Bad Roommate Habits at Kenyon College

"He was the best of roommates, he was the worst of roommates…"
In your old room at home, sleeping naked or wandering around in your underwear is perfectly acceptable. Unless you're really lucky, you probably won't be able to live that way with your new roommate. Roommates will learn to live with most habits, but, there are some behaviors that cross the line... or make you want to draw a line across half of the room. If you find your life being increasingly irritated by some of these habits, confront your roommate about how you can work together to ease the growing tensions. There is a good chance that your roommate has some beef with a few of your habits too, and it’s better to deal with it before it becomes a situation where you’re afraid that you will wake up at night to find your roommate hovering over you with a knife in hand.  If things really become intolerable, contact your housing advisor about finding a new roommate.  The Kenyon DJ offers an in depth guide to housing at Kenyon.  Here are a few of the more common complaints about life in the dorms for your amusement and heartache.

Warning Tickets

• Not refilling the Brita pitcher
• Leaving soda cans, dirty dishes etc. all around
• Never taking out the trash
• Offensive room decorations
• Barging in when you're naked
• Losing the TV remote
• Never knocking when the door is locked
• Do not use furniture as a napkin. Use a napkin.
• Not giving you telephone messages

Misdemeanors

• Singing with headphones on
• Mooching off your roommate's money
• Possession of smelly laundry
• Not washing bed sheets
• Unauthorized use of your computer
• Never offering to buy printer supplies (if you're sharing a printer)
• Leaving the fluorescent light on all night while you're trying to sleep
• Mail theft
• Eating all of your food
• Always having people in the room, or never leaving the room. Everyone needs some alone time.

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