Quirky Roommate
So, I’m beginning to think that my new roommate, Rebecca, is a bit peculiar. For example.
She keeps all her appliances unplugged when she isn’t using them, to save energy. For some things, this is admittedly practical, and probably an effective way to at least save a few bucks on the electric bill every month. However, to me, it’s going a bit far when you’re unplugging the television every time you turn it off. After a bit of research, I found that the average television runs an electricity charge of 1 cent an hour when turned on. I’m going to make the presumption that, when turned off, it’s significantly less than that. I’m tempted to just toss her a dollar and tell her the television being plugged in is on me.
Also. I asked her if I would be able to do a bit of yard work before I came up there, and she informed me that, while the lawn had been cut, I could definitely feel free to clean the gutters. Yesterday evening, when I told her I planned to clean the gutters in the morning she says “Ok. Do you have a ladder?”
Now, why exactly would she tell me that I could clean the gutters when she doesn’t even own a ladder. Did she just presume I was going to bring a ladder with me from two hours away in my car? And, once I was there, where exactly did she think I was hiding this magical ladder? (I’m sorry, this is just a situation which calls for a lot of italics).
I would take her for an imbecile, but she’s very obviously not, as she is pursuing her doctorate (which has to take some intelligence) and her vocabulary is pretty notably good, if a little unnecessarily elaborate for some situations (I mean, really, who uses the word penultimate when giving directions?!). At any rate, these are only a small sample of the somewhat humorous, somewhat mind-boggling things that I’ve witnessed her do and I’ve only been around her for two days. So, at the very least, it seems there will be many “Can you believe Rebecca did this?” stories for the next year. Once again, at least you have something to look forward to.
Oh, and, um, I was kidding about the sex.
Your roomate sounds like a tree huger no offense! Isn’t time more valublue to a human being than money i know it is to me i mean if you think about it the more time you waste unplugging and plugging things in that is less time you get to spend living your life! So i would say just sit her down and explain to her your concerns!
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HAHA good luck! i have a weird roommate too, but only for the summer. and for the most part, like you said, it’s been an okay time because a good part of my day is filled with these great jokes in my head about her strange demeanor. i’m like my own stand-up comic now, with absolutely unlimited material. hang in there. maybe she’ll loosen up a bit? 🙂
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sounds like an interesting roommate…hope she’s not crazy…i’ve had a few crazy roommates…. good luck!
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haha, Whoa. See, when it’s not a friend, there goes the filter. I bitched about Doug, because I’m a brat, but Dan, the not so good of a friend roommate of Sham’s before him, was 100x more weird. Pen and pencil on the ready, Freddy.
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I USE PENULTIMATE IN REGULAR CONVERSATION! Thanks for thinking of me. 🙂 Looking forward to those stories.
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Heh. Hope things work out well.
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Eccentric. I’d call it. Can be endearing and can be rather annoying (I have friends like that). The TV thing actually isn’t foolish – not to save electricity though but because of fire hazard (if the TV is old) – it’s one of the most common ways to start fires today. I never unplug my tv though =)
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i can’t wait to hear the stories. maybe she’s just used to living alone, doing things her own way… and maybe she’s psycho and will kill you in your sleep. sleep with your eyes open.
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oh my goodness. well, if i move to georgia in a year or so, i can move to athens and we can room together. i’m not as strange…i think. – and i am okay, by the way. i got your text from yesterday but my phone was dead so i didn’t get it till after 2am.
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Italics are needed in situations like this. She sounds odd.
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There’s a girl named Rebecca on livejournal who lives in Georgia and has been writing about her new hairy roommate (and his family). She said something like, “He’s like a sasquatch” and “He brought his parents with him. I’m starting to think I’m rooming with an entire family.” I’m just playing.
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Hahahaha. I think many scholarly people tend to be a bit strange in such ways. Still, there are so many ways in which she could be weird in a bad way. At least she is only weird in a weird way. I like the word penultimate. How did she use it?
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You can get something that turns anything all the way off when you turn it off (meaning it doesnt use any energy at all) I cant remember what it’s called, but you could tell her about it. That way you dont have to waste your time unplugging it every time you turn it off. I wish I could remember what it’s called. Sorry.
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That’s hysterical..I think sometimes super intelligent people have the inability to communicate effectively with humans..that might be her problem. That or she is attempting to put you in a false sense of security that she is merely a harmless weirdo…and kill you in your sleep with a sledge hammer…Good luck!
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I agree this is all weird, but if I had a flatmate moving in and he asked me if he could do a bit of yardwork before he moved in, I’d blink and take some steps back. Whaat?
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according to the department of energy a TV only continues to use electricity when off if it is connected to a transformer. It says to unplug TVs and fans when connected to a transformer…I am not exactly sure what this means (do people have some type of transformers in their house?). I think your roommate is a bit over the top with energy conservation or penny-pinching….good luck!!
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i say you toss the bitch a dollar
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Hahaha… unplug the T.V.? What a hassel.
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RYN: No this is my first Dickens. I still want to read Nicholas Nickleby and David Copperfield and maybe some others. What about you?
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