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I survived a roommate pooping in my sink, you can too...Jun 18 '00 Write an essay on this topic.Having a roommate in your initial year of college can be a traumatizing ordeal. This is especially true if you are going in "blind". That is, trusting the university to set you up with an ideal roommate, instead of moving in with a person you know. By pure luck, you could get a person that completely meshes or clashes with your personal lifestyle. The key to getting along with your roommate is to know that there are going to be times where the two of you will not get along. Your prospective roommate could enjoy staying up on the computer all night while watching TV or listening to the radio at an unreasonable volume. Alternately, the exact opposite of this could be true. Some people are slobs. Others are anal-retentive neat freaks. There are anti-social people, as well as overly-social people. Some will drink more than humanly possible, while many will not touch alcohol at all. The same goes with recreational drugs. In my freshman year of college I was stuck with a kid that loved to drink. He loved to party. He loved to be loud and obscene late at night. I lived with it. He lived with me. We got along great. One time, he got really drunk and fell out of the top bunk of the bed. He landed pretty hard. He went into the bathroom for about a half hour. The next morning I went into the bathroom and noticed that he got confused where the toilet was. He pooped in the sink. It was pretty nasty and I was a tad peeved, but I dealt with it. I woke him up and asked him why he pooped in the sink. He blamed it on me, and later our suitemates (the two people we shared our bathroom with). Finally, he admitted he did it and cleaned it up. When a conflict between roommates begins to occur, it is best to address the situation immediately. Sitting around and dealing with it is not the way to go. One must be assertive if they plan on surviving eight months of living in a tiny room with the same person. If you and your roommate cannot work out your problems by yourself, you should immediately talk to your RA (Resident Assistant). He or she is employed by the university to handle such problems. Explain to your RA the problem, and the RA should try to solve it. Sometimes the only solution if to find a new roommate, where the problems can start up all over again. You must have an open mind when going into college. It makes life a lot easier when living with someone. If you cannot handle living with someone who is not exactly like you, you probably should not get a roommate. You would be better off getting a room alone for yourself. Thanks for reading!  |
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