# I think my room mate is trying to kill me **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 2, 2002, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-room-mate-is-trying-to-kill-me/134961 "2002-11-02T03:39:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daikona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@Daikona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daikona)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-room-mate-is-trying-to-kill-me/134961/1 "2002-11-02T03:39:00Z")
My room mate was walking around spraying practically the entire can of air freshener today. Excessive amounts of scents like that tend to trigger my asthma, and I said as much. Her response? “Oh, but it smells good, it’s not a problem.” And sprayed _more_… Excuse me? It smells good, so I’m wrong, it won’t trigger anything? Or did you mean that the room smelling good is more important than me breathing? Not that it smells good anyway at those concentrations, but that’s beside the point. My point is this: WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU? I swear, I’m amazed she didn’t get it out again because my inhaler didn’t smell nice. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-room-mate-is-trying-to-kill-me/134961/2 "2002-11-02T04:32:06Z")
Somebody tried to kill you and all you could dish out was one “fuck”? Admittedly, it was in capital letters, but still… Perhaps there’s some spray like “fart in a can” that you can use in retaliation? ---
**Author:** ![Daikona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@Daikona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daikona)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-room-mate-is-trying-to-kill-me/134961/3 "2002-11-02T05:28:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JohnT \* > \*\*Somebody tried to kill you and all you could dish out was one “fuck”? Admittedly, it was in capital letters, but still… \*\* It’s really very out of character for me. Especially on the room mate subject. I say things about her sometimes that would make a harpy blush. I think it’s because I had just been talking to my mother. I was still in parent mode. :o ---
**Author:** ![j\_kat\_251](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@j\_kat\_251](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_kat_251)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-room-mate-is-trying-to-kill-me/134961/4 "2002-11-02T06:04:20Z")
“Could you please not put peanuts in my dessert cake, I’m allergic to them. They cause me to, uh, DIE”. “Well, they taste pretty good, so it’s not really a problem”. ---
**Author:** ![ninevah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/46a35a/32.png) [@ninevah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ninevah)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-room-mate-is-trying-to-kill-me/134961/5 "2002-11-02T08:20:34Z")
Geez, if you have a problem with too much air freshener, maybe you could open some windows? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-room-mate-is-trying-to-kill-me/134961/6 "2002-11-02T11:08:20Z")
Maybe she was suggesting, in a not-too-subtle-way that YOU smell bad… sorry…😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-room-mate-is-trying-to-kill-me/134961/7 "2002-11-02T16:28:03Z")
That’s the time you grab the air freshener can, and throw it against the wall (or the floor) with all your might. Then you say “Spray that fucking thing again, and I’ll shove it up your ass!” Alternately, buy your own can, and empty the entire thing into her bedroom (if it is separate) and see how she likes it. Another alternate is to throw away every can of freshener you find, and then dump egg shells, tomato sauce and coffee grinds on top, just in case. No, I don’t deal well with roomates.