Are you the defendant who thinks she shouldn't have to pay the last 6 months' rent because your landlord ganged you one night and never called back?
Are you the defendant who thinks she shouldn't have to pay the last 6 months' rent because your landlord ganged you one night and never called back?
We had half a dozen or so ipod thefts in our dorm last year. My roommate and I were both good about locking the door. I locked him out one time, after that we agreed to keep our keys somewhere in the room so the other person would see they didn't have their keys, and leave the door unlocked. This worked pretty well.
if person != in.room
{
Lock(TheF*ckinDoor).Bitch();
}
Alternatively, "leave" but hang around somewhere with a few buddies. When he leaves to shower/drop a deuce/eat/etc and doesn't lock the door, clean the room out. Both sides.
Then give his stuff to me.
- M4H
{
Lock(TheF*ckinDoor).Bitch();
}
Alternatively, "leave" but hang around somewhere with a few buddies. When he leaves to shower/drop a deuce/eat/etc and doesn't lock the door, clean the room out. Both sides.
Then give his stuff to me.
- M4H
SarcasticDwarf
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- Jun 8, 2001
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I had a similar situation with my roommate not locking it. About halfway through the semester we finally knew eachother's schedule well enough to know what was going on. Generally, we only locked the door at night and for the ~2 hour period each day when we both were at classes.
If you really want to drive a point across, one time when he is gone, have someone take his laptop into their room. Don't mess with the laptop, just remove it from your room. When he returns, allow him to freak out for a bit about the missing laptop, then have it returned to him and explain that it could have been a real theft because the door was unlocked. Seriously: laptops are actually not recommended by most colleges because of how often they are stolen.
Be warned: doing the above scenario leaves you open for retaliation....
Be warned: doing the above scenario leaves you open for retaliation....
i locked mine even to go for a piss.........cant trust the pikey townies where i go to uni
i have some mates who were in halls last year, and some pikey camped outside their rooms in the bushes, and waited till they all went out for morning training (all of them are swimmers)
pikey gets up, undoes the night latch on a window (guy had his window slighty open but locked at the same time) pikey gets in, steals, books, lappy, guitar, amp, mobile, and minidisc player.
anytime i go out, its windows and doors locked, sleeping also windows and doors locked. when im in though, windows wide open, doors open or unlocked at least, then again, we only had one person to a room so dont have to work round anyone else
we had a dude going round pretending to be an "engineer" fixing boilers etc...all the halls are keypad locked, but posing as an engineer...unaware students let him in. minutes later he walks out with a bag full of CD's and Laptops
Dorms are probably different but in the fraternity I'm living in I never lock my door and haven't had any problems
Screw him. Lock him out. If he doesn't like it, he can move or learn to bring his keys.
Sh!t gets stolen all the time in dorms. The problem is usually that dumbasses let strangers in the security doors with no problems, and these people aren't afraid to just walk into random rooms and just shut the door if someone is in there.
It's especially bad because for a few months at a time you have a set schedule, and if someone figures this schedule out and knows your door is unlocked, they have all the time in the world to do what they want.
Sh!t gets stolen all the time in dorms. The problem is usually that dumbasses let strangers in the security doors with no problems, and these people aren't afraid to just walk into random rooms and just shut the door if someone is in there.
It's especially bad because for a few months at a time you have a set schedule, and if someone figures this schedule out and knows your door is unlocked, they have all the time in the world to do what they want.
Tell him to suck it up. He's in college now, he needs to stop bitching.
And:
Is absolutely the right course of action. What's he going to do? Complain to the RA that you *lock the door* to your own room? He'll look like a dipsh!t (moreso). Either he'll deal with it or he'll transfer to another room/mate and you'll get a new one and he'll live with it.
And:
Is absolutely the right course of action. What's he going to do? Complain to the RA that you *lock the door* to your own room? He'll look like a dipsh!t (moreso). Either he'll deal with it or he'll transfer to another room/mate and you'll get a new one and he'll live with it.
Anubis
No Lifer
Originally posted by: DAGTA
If you really want to drive a point across, one time when he is gone, have someone take his laptop into their room. Don't mess with the laptop, just remove it from your room. When he returns, allow him to freak out for a bit about the missing laptop, then have it returned to him and explain that it could have been a real theft because the door was unlocked. Seriously: laptops are actually not recommended by most colleges because of how often they are stolen.
Be warned: doing the above scenario leaves you open for retaliation....
Yeah, I've already thought about this, and discarded it as a bad idea. See, up to that, there wouldn't have actually been a University violation committed, but that would seal it.
just take his laptop, ebay it, and tell him someone stole it. I had roommates like that too... very friggin annoying... and this wasn't in dorms... this was off campus where the crime rate is high... stupid people...
ColdFusion718
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- Mar 4, 2000
- 3,496
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Yeah I thought the same thing until some girl came into my room and took my wallet one night when I went to play soccer for a few minutes. My roommate stupidly left the door open and unlocked. That weekend (MLK Jr Holiday), my family came to visit me and gave me $500 cash and I wasn't able to deposit my money because I just signed up for a bank account and didn't have my ATM card yet.
Tell him that if you lose anything, you will cut his balls off. My relationship with my roommate during freshmen year was never the same again after that incident.
Anubis
No Lifer
Maybe you should get one those fake rocks that you can hide a key in. Just place the rock outside the door. Problem Solved!
i've heard about thefts in dorm rooms, so it's reasonable to lock your door.
that said, if the only thing that you're worried about is your laptop, get a targus lock and attach the thing to it to prevent others from stealing it.
that said, if the only thing that you're worried about is your laptop, get a targus lock and attach the thing to it to prevent others from stealing it.
If he went through his freshman year without figureing out how to use a key, don't waste a lot of time reasoning with him. If he's really not able to bring keys, get him a dogtag chain to hang them on or something.
Either that or let him sign a contract that he is your insurance. You never have to lock up, and if your laptop walks, Roomie buys you a new one. It shouldn't take more than five or six laptops before he starts to get a clue.
Either that or let him sign a contract that he is your insurance. You never have to lock up, and if your laptop walks, Roomie buys you a new one. It shouldn't take more than five or six laptops before he starts to get a clue.
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