Should I punch my roommate?

[Easy Mac]

The asshole put a note on the thermostat saying "PLEASE do not lower it past 70. THANK YOU." Never mind that when he comes in he sets it to 80. Its currently 88 degrees outside, and the high today was around 84, which means all the heat from outside heats the apartment as well.

Everyone else in the apartment likes it on about 66 or so, becuase the thermostat normally doesn't kick in unless its like 3 degrees hotter than the setting. And each individual room heats up like mad, and it doesn't make the thermostat click. RIght now I'm literally sweating just sitting in my chair at my desk, and my computer is 75 degrees right now and getting hotter.

Normally, I wouldn't care, but everyone else in here wants it cooler. I've tried being nice and setting it right at 70, but it keeps going back up.

Should I just punch the kid and turn it down to like 50, or just turn it down without the punch

[korme]

punch!

kick!

lightning bolt!

lightning bolt!

[Easy Mac]

and for reference, no, this is not the same "sex on my controller" roommate.

[Easy Mac]

DDola,

Also for reference, this has been an ongoing battle between me and 2 other guys vs. this one roommate. Its lasted since at least September.

[MacroGuru]

Well, you see....it's a roomate issue. The 3 of you vs him.

Set him down, explain that the three of you would prefer to keep it at 70, and obviously, in a democratic society 3 votes beats 1 vote. And that you know, you can always warm up, by putting on more clothes, and that you seriously doubt that he would want to see you all strutting around the place buck ass naked.

If he whines like a little bitch, bring the smack down on him.


P.S. The reason he could want it so high is he is secretly growing some weed.

[Kodos]

I say walk around naked until he agrees to the lower temperature setting.

[Draft Dodger]

kick his ass

[Ben E Lou]

HYPER-AGGRESSIVE OPTION: Punch him, then turn it down.
AGGRESSIVE OPTION: Turn it down while he's in the room.
SEMI-PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE OPTION: Turn it down when he's not in the room, and therefore he's not sure whether you did it, or another roomie.
EVIL-PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE OPTION: When it gets too hot, strip down butt-nekkid and go into his room to talk to him, sitting on his bed.
NON-AGGRESSIVE OPTION (also know as, "What would a liberal do?" ;)): Do nothing else and sweat.

I'd go with the "evil-passive-aggressive option." That ought to get the message to him. ;)

[wig]

Why would you even ask?

You need to regulate his ass.

[wig]

You need to set the tone.

Let him know right now that he's not in charge.

[judicial clerk]

[QUOTE]You need to set the tone.

Let him know right now that he's not in charge.[QUOTE]

This worked pretty well for my wife.

[Draft Dodger]

really, what kind of fucktart turns the motherfucking heat up to 80 in May? he needs to feel pain

[korme]

'he needs to feel pain' lol, that was good. i laughed. it was out loud, too.

[Franklinnoble]

This thread is cracking me up. :D

[wishbone]

set it to 65 and pull the knob off, leave a note saying "shut up"

[MacroGuru]

really, what kind of fucktart turns the motherfucking heat up to 80 in May? he needs to feel pain
Fucktart, gotta love it!

[sabotai]

Turn the thermostat down to where you like it, then super glue it there. Next time he tries to change it, he'll either think it's broke or break the knob. Either way, problem sovled.

[wig]

Man, just punch him in the nads and call it a day

[Poli]

Disable the thermostat. Leave the note there.

[ice4277]

Tell him to quit whining, or something, but make sure the other guys are in agreement. I had a very similar situation when I was in college, tried to ignore it/let it work itself out, and it almost ended in a mass homicide.

[TargetPractice6]

This thread is awesome. :D

[cthomer5000]

Thermostat battles are classic apartment stuff man. Mine was always wintertime though. My room was FREEZING, while one other room would be "just right" and the third was boiling. I think all three of us took turns adjusting it every 5 minutes.

I finally lost that war (2 against 1) and bought a space heater for my room.

But in this situation, you gotta show this mutha who is boss. Either walk around naked, or confront him as a group.

[Easy Mac]

I just want to know how he can be cold all the time... he's afreaking whale. He's like 6 foot 280. and his girlfriend is nearly that big. Surely the heat they produce would be enough to keep them warm.

[korme]

while on the topic, teabagging after a nice sweat soaked afternoon seems to be the only logical solution at this point

[Poli]

If you really, really want to get rid of him just go buy some lice shampoo and then start sleeping with his pillow. Just put the shampoo in the bathroom where he can see it and pour some out from time to time.

If that doesn't work, take a ton of pictures of him and make a shrine to him. That'll freak him out.

[cthomer5000]

I just want to know how he can be cold all the time... he's afreaking whale. He's like 6 foot 280. and his girlfriend is nearly that big. Surely the heat they produce would be enough to keep them warm.
Confront hi m as a group and just lay it out: It's much easier for you (1 guy) to warm yourself up than it is for us 3 to cool down (which would require nudity).

[cthomer5000]

dola.

my real guess is this guys just a tightwad and is anal about the utility bills.

[BlingBlingKilla]

This thread is whack!

[Samdari]

Had a thought while reading SkyDog's post.

Invite him over. Have him say "God its hot" and start stripping. Roommate moves out, problem solved.

[Rizon]

Your roommate is from San Diego.

[Easy Mac]

dola.

my real guess is this guys just a tightwad and is anal about the utility bills.
its an on-campus apartment, so its free :)

[BlingBlingKilla]

how can you invite someone to their own pad?

[cthomer5000]

its an on-campus apartment, so its free :)
then this guy just needs a serious ass-kicking.

[Easy Mac]

one of my roommates is a former football player... maybe he should handle the ass kicking.

Me (175lb) v. roommate (280 lbs)
Other roommate (230 lbs) v. roommate (280)
Other Other roommate (150) v. roommate (280)

I think me and the other other roommate could take him based on the numbers... but after you factor in the guys girlfriend...

[cthomer5000]

Its currently 88 degrees outside, and the high today was around 84,
I'm still a bit baffled by this statement. :)

[Easy Mac]

I'm still a bit baffled by this statement. :)
whoops, thought I hit the 94, sorry

[Suicane75]

Sleep with his girlfriend....all 3 of you.

[Easy Mac]

Sleep with his girlfriend....all 3 of you.
Ok, I like not suffocating... and my girlfriend would get mad.

[Fritz]

Someone needs to work on their evil

HYPER-AGGRESSIVE OPTION: Punch him, then turn it down.
AGGRESSIVE OPTION: Turn it down while he's in the room.
SEMI-PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE OPTION: Turn it down when he's not in the room, and therefore he's not sure whether you did it, or another roomie.
EVIL-PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE OPTION: When it gets too hot, strip down butt-nekkid and go into his room to talk to him, sitting on his bed.
NON-AGGRESSIVE OPTION (also know as, "What would a liberal do?" ;)): Do nothing else and sweat.

I'd go with the "evil-passive-aggressive option." That ought to get the message to him. ;)

[kingfc22]

Tonight when he is sleeping. Go get a bucket and fill it with ice water and pour it all over him. Then tell him that the F'in thermostat is not going above 50 for the rest of the night. :) Maybe that will teach him a lesson.

[Suicane75]

Is she really fat or broadly big boned? Big girls need love too.

[Easy Mac]

Is she really fat or broadly big boned? Big girls need love too.
Maybe they do, but not from me.

[Fritz]

Evil: put a dead puppy on his bed with a note nailed to it that says "When I get hot, puppies die"

[Easy Mac]

Evil: put a dead puppy on his bed with a note nailed to it that says "When I get hot, puppies die"
Its because I'm so proficient from three point range.

*He's on fire*
*Boomshakalaka*

[Coffee Warlord]

Set thermostat to proper temperature.

Remove knob.

Enter roommates room.

Take a shit on roommates bed.

Place thermostat knob on top of pile of shit.

Pee on shit/knob combination.

Find out just how much he wants to fix that thermostat now.

[Two-tone Blue]

In situations like this I always ask myself, "What would G. Gordon Liddy do?

[MizzouRah]

Get the anger out! Bust his skull for even touching the damn thermostat!! I hate that shit when my wife touches the thermostat. Dammit woman, leave it alone! I've been mowing the yard, washing the cars ,artrghhh! LEAVE IT ALONE!

yeah... he's dead.


Todd

[bigdawg2003]

you should punch him twice. one for yourself, and one for me since i didnt get to punch my roomate who deserved a fierce beating. dont worry yourself about legal reprecussions

[sovereignstar]

Get the anger out! Bust his skull for even touching the damn thermostat!! I hate that shit when my wife touches the thermostat. Dammit woman, leave it alone! I've been mowing the yard, washing the cars ,artrghhh! LEAVE IT ALONE!

yeah... he's dead.


Todd
Uh, MizzouRah, I just made you a moderator over at the DKBL forums.

Please, please, don't hurt me.

[MizzouRah]

Uh, MizzouRah, I just made you a moderator over at the DKBL forums.

Please, please, don't hurt me.
:)


Todd

[mauchow]

Go out and buy one of those smaller Air Conditioners(couple feet wide, foot tall), put that next to your computer. Tell him you'll pay the extra 3 dollars for the elect. bill. Problem solved, now it's your roomates who'll be warm still.

[panerd]

Who is the pussy who voted "leave it be"?

[Rizon]

one of my roommates is a former football player... maybe he should handle the ass kicking.

Me (175lb) v. roommate (280 lbs)
Other roommate (230 lbs) v. roommate (280)
Other Other roommate (150) v. roommate (280)

I think me and the other other roommate could take him based on the numbers... but after you factor in the guys girlfriend...

Ah, this is what you do. Use the speedy 150 pound guy to run between his legs and start to bite his ankles. While he's distracted with Gumby, have the two 280 lbs'ers bum-rush him and pim him to the ground. Then use the fresh, 230 lbs guy use his combination of speed and power to beat the crap out of him. Then you jump in, and finish him off with a fatality.

[sovereignstar]

I've got enough "roomate stories" to last a lifetime, but some of you may get a kick out of this one in particular.

So it was 2000, my freshman year at St. Cloud State (Ryche, I know you were living in St. Cloud around this time, right?) and I was living at the dorms. My roomate's name was Tracey and he was from a very small town in Southwest Minnesota. It took no longer than a week for me to determine that he was in fact gay. This wasn't a problem for me as I'm sure he was in some sort of a predicament as it was. He hadn't come out of the closet at this point and being as young as I was I wasn't sure as to whether it was something that needed to be brought to someone's attention, like the resident advisor. I just let it slide (and again maybe I shouldn't have).

So his computer was still back home and I didn't have any problem with him using mine for the time being. Why should I? I'm a nice enough guy. Shit, I was nice enough to take him out to dinner on his birthday.

I had Ultimate Frisbee practice on Tuesdays and Thursday afternoons. <<<Oh BTW, ultimate frisbee fucking rocks and SCSU had one of the Top 30 programs in the nation around this time, all divisions<< I came back to the dorms one day to find that their was a printout of a naked man lying in my printer tray. Hmmm..interesting. He's looking at gay porn on my computer. I didn't really care as long as I was the only one stickying up my keyboard. ;) I let it slide. And a few days later his computer finally arrived.

A week or two passes and I get something in the mail from my TCF bank account telling me that my account is overdrawn. What the fuck? I go down there and notice that there is a couple of different charges which I do not recognize. I end up filling out some paperwork and closing my account with TCF as it appeared like a case of fraud. Weird..

A couple more weeks later I get a call from my mom and get the third-degree about using their credit card for online purchases without their permission. Huh? Come on mom, give me some credit I did this once mistakingly and learned not to do that again. As soon as I get off the phone, obviously upset, I tell my roomate about the conversation I just ahd on the phone. Looking back I remember how he felt queasy all of the sudden and left the room.

So, my computer *smarts* kick in and I decide to check up on my internet usage history (it went back to 4 weeks). *Okay, I'm noticing that there are certain days that Tracey seemed to have preferred to use my computer, Tuesdays and Thursdays* Next, I'll take a look at my cookies. Whoa Nelly! Much more than I would have initially thought. I'll take a look at some of the browser cache and see if there are any porn membership sign-up pages.

Bingo! He uses a friend's name (dumbass) and my check card numbers. Okay, like this isn't going to get back to me and the walls aren't going to start tumbling down, dude.

So, I rip him a new asshole when I see him next and ask him how he could do this to me. The kid freaks out (obviously he now knows that I know he is gay) and says that he is going to talk to the dorm authorities because I'm "sexually harassing" him. Yadda-yadda-yadda I end up having to take the time to talk to some dorm higher-up and the police come and he fesses up. The university ends up pressing charges against him (how he got my parent's CC number I still don't know, but that's a felony in this country). I run into his brother (who was living in St. Cloud at the time) and asks me "what is up?" Tracey had told him that he decided to move out because I was doing drugs.

Anyways, Tracey never ended up getting kicked out of college. He offered me some sort of cash settlement, like $100/mo for eight or so months if me and my parents wouldn't press charges. Well, the problem was that we didn't, the university did. Too bad for him, he wanted to be an elementary school teacher.

But that's not quite the end. My dad was watching the news from back in Fargo one night and guess what..yes, Tracey was on the news. Turns out Tracey was now the leader of some gay rights advocacy group at SCSU. Go figure.

[JeeberD]

really, what kind of fucktart turns the motherfucking heat up to 80 in May? he needs to feel pain

I've had my AC set at 78 or so for the entire spring...

[korme]

good ole tracey

[Easy Mac]

thats strange, my freshman year roommate was gay too. Freaked him out when he saw me and an old girfriend having sex on his bed (it was the bottom bunk).

I saw on the classified section that he was offering to sell the couch that we had in the room. Lets just say I intend to contact the buyer, just to let them know how used the couch really is... Aww, good times freshman year.

[stevew]

Okay, the only logical reason for this prick or anyone to want to regulate the temperature of the apartment is due to monetary expense. Since the cooling is free, you should have that bitch set on 60-65. If he is COLD, he can open the window in his room or something and shut his door, or put on a fucking sweatshirt. This dude is a serious douchebag.

[Easy Mac]

I concur. You can always add clothes, but you can only get so naked when you need to cool down.

[Easy Mac]

dola, and he has a late fee due at Pandoras Boxx, the local Adult novelty/video store... but some messages you just can't pass on.

[stevew]

So, I rip him a new asshole

Maybe not the choice of words i would have used when talking about a gay roommate.

[korme]

dude, i hope my roomie doesn't print out naked men or hold me hostage if i don't comply with his thermometer criteria

[Easy Mac]

Don't worry, just drink and have a lot of sex, and you'll have nothing to worry about... and you'll learn how to find an abundance of straight, free porn.

[korme]

already on my list

abundance of straight free pron: check
drink lots: check
sex...: check
lots?: ehh..

[Easy Mac]

and as much as possible, mix sex and porn... but not alcohol... you have to draw the line somewhere.

[sovereignstar]

D'oh! I forgot to mention that Tracey formally filed sexual harrassment charges against me. I got something in the mail informing me that I had to meet up with someone discuss my wrongdoings. Needless to say, I dropped out of school and never heard anything further in regards to my innacceptable behavior.

[Craptacular]

whoops, thought I hit the 94, sorry
You have a 94 key on your keyboard?

[sterlingice]

This thread is awesome. :D
Amen! This is such a wonderful thread. It's a great aggression thread that's different than the standard election year fare we've been experiencing.

Confront him as a group and just lay it out: It's much easier for you (1 guy) to warm yourself up than it is for us 3 to cool down (which would require nudity).
This never works. If reason worked, it would have been applied already, right?


my real guess is this guys just a tightwad and is anal about the utility bills.
In my experience, this is almost never the case because these are the same people that want it at 80 in the winter, too, and burn up a ton in heating costs. As can easily be inferred, I'm the opposite as I like it cold. I'll stick the heater on 65 in the winter and keep my room in the mid 70s in the summer. There's the problem that we have a wall unit, tho, so the living room is probably in the low 60s just to keep the back rooms in the mid 70s so I get the occasional grief from my girlfriend.

Is she really fat or broadly big boned? Big girls need love too.
A friend of mine say about another friend of mine: "You know the saying 'big girls need love, too', he takes it as a personal challenge".

Evil: put a dead puppy on his bed with a note nailed to it that says "When I get hot, puppies die"
I love it! Since my typical phrase for describing how someone is evil is "he kicks puppies".

SI

[corbes]

Evil: put a dead puppy on his bed with a note nailed to it that says "When I get hot, puppies die"
hahahaha

:D

[Ben E Lou]

My final pre-marriage roommate wanted to keep it warm enough to be in shorts/tank-top/barefoot in the house during the winter. :eek: It was a little different situation in that he owned the house, and I was paying him a flat-rate rent, no utilities. (Good for him. I was paying part of his mortgage.) I think I've mentioned him on here before. He was a classic religious right hyper-conservative, who kept a framed picture of Ronald Reagan on his bedside table. Yeah, not his mother, not his girlfriend, Ronald Reagan. (SIDEBAR: My libertarian views got on his nerves, particularly since I am in full-time ministry. He couldn't believe that a "Professional Christian", as he called me, coudl believe that drugs should be legalized.) Anyway, he and I got married 8 weeks apart, both wayyyyy above our heads. I married a Ravenel. He married Billy Graham's grand-daughter. Maybe there's something to keeping a hot house, after all. ;)

[Blackadar]

Bitch slap that boy.

If that doesn't work, cut off his head and stick it in the freezer.

[Easy Mac]

You have a 94 key on your keyboard?
yeah, I had it installed right after the 69.

[spleen1015]

Have you tried talking to the guy about it?

[Ben E Lou]

Have you tried talking to the guy about it?Weenie.

[Easy Mac]

Have you tried talking to the guy about it?
Don't use logic. crazy

[Fidatelo]

While I agree with the "walk around naked in front of him" theories, it needs something extra. I think you should first work up a good sweat, then strip down and sit on or rub up against as many different items in the room as possible.

[RendeR]

Weenie.



*cackles* SD you never cease to amaze me.

[hoosierdude]

Man, what has happened? Have you slapped him yet? I would definitely take that boy to task.

[Tekneek]

We never turn our thermostat below 78 during the summer. We only push it above 68 during the early morning hours during the winter. I can't imagine keeping it down to even 70 during the summer. The bill would be way too high. Of course, I'm talking about a house.

[Tekneek]

While I agree with the "walk around naked in front of him" theories, it needs something extra. I think you should first work up a good sweat, then strip down and sit on or rub up against as many different items in the room as possible.

You're going to get somebody killed.

[Franklinnoble]

My final pre-marriage roommate wanted to keep it warm enough to be in shorts/tank-top/barefoot in the house during the winter. :eek: It was a little different situation in that he owned the house, and I was paying him a flat-rate rent, no utilities. (Good for him. I was paying part of his mortgage.) I think I've mentioned him on here before. He was a classic religious right hyper-conservative, who kept a framed picture of Ronald Reagan on his bedside table. Yeah, not his mother, not his girlfriend, Ronald Reagan. (SIDEBAR: My libertarian views got on his nerves, particularly since I am in full-time ministry. He couldn't believe that a "Professional Christian", as he called me, coudl believe that drugs should be legalized.) Anyway, he and I got married 8 weeks apart, both wayyyyy above our heads. I married a Ravenel. He married Billy Graham's grand-daughter. Maybe there's something to keeping a hot house, after all. ;)
Well, that explains your propensity for strutting about in naught but a skimpy star-spangled pair of speedos...

[JeeberD]

He was a classic religious right hyper-conservative, who kept a framed picture of Ronald Reagan on his bedside table. Yeah, not his mother, not his girlfriend, Ronald Reagan.

Never knew that Alex P. Keaton was from Georgia...

[Franklinnoble]

Never knew that Alex P. Keaton was from Georgia...
I never knew that SkyDog was an advocate for legalizing drugs... that must be the real reason why he kept the house so warm...

[Bonegavel]

HYPER-AGGRESSIVE OPTION: Punch him, then turn it down.
AGGRESSIVE OPTION: Turn it down while he's in the room.
SEMI-PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE OPTION: Turn it down when he's not in the room, and therefore he's not sure whether you did it, or another roomie.
EVIL-PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE OPTION: When it gets too hot, strip down butt-nekkid and go into his room to talk to him, sitting on his bed.
NON-AGGRESSIVE OPTION (also know as, "What would a liberal do?" ;)): Do nothing else and sweat.

I'd go with the "evil-passive-aggressive option." That ought to get the message to him. ;)
My only LOL moment of my morning. Thanks SD.

[Fritz]

evil pan afoot

[Fritz]

dola
it will be in the evil plan

[terpkristin]

Well, whatever you do, DON'T punch a cinder block wall.

I can vouch that's a bad idea.

~tk

[Ryche]

So it was 2000, my freshman year at St. Cloud State (Ryche, I know you were living in St. Cloud around this time, right?) and I was living at the dorms.

Yep, that was my last year in St. Cloud. My roommate at the time was my wife offcampus though :) I think I had 4 roommates in dorms during my college experiences and was lucky enough that three of them were gone 90% of the time. The other was a quiet, very religious guy. I must have freaked that poor boy out, but he never complained.

When living in the dorms, always get on the good side of your RA if possible. Makes it so much easier when your roommate inevitably becomes a moron.

[Franklinnoble]

Yep, that was my last year in St. Cloud. My roommate at the time was my wife offcampus though :) I think I had 4 roommates in dorms during my college experiences and was lucky enough that three of them were gone 90% of the time. The other was a quiet, very religious guy. I must have freaked that poor boy out, but he never complained.

When living in the dorms, always get on the good side of your RA if possible. Makes it so much easier when your roommate inevitably becomes a moron.
I tried to sleep with my RA when I was in the dorms... I don't think that got me on her good side.

[Easy Mac]

I tried to sleep with my RA when I was in the dorms... I don't think that got me on her good side.
If you tried a little harder, you could have gotten her from the bad side.

[rkmsuf]

I tried to sleep with my RA when I was in the dorms... I don't think that got me on her good side.

Imagine if you would have succeeded. You would have been on double secret probation

[sterlingice]

Never knew that Alex P. Keaton was from Georgia...
Dang it. You beat me to the joke I wanted to do ;)

Well, whatever you do, DON'T punch a cinder block wall.

I can vouch that's a bad idea.

~tk
Or punch holes in a wall. A friend of mine in high school used to do that and then cover the holes up with posters. Until the day he broke his hand on a support beam. Oops.


SI

[sterlingice]

So what happened?

SI

[Ben E Lou]

So what happened?

SIBump. Seconded. We need to know.

[hoosierdude]

NO kidding. I was wondering what happened here.

[bbor]

Fuck him in the neck

[Ragone]

This reminds me of that episode of family guy

"Hey, did someone touch the thermostat?"

whole neighborhood of guys pops head in

"Someone changed a thermostat?"