah, make sure your new room-mate doesn't have a screwed up past.

[MrRant 0]

Living by yourself is so worth the extra money.

[Guest Fook]

I've been saying for years that if I could afford it, I'd get my own place in an instant.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

No friends want to move in with Kotz?

[Guest The Satanic Angel]

I've been saying for years that if I could afford it, I'd get my own place in an instant.

 

Same. I just heard this morning that one of WV's presitgous lawmakers was complaining about a minimum wage bill about to get voted in, saying something to the affect of, "Why should we make them [the poor] wealthy? We should give them oppurtinity."

 

Yes, a dollar an hour will make them filthy laborers wealthy.

 

I make a couple bucks OVER minimum wage and can't afford a place of my own.

[Art Sandusky 0]

No friends want to move in with Kotz?

Most of 'em are either people that would be terrible to actually live with, or already locked up in leases or whatever.

[CheesalaIsGood 0]

I had this roomate who worked at a Wal-Mart warehouse at night. He came home one morning out of his mind angry about something. So naturally being a gun nut he went into his room and began loading and cocking all his weapons.

 

He didn't come out til the next day when he had to leave for work. I nearly shit myself.

 

Another roomate of mine used to use my car in the driveway as a brake to stop his car when he'd come home drunk. Not that I minded. It was an 83 Oldsmobile Ciera, so whatever.

[k thx 0]

Living by yourself is so worth the extra money.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

I make a couple bucks OVER minimum wage and can't afford a place of my own.

 

Then get another job to either replace/supplement your current income, you filthy laborer.

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

Devin (dude I work with) and I would eat you alive.

 

Oh c'mon, Czech may be a clean little fellow, but you're not exactly AoO in terms of being a filthy animal.