I got this story second-hand. It involves a co-worker of one of my friends, and is a warning to everyone living with a roommate: be considerate.
Apparently, for eight months, our protagonist's obnoxious roommate has eaten every bit of food he ever brought home. And for the last several weeks, Obnoxious has had a house guest that has done the same. Obnoxious even made Guest a key so that he can loaf around eating Protagonist's food even when Obnoxious is not around.
Protagonist told Obnoxious (and Guest, once he entered the picture) on several occasions to stop eating and drinking his stuff. Or to at least replace some of it every now and then. Or to at least ask if they could eat and drink his stuff. These pleas fell on deaf ears. So one day, Protagonist snapped.
He went out and bought a 2-liter bottle of Pepsi. He brought it home, drank about a quarter of it, then peed into the bottle and put it into the fridge. By the following night, it was gone. His position: he'd told Obnoxious and Guest not to get into his food. If either of them had bothered to ask if they could have his Pepsi, he would have told them exactly why they wouldn't to have any. But they didn't ask. Apparently, neither one of them has said anything about it since then, either.
His sense of revenge now satisfied, Protagonist is apparently making plans to move out in the coming week. I just hope if he moves in with another roommate, that roommate doesn't get on Protagonist's bad side.
Me, I'm sticking with 12-ounce cans, thankyouverymuch.
Oh, and for the record, I have never done anything like this to any of my former roommates.
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> Oh, and for the record, I have never done anything like this to any of my former roommates.
And I'm glad for it.
Me too, even though I was only your roommate for three weeks.
yikes. this sounds like the plot of a CSI episode. you know, the one where somebody tried to get revenge in an innocent way and it wound up going horribly wrong? :P
I've been through the bad-roommate thing before (guy never paid his bills, power was shut off a couple of times and I had no phone for 6 months...) so I can relate to the frustrations...
at least he put the "peepsi" in the fridge because we all know the old klingon proverb that says revenge is a dish best served cold!
-the mole
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I was a little paranoid reading this post.
While I miss my roommates, I don't miss living with roommates -- especially living with roommates who are friends. Too many politics.
Gee, and I was considering having a house mate again, but if there is something that I cannot stand, it is new flavors of Pepsi! =) (And since I favor 2-liters, the roomate idea is OUT!)
EL - email me, I need to talk with you. i_am_pok112@yahoo.com
Oh, and let the record show Pepsi already tastes like sugared-up piss. No wonder the bums didn't know the difference.
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