I never thought I would have to do this, but it has already gotten to this point: Having to hide the remote control from one of my roommates.
First of all, let me bring everyone up to speed on this: When I started this blog, I lived in Iowa City with my boyfriend. At the beginning of 2006, we took in one of our mutual friends, who really wasn't getting along with his father and needed to get away from him. During 2006, amidst making plans to move to a different city in a different state, I had agreed to take in another one of my boyfriend's friends. I only did this because I knew he had had a job at the time, he was planning on moving to the same area as we were anyway, I had heard that he, too, was having issues with his father, and...it seemed like a good idea at the time.
However, I should have known better, and so far, these are a few things that he has been doing: taking his sweet time in the employment area, sleeping in the basement, showing up late for his first day at his new job, jumping down the stairs to the basement because it "seemed like a good idea at the time" and having to go to the hospital due to a head injury, questioning everything he is asked to do, spending money he doesn't have, using our possessions without asking our permission, spreading out into all areas of the duplex, not paying any part of the rent or utilities, and so on...
So, that leads me to today's reason to be pissed off at him: I am not feeling well at all, I am on medication, my right knee hurts soooo much, and I am still going to school and work today. And where do I find this enormous prick? In the living room, watching football, eating breakfast, still awake from the night before, and when he finally did turn the TV back off, he went back downstairs, which is where he'll continue to sit in front of his computer, probably fall asleep (you have a friggin' room, you moron!!!), and then he'll probably refuse to help with any of the housework...among various other things.
You see, it just seems like he is mooching off of everyone here, and now he has even managed to invade what little "me"-time I have.
Sorry, I am just soooo pissed off right now...and I still have the whole day ahead of me...
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
I need to get ready to leave for school, I can't stay here, at least not for the next few hours.
Okay, I hope that everyone else is having a more pleasant day than I am right now.
Take care and kisses all around!
2 comments:
kick him out immediately - it is legal to call the police to evict him!
Haha. See, if someone was mooching off of me, without even the common decency to feel ashamed, they would find themselves presented with an ultimatum. Should that ultimatum be ignored or missed, they would then find all their shit on the curb, or at least boxed up and left near the front door for easy removal from the apartment.
Seriously, if he's not paying rent, not helping with the utilities, and so on... he's actually stealing money from you, and if money is tight already, kicking him out is simply a financial decision.
Here's a scenario for you:
Guy gets home from wherever, walks into the apartment. You approach him, turn him around, point to the door and ask, "what is that?"
"What?" He'll ask, befuddled.
"See that? That thing that allows entry into our apartment? The door?"
"Yeah, so what? Why are you showing me the door?" His high-pitched voice will whine.
"Take the hint," you'll explain.
He'll get angry and shout, "what the hell!"
"See... Richard and I have been talking. You've been stealing from us."
"I have not! What gives?!" He'll moan.
"You don't pay for utilities you use, food you eat, or housing we provide for you. So, I showed you the door so you know what it looks like, because you'll be using it soon."
"Waaaaaaahhhh," he'll cry, sobbing into his oversized monkey-hands.
Done!
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