Uh oh, NightFlyerGTI has another roommate... [POLL!]

Jan 9, 2002
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Iiieeee!!! Well folks, his name is Brandon, and he's a year younger than me. More than two years academically. Pretty cool guy I guess, and we have some interests in common. Fun to talk to, although he really does talk a bunch- speaks whatever is on his mind, ALL the time. That drives me bonkers, but not enough to really care.

So "Wheeere's the beef?" you ask? He has his own little Aiwa bookshelf surround sound stereo, but added a 10" KLH subwoofer onto it... and is pissing off our neighbors left and right with bad rap music (not even some of the few tasteful stuff!). Tragically, girls as well who live under us. He flat out told me that he doesn't care about our neighbors and what they think (despite being told by several others to turn it down... and we've only been here for 3 days!) and cranks rap music when he's here like it's going out of style (and I hope it is). And I mean LOUD- it's mostly really hard hitting deep bass.. the kind that travels for miles. I told him he was going to piss off the neighboring girls under us and he says, "man, they're not even neighbors! they're just like, girls that live under us." I actually typed out a nice apology, 'contact-me-if-this-is-going-on-when-I'm-gone', letter to the girls that live underneath us, and slipped it under their door (they bang on their ceiling at 'us' on a daily basis at the least). Mainly just to get on their good side, so it's not the room above them pissing them off, just him now hopefully. What should I do?

EDIT: I tell him to keep it down when I'm here.
 

AU Tiger

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Disassociate yourself from your roomie. Make sure your neighbors and the girls know that it is him, not you.
 
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Being the geek I am, I keep forgetting I should probably tell my male neighbors on either side as well instead of concentrating on the ladies below...

Also, to my advantage, the RA lives next door. :D He just isn't there most of the time to 'regulate'. Anyway, Brandon ranks in the top 50% of roomie's I've had SO FAR, I just wish he'd keep the bass down.
 

BigJohnKC

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Kick his ass out. You don't need the trouble of an a-hole roommate with no courtesy for others.
 

Keego

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Where's the "tell the moron to learn some respect for other people" poll option?
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He just came back... arrrgh! I have my HEADPHONES plugged in, receiver is on level 30, and I can still hear his crap after I told him to turn it back down. :disgust:
 

narzy

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take an ice pick to his sub woofer and speakers then explain that he blew it...err you mean them he blew them. cut the electricity to his outlet(s)

or you could just tell him, that if he doesn't respect you or the others living around you, that in a weeks time you have no problem kicking him out. that you have done it before and will do it again if need be.

VIVA LA IP!
 

ATLien247

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The sound coming from that Aiwa/KLH must be horrible!

I can't even imagine the boominess...

Oh, the horror!!!
 

Stark

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I actually typed out a nice apology, 'contact-me-if-this-is-going-on-when-I'm-gone',
change it to 'contact-the RA or Dean of Student Housing-if-this-is-going-on-when-I'm-gone',

Don't try to get in the middle of it... he's an ass and you're not. Instead have your RA give him a hard time about it... that's why he gets free room and board.
 
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Originally posted by: ATLien247
The sound coming from that Aiwa/KLH must be horrible!

I can't even imagine the boominess...

Oh, the horror!!!

:disgust: I was going to mention the wretched sound, but didn't want to whine about EVERYthing (I'll save this one for next week). :D
 

ElFenix

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isn't rap music grounds for getting shot at up in stephenville?
 
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Originally posted by: ElFenix
isn't rap music grounds for getting shot at up in stephenville?

Unfortunately, no- this one of those bastardized towns that listens to country and rap. Blech. :disgust:
 

MichaelD

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Well, at least so far, he's not freebasing Crank and having a sloppy threesome in the room next to yours.

Was that you...or am I thinking of someone else's "roommate from hell" post?
 

ebaycj

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Uh oh, NightFlyerGTI is still a whiner and a sh1tty roommate !!!!

ebaycj
 

Palek

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Here's what you need to do:

You either purchase an RF stereo transmitter/receiver set or just use well-concealed cabling.

While your roommate is gone you gain access to his room and hook up your cable or the RF transmitter to his stereo. You feed the received signal into your own stereo. Try to add a delay unit if possible. Now, whenever your roommate decides to pump up the volume, you turn to his "channel" and start blasting the same music, preferably at a higher volume level than him. Your sub definitely needs to overpower his. Having a delay unit so that you can add a very annoying 50-100 ms of delay should be perfect to get on Brandon's nerves. He will no doubt notice that you are playing the exact same music and most likely confront you about it. It is of utmost importance that you play dumb and tell him you have no idea what he is talking about. Tell him you are tuning in to a local station. The more obvious it is that you are lying the better. But stick to it. If he is smart, it is probably better to use an RF transmitter and place it inside his stereo.

<evil laugh>harharharharhar</evil laugh>
 

Pastore

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You have more of a right to be pissed about the stereo than you do about the pot smoking. How is the pot smoking affecting you? Not in the slightest.

And yes, I am an asshole for bringing this back from the dead.
 

Mister T

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Originally posted by: Beast1284
You have more of a right to be pissed about the stereo than you do about the pot smoking. How is the pot smoking affecting you? Not in the slightest.

And yes, I am an asshole for bringing this back from the dead.

lol

 

Pastore

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Well everyone else is an asshole for stating their opinion right? So I suppose I am too.