JessamyRoom mates, bathrooms, open doors.
March 29th 2008 23:07
After inhabiting an apartment for almost two months, I believe it's time for the first official post on the does and don't of shared accommodation. Take a deep breathe in and prepare to be launched face first into the wonders and general unfortunate intimacy that is university accommodation.
Honestly, it's not that bad. It could be much worse, basically. I'm living with three other people in our apartment, and also our friends across the balcony, which makes it a grand total of 8, spread over two apartments. In our apartment there's me, another girl, and two guys. Across the way, it's 100% boys-which takes the grand total of females to 1 for every 3 guys.
Now, seeing as both girls are in one apartment, that immediately makes our area tidier, cleaner, and generally a more inhabitable area. Seeing as we actually do the dishes and such. But, I digress from my point.
There are also two bathrooms per apartment, which, for us, makes it easy: boys and girls get separate bathroom. Simple, convenient, and everyone can hazard an educated guess at which one is reasonably tidy. This morning, as the girls (ie me and my other girl room mate) were sitting around the table discussing useless things, one of the guys emerges from his room. He'd just woken up-it was about 11:45. Which is about average for him at the moment. But he emerged, and immediately headed towards the bathroom, as you sometimes do after holding it in for 12 hours. Unfortunately for us, he didn't shut the door.
We were therefore treated to a 30 second sneak peek at a bathroom concert. It went something like this:
ME: So, I really do want to on 'The Lift' comedy thing. It's only $5
HER: Mmm, well we might go next week.
-Both watch Guy as he emerges from his room and heads straight towards the boys bathroom around the corner.
ME (whispered): I bet he won't. He won't shut it.
HER (also whispering): Oh, he will. He better. I only just had breakfast.
ME (louder than usual): So, yeah, the Lift next week.
Pause. Followed by a lack of door shutting, but the distinctive sound of a zip being undone a few seconds later.
HER (eyes widened in fear): ......Oh, no, he diiiidn't.
ME (snorting with repressed laughter): So, uh, any other comedy shows you can think of?
Dead silence, save the sound of high powered peeing.
HER: Nope, no more shows. Just the Lift.
More peeing. Then, the worse thing. A pause in the cacaphony of water works. A two second pause. Then, he started again. Like the decision was made to continue, no matter what the consequences were.
ME(nearly crying with silent laughter): Excuse me, I have to go....connect....wireless...i nternet.
HER (suffocating): Me......too.
The peeing continued. I ran into my room and stuffed a pillow into my face. Then he evacuated the building, and we met in the middle of the kitchen to roll around helplessly crying with laughter for five minutes, hence waking up our fourth room mate. Who, I may add, always shuts the door before using the bathroom.
The lesson learnt here: In future, maintain a dead silence throughout the episode. Do not pretend to be normal and ignore the bowel-emptying. Follow the peeing with a round of applause and scores out of ten on how you think he went. Soon enough, he'll get the picture.
Honestly, it's not that bad. It could be much worse, basically. I'm living with three other people in our apartment, and also our friends across the balcony, which makes it a grand total of 8, spread over two apartments. In our apartment there's me, another girl, and two guys. Across the way, it's 100% boys-which takes the grand total of females to 1 for every 3 guys.
Now, seeing as both girls are in one apartment, that immediately makes our area tidier, cleaner, and generally a more inhabitable area. Seeing as we actually do the dishes and such. But, I digress from my point.
There are also two bathrooms per apartment, which, for us, makes it easy: boys and girls get separate bathroom. Simple, convenient, and everyone can hazard an educated guess at which one is reasonably tidy. This morning, as the girls (ie me and my other girl room mate) were sitting around the table discussing useless things, one of the guys emerges from his room. He'd just woken up-it was about 11:45. Which is about average for him at the moment. But he emerged, and immediately headed towards the bathroom, as you sometimes do after holding it in for 12 hours. Unfortunately for us, he didn't shut the door.
We were therefore treated to a 30 second sneak peek at a bathroom concert. It went something like this:
ME: So, I really do want to on 'The Lift' comedy thing. It's only $5
HER: Mmm, well we might go next week.
-Both watch Guy as he emerges from his room and heads straight towards the boys bathroom around the corner.
HER (also whispering): Oh, he will. He better. I only just had breakfast.
ME (louder than usual): So, yeah, the Lift next week.
Pause. Followed by a lack of door shutting, but the distinctive sound of a zip being undone a few seconds later.
HER (eyes widened in fear): ......Oh, no, he diiiidn't.
ME (snorting with repressed laughter): So, uh, any other comedy shows you can think of?
Dead silence, save the sound of high powered peeing.
HER: Nope, no more shows. Just the Lift.
More peeing. Then, the worse thing. A pause in the cacaphony of water works. A two second pause. Then, he started again. Like the decision was made to continue, no matter what the consequences were.
ME(nearly crying with silent laughter): Excuse me, I have to go....connect....wireless...i nternet.
HER (suffocating): Me......too.
The peeing continued. I ran into my room and stuffed a pillow into my face. Then he evacuated the building, and we met in the middle of the kitchen to roll around helplessly crying with laughter for five minutes, hence waking up our fourth room mate. Who, I may add, always shuts the door before using the bathroom.
The lesson learnt here: In future, maintain a dead silence throughout the episode. Do not pretend to be normal and ignore the bowel-emptying. Follow the peeing with a round of applause and scores out of ten on how you think he went. Soon enough, he'll get the picture.
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Comment by Holly Go Lightly
Movie Mage
I've learned my lesson, I've given those thought the flick and nothing to do with the movies, I now look around for nice boys, no more of those horror movies for me.
Holly, hope he goes soon.
Comment by Jessamy
That's Pretty Intense