I don’t know why I feel more comfortable putting a call-out on here instead of on Twitter, but here goes: I’m noodling around with a possible series on terrible roommates. Do you or anybody you know have THAT awful roommate story? And by that awful roommate story, I mean not just “she didn’t do the dishes.” I mean like, “she shat in my shoe and then tried to rehome my cat.”
You can remain anonymous!
@vivianho found a roommate on Craigslist years ago. Price was very nice, he kept an opposite schedule from me so we never saw each other. It could have been perfect.
3 months in, the internet goes out. Next time I see him (days later) I ask what's up? He said they cancelled it because it was in the previous tenant's name. He suggested I could sign up myself if I wanted to
5 months in, the hot water goes out. See him a few days later like, what's up? Says he'll call the gas company. A week goes by, cold showers, he says the gas company won't believe he's not his brother. Something about social security numbers, etc. But if I told him mine, he could get the gas back on. (All this time I've been paying "half" the utilities). I start looking for another place
7 months in, I go to get a pizza out of the freezer and something falls on the floor. He'd recently "gone to visit a cousin in San Francisco." Turns out it's a vacuum sealed bag of pot, maybe a whole pound. The freezer is full of them. No heads up, no warning, just a wheelbarrow full of pot in the freezer. I've signed a lease at a new place
8 months in, he finds me and tells me he's moving to California at the end of next month and won't be able to help with the rent for the last 3 months. I say that's perfect, I'm moving out in two weeks
@nomi Oh my god. Could you email me your contact info so we can chat more? This is…bonkers. Viv.ho8@gmail.com