# And you thought your college roommate was demanding..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 17, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192 "2016-09-17T20:08:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/1 "2016-09-17T20:08:44Z")
[This college student](https://www.yahoo.com/news/cannot-believe-list-demands-sent-214356203.html) sounds like a roommate-situation nightmare, and just - “selfish” or “self-centered” doesn’t even do it justice; wonder what the psychological condition is. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/2 "2016-09-17T21:01:41Z")
Should be an interesting and challenging school year. The other two girls need to present a united front against the one already making demands. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/3 "2016-09-17T21:09:52Z")
I’d say they should be prepared with the campus police phone number on speed dial, too. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/4 "2016-09-17T21:11:42Z")
I never lived in a college dorm, but I had my share of interesting roomies in the Navy. Never encountered one like this psycho, tho… ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/5 "2016-09-17T22:17:19Z")
Life should be REAL interesting if and when she finds out that her demands have gone viral! Doesn’t sound like the sort that would take kindly to that. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/6 "2016-09-17T22:23:57Z")
And of course she’s not crazy. Her mother had her tested. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/7 "2016-09-17T22:29:47Z")
I’d love for her future roommates to be Hell’s Angels’ girlfriends. Justice would be served one way or another. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/8 "2016-09-17T22:36:59Z")
My local university requires all Freshmen (under a certain age) to live on campus. I think that’s pretty common now? Somehow these three girls have to resolve any conflicts and make this work. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/9 "2016-09-17T22:50:34Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Somehow these three girls have to resolve any conflicts and make this work. Worst case scenario: conflicts escalate, and they all wind up in jail. “To my future cellmates…” ---
**Author:** ![Me\_Billy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/10 "2016-09-18T15:59:31Z")
The condition is called “Selfish Brat”! I would imagine her parents gave her everything she requested. No one has ever told her NO! But we go to college to learn - not just what is offered in classes. She has a lesson coming about dealing with other people in the “real” world. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/11 "2016-09-18T18:49:10Z")
It doesn’t surprise me. I did a few college tours last year with my daughter. There was one young woman and her father. “Are all dorm rooms shared” “Well, there are singles, you can put a request in for them, but there are not many and freshman almost never get them.” “How can we make sure she gets a single.” “You can request them, but there are no guarantees.” “Well, she will need a single…” I’m listening to this - this is a Junior year campus tour - thinking “oh, dear…these people are NOT LISTENING and will not take no for an answer - hopefully, they’ll choose a different school.” There was also the father/son who wanted a six course course load. Four is standard, five can be gotten with permission - but you need a track record. But there were so many interesting courses to take, they wanted to take six courses a semester. Asked about grades in high school - there weren’t exactly top of the class material (and near the “chances are you won’t get in” for the college we were at). Serious issues on the listening. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/12 "2016-09-18T19:16:42Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > [This college student](https://www.yahoo.com/news/cannot-believe-list-demands-sent-214356203.html) sounds like a roommate-situation nightmare, and just - “selfish” or “self-centered” doesn’t even do it justice; wonder what the psychological condition is. Millennialism. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/13 "2016-09-18T19:24:18Z")
One suspects her “safe space” will no longer include the shared hovel she must share with the lepers. Hopefully some creepy assed clown will swing by. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/14 "2016-09-20T16:55:26Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > There was also the father/son who wanted a six course course load. Four is standard, five can be gotten with permission - but you need a track record. But there were so many interesting courses to take, they wanted to take six courses a semester. Asked about grades in high school - there weren’t exactly top of the class material (and near the “chances are you won’t get in” for the college we were at). I’m wondering if they think saying he wants a six-course load will impress the admissions office. (It won’t, but maybe they know he’s not likely to get in with his qualifications and are trying to think outside the box.) Also, the girl you mentioned who “must” have a single–did she or her parent say why? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/15 "2016-09-20T17:23:14Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Also, the girl you mentioned who “must” have a single–did she or her parent say why? Uncontrollable flatulence. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/16 "2016-09-20T18:11:47Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > I’m wondering if they think saying he wants a six-course load will impress the admissions office. (It won’t, but maybe they know he’s not likely to get in with his qualifications and are trying to think outside the box.) > > Also, the girl you mentioned who “must” have a single–did she or her parent say why? They didn’t want her with a roommate who might not be a good fit and having never shared a room before, having a stranger as a roommate would be scary. The father son simply had no idea how college worked and how much work four college classes were. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/17 "2016-09-20T18:22:32Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Millennialism. No, they’re not middle-aged Christians, so they’re not offended by reality. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/18 "2016-09-20T18:29:32Z")
Eh, UCLA. Fuck 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/19 "2016-09-20T18:35:38Z")
My response would have been to discuss the issue with the other roommate (they appear to know each other) and agree on a division of the room. Then meet and have the following conversation: “Well, the two of us wanted to offer you a choice of what you want the room policy to be. Choice number one is we settle everything by majority vote - and the two of us have already agreed on a plan we’re going to vote for.” “Unacceptable. I’ve made my demands.” “Choice number two is we upload your email on the internet and make you look like an idiot. We’ll include your name on the upload too. Thanks to the internet, this will follow you for the rest of your life.” “That’s blackmail.” “Yes it is. But we weren’t stupid enough to leave any evidence like you did.” ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192/20 "2016-09-20T19:09:34Z")
One of my years in a dorm, about half of the 60 people in the dorm either moved out or switched rooms with someone else. Most of the moving happened before the middle of the year. It was quite eventful. Also interesting trying to figure out who was living where. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-thought-your-college-roommate-was-demanding/766192.md?page=2)