Room mate problems
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Room mate problemsBasically I'm one of those people that have been put into bunk rooms. Initially I got on fairly well with my room mate, but now I've come to realise he's a complete slob, he leaves tissues laying around that he's blown his nose on, he never hovers or empties the bin. He snores so loudly it's impossible to sleep some nights. Then being in a bunk room and knowing other people can walk in really messes with my head for some reason, and it's actually nothing to do with the lack of privacy.
tl;dr Unhappy with room mate, what can I do other than going into a single room and having my budget decimated down to at most 40 pounds a week.
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Re: Room mate problemsIf catered is 110 a week then why not go into self catered? I'm in Cwrt Mawr and my rent is around £70 with the residential bursary. If that doesn't suit you though, you can quite easily live off £20 a week - if you like going out a lot this will be difficult, but otherwise £20 is fairly decent. Personally though, I'd go into self catered because then at least you can eat basic stuff like pasta for a week if you need the spare cash.
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Re: Room mate problemsWTF? Bunk rooms. I didn't even know that you got those at uni. Anyway, invest in earplugs? I agree it's annoying, but he can't easily change what he does when he's sleeping, or really be held responsible. I sympathise though, and I agree that he could control the blowing of the nose etc.
See http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40-EAR-Cla...item5ada42da49 for decent earplugs - I use these because my sister has to practise playing her musical instruments and it can get loud and not be what you want to listen to at that point in time.
Or ebay to find other earplugs you'd prefer. Sometimes it's naptime for me but my sister wants to play her instruments so I stick the earplugs in and it's fantastic. -
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Re: Room mate problemsYes indeed. It's a very sticky situation!(Original post by Ite?)
Are you sure that he has blown his nose on these tissues?
It could be even worse than you think.. -
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Re: Room mate problemsIt could be that tim.s had no choice in the matter.(Original post by Masderchef)
Why would anyone even consider the prospect of sharing a bunk room with a stranger?
Aberystwyth University management have ignored many a warning from the Guild of Students (i.e. Student's Union) and others over the past four years that their admissions policy was unsustainable due to the lack of university accommodation and private sector accommodation in town. They didn't listen, brushed it all off as an over reaction and as a result, ended up with 600 (or 400 depending on who you speak to) students too many - hence the bunk rooms.Last edited by Declan01; 16-11-2011 at 21:16. -
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Re: Room mate problemsIf it were me I'd want to get a single room even if it meant a loss money-wise. I'd hate the lack of privacy.(Original post by tim.s)
Basically I'm one of those people that have been put into bunk rooms. Initially I got on fairly well with my room mate, but now I've come to realise he's a complete slob, he leaves tissues laying around that he's blown his nose on, he never hovers or empties the bin. He snores so loudly it's impossible to sleep some nights. Then being in a bunk room and knowing other people can walk in really messes with my head for some reason, and it's actually nothing to do with the lack of privacy.
tl;dr Unhappy with room mate, what can I do other than going into a single room and having my budget decimated down to at most 40 pounds a week.
Or is this enough money?
If you want to give it more of a try then I'd say invest in some good earplugs to help you sleep, and maybe have a chat to him, ask him to tidy up his tissues as it's a bit gross. The hoovering/bin emptying however aren't a massive deal, just do it yourself and don't get into an argument about it if you want to stay. -
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Re: Room mate problemsyes, his nose....(Original post by tim.s)
he leaves tissues laying around that he's blown his nose on -
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Re: Room mate problemsI'm fairly certain he does that in the shower, at least I hope so anyway. I didn't have a choice in a bunk room along with a lot of other people but, I can request a transfer to a single room, whether it will ever happen however... Thanks for the link to the ear plugs, I will be giving it a go, could be funny to give the receipt to the accommodation office.
Ahahaha notice how I'm posting at 3 in the morning because I couldn't sleep through his snoring xD -
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Re: Room mate problemsBe glad, that would be weird.(Original post by tim.s)
Basically I'm one of those people that have been put into bunk rooms. Initially I got on fairly well with my room mate, but now I've come to realise he's a complete slob, he leaves tissues laying around that he's blown his nose on, he never hovers or empties the bin. He snores so loudly it's impossible to sleep some nights. Then being in a bunk room and knowing other people can walk in really messes with my head for some reason, and it's actually nothing to do with the lack of privacy.
tl;dr Unhappy with room mate, what can I do other than going into a single room and having my budget decimated down to at most 40 pounds a week.
Or is this enough money?
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Re: Room mate problemsI'm living on £5-10 a week.(Original post by tim.s)
tl;dr Unhappy with room mate, what can I do other than going into a single room and having my budget decimated down to at most 40 pounds a week.
Or is this enough money?
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Re: Room mate problemswell here in bangor, everything is in walking distance... so i suppose thats something im not considering(Original post by Pwn4g3_P13)
Really? what if you need to buy a bus ticket or something? -
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Re: Room mate problemsIs that PJM?(Original post by tim.s)
Yea, I know, be fair on me I'd been kept up all night.
Anyway I'm moving to the village tomorrow.
If you move out does that mean your old room-mate has to start paying more? I never really understood how the whole bunk bed system would work once someone left the room.
As far as I know he'll start paying rent for a single room from September.
