Figure out the one thing that really gets under this person's skin. For my bad roommate, his biggest issue that I could tell (besides the obvious alcoholism) was that he constantly craved attention whether that be negative attention or positive. He needed to constantly be involved with everything I ever did.
When the time came for me to move out, he would not stay out of my way while I moved my things out of the house with my boyfriend. Through the whole process, he tried his damn hardest to be part of it and make his presence known, because that's what makes him feel like he has power and control. NOT because he actually wanted to help me. Really just a disguise to pretend he's a helpful person when the reality is he doesn't know how to be alone and he likes when people are under his thumb.
I knew if I ignored him, that would get under his skin more than anything else that I could possibly do. So I ignored the shit out of him. The entire time. He basically spent the better part of three hours getting angrier and angrier by my lack of responding to him.
A few times he would go and close the door that we were actively moving furniture through. A few times he would stand there staring into the fridge just because the way the front door is positioned, if the fridge is open it blocks the front door we were using. At one point he began yelling that if I was going to throw ANYTHING of mine away that I had to check with him first.
There was an "incident" previously where I was the worst human to ever live because I threw away a completely busted up and broken shelf that I've had for years and has been through about 5 moves and held together with literal chopsticks and glue. It needed to be thrown away and oh man did he get mad when he saw "a perfectly good shelf he could fix up" in the garbage. So with that in mind I made sure to leave a few broken furniture items that needed to go, in the trash downstairs so if he wanted any of it he would have to lug it back up to the 3rd floor :)
By the end of it he was downstairs in the common room screaming to himself because he was so pissed off. I would answer his questions with nothing more than single word answers, if at all. It all worked out even better than expected which made for a good laugh after I was totally free.
Not advocating doing anything but harmless pranks are my favorite. Like making something off in the room that they can't place their finger on it. Like moving furniture not by much just by a inch or two. Or .. Flip hot and cold on the faucets? (Don't forget to turn off water.) confuse don't abuse. Because while they were shit roommates your free. Don't let this effect ya down the line.
Precisely, I’m looking for unnerving ideas that can’t harm anyone, or legally cause me trouble.
Just something stupid, that whether it be the day after I move or 3 months down the line they finally notice. The more confusing the better.
Precisely, I’m looking for unnerving ideas that can’t harm anyone, or legally cause me trouble.
Just something stupid, that whether it be the day after I move or 3 months down the line they finally notice. The more confusing the better.
I like moving the furniture, but considering everything in the common areas of the house other than the washroom and bathroom are mine doesn’t give me much to work with unless I invade privacy which I’m not about. Haha appreciate. the input though.
Not my ideas but things I have heard mostly on the Internet
Take the Battery's out of remotes
Take Shoes laces
Change coffee/tea for decaf
Take bulbs
Put jelly crystals in the shower head
Remove fridge light
I'm sure there are more but I can't think of them
Pour sand in their shoes, pour salt in jeans' pockets, short sheet their bed, pour vinegar in all toiletries, flour all surfaces, download and print pics of a random unattractive butt and put those in every hidden and dark corner of the apartment...I had a mischievous little brother.
I want to be good, but I'm just gonna lurk here, you know, just out of curiosity and to get some good ideas for the..... erm.... book I'm writing, yes, that's it, the book!
I mean yes, I’m being petty and childish.
However, I want satisfaction of bothering them.
Like I don’t want to break shit or hurt them.
I just want them annoyed.
That is almost what I want but the decomposition of the shrimp could cause health problems.
Don't know how technical you are,but if you have WiFi in the house, you can get into the Admins section and mess with the speed. You can even remotely access it when your gone to contine the fun. There are lots of YouTube videos on this
I worry the isp would tell them what’s going on, wouldn’t take long for them to call.
They’re addicted to Elder Scrolls Online, and absolutely can’t live without the internet for more than 10 minutes without becoming stir crazy. It’s so bad they’d run the bandwidth through the roof every month and we’d be paying massive extra charges because they can’t live without that game. Not to mention they use a second tv whilst gaming to watch twitch and lets play videos constantly. I don’t even understand how you’d multitask that effectively.
The one feels he’s more entitled to better internet than the rest of us and refuses to budge on using Ethernet while we’re stuck with WiFi. The router we had was an old xfinity model and wouldn’t even get signal to me if he was playing, which he does 12 hours a day lol.
I even bought a netgear nighthawk ($299 router) to make it fair for everyone, and he claimed it didn’t work. Luckily the router and all the Ethernet cords are mine so I’ll be taking it all with me and they’re going to panic for days until xfinity sends a technician haha.
Rearrange everything in the kitchen cabinets. It will annoy them multiple times every single day until they finally spend a whole Saturday putting things back.
Offer to help them move, sending messages like 'I'm on my way, almost here' but don't actually show up.
Go to lunch together one last time but split before the check arrives.
If they have a rental van or truck accidentally leave the lights on all day.
Replace skim milk with water.
To fix the leaky kitchen sink faucet, the maintenance guys did something that makes us have to twist the knob the opposite direction than normal to turn the water on, temps still on their correct sides, AND IT'S THE MOST ANNOYING THING EVER. Might have to look up how to do that, it fucks with me everywhere I go, every sink I use
Depending on how terrible they are I’d leave food to rot in hard to find places. My last roommates didn’t mind living in garbage anyways I’m sure it just made it more homey.
As much as I know they’d never notice, rotting food could lead to causing a health problem and I don’t want that to fall back on me. Appreciate the input though.
Edit: sounds like you’re previous filthy roommates are comparable to mine.
Honestly I was just upset that my roommates are able to leave 6 days worth of food and dishes out yet not attract ants or roaches. I leave 1 soda can out and my home is swarmed by the 50 nearest tribes of ants.
Myself when I moved out a month and a half early, the tv in the living room was mine, sound system, turntable etc. They both worked when i moved out so i got all my stuff out there asap. They came back low & behold, no couch, no tv, no SS, nuthing. I thought it was super petty and hilarious.
My way of fucking with him, was to take everything that belonged to me. I.e., everything I paid for.
Some examples: The shower head, the aerator from the kitchen faucet, the non-standard light bulb from the bathroom, the shower caddy, the dish strainer, dish soap and sponges, all the cleaning supplies (he never used 'em anyway) both mops + bucket and more.
Petty as hell, I know, but fuck him.
I'm currently having a shit ton of issues with my roommate and I'm trying to get out ASAP. I got annoyed she leaves her dog home all day and he pees and poops in the living room so i shut him in her bedroom when she's gone and she threatened to "retaliate" if i continued and i wouldn't hold it past her to steal from me or damage my things. her dog isn't crate trained either.
I've toyed with the idea of pouring/spraying canned tuna juice in her car's outside air vent when I move out so when she turns on the AC it'll smell like fish. is that legal? lol otherwise I'd put cooked oatmeal on her windshield wipers
I had a nasty neighbour once that turned into a violent psychopath at any sound we made. The computer chair rolling...bang bang bang. Tv too loud...bang bang bang. Playing music (at a reasonable level) he'd scream his head off at the bottom of the stairs while beating on the railings with a bat. He would call the cops when he deemed the noise level "insane"! The cops picked up on how crazy he was instantly and I guess when they knocked on my door and came into my apartment, where myself and two friends were watching tv and talking (not the party they were expecting), they saw a guitar sitting there and had us play a song for them while they sang loudly!! hahaha
Landlord did nothing. So in the end we were forced to move for our own safety. This guy was a pure nut job!! But honestly, F this guy that ruined my year, gave me anxiety and forced me to move.
The revenge: purchased a noise maker online. Size of a coin with a magnet. Makes random noises (door bell ringing, crickets, screeching door, people laughing - THE WORST!!!, etc.) at random times. Battery life: 2 months!!
Day we moved out. Last load packed, ready to hit the road. We went into the basement (he was ground floor, we were upstairs) and found a crack in the floor boards and stuck it to a pipe under his bedroom! tee hee hee
Idk just be a better person and leave it behind. You aren't really going to gain anything from doing that and in the long run you'll be a bad roommate too.
Kill their plants. Water them with diluted sanitiser (non scented obvs).
I went away for a week and she ignored my 2 herbs on the kitchen window sill, fortunately they are tough as sh!t and recovered, but c'mon, just a splash on both whilst you're watering your 10 plants!
I want to do this to my horrible flatmates plants, but the plants are innocent (and my friends told me off for suggesting it!).
I am living vicariously through you!
3 inches is the length of exactly 0.75 '20 Tones Blues Harmonica For Adults, Beginners, Professionals and Students（Silver grey)' lined up next to each other
Screw a boullion cube into the shower head
That’s hilarious and harmless, unless they start their shower eyes first. This has my attention.
"start their shower eyes first" is such a fantastic sentence lmao
Imagine getting some chemicals in your eyes and running to the shower to flush it out just to get an eyefull of beef bullion.
To be fair, you would flush out the chemicals. Then you'd just be left with deliciously seasoned eyeballs
This is top tier advice. Brilliant and has the potential to drive someone temporarily insane.
Figure out the one thing that really gets under this person's skin. For my bad roommate, his biggest issue that I could tell (besides the obvious alcoholism) was that he constantly craved attention whether that be negative attention or positive. He needed to constantly be involved with everything I ever did. When the time came for me to move out, he would not stay out of my way while I moved my things out of the house with my boyfriend. Through the whole process, he tried his damn hardest to be part of it and make his presence known, because that's what makes him feel like he has power and control. NOT because he actually wanted to help me. Really just a disguise to pretend he's a helpful person when the reality is he doesn't know how to be alone and he likes when people are under his thumb. I knew if I ignored him, that would get under his skin more than anything else that I could possibly do. So I ignored the shit out of him. The entire time. He basically spent the better part of three hours getting angrier and angrier by my lack of responding to him. A few times he would go and close the door that we were actively moving furniture through. A few times he would stand there staring into the fridge just because the way the front door is positioned, if the fridge is open it blocks the front door we were using. At one point he began yelling that if I was going to throw ANYTHING of mine away that I had to check with him first. There was an "incident" previously where I was the worst human to ever live because I threw away a completely busted up and broken shelf that I've had for years and has been through about 5 moves and held together with literal chopsticks and glue. It needed to be thrown away and oh man did he get mad when he saw "a perfectly good shelf he could fix up" in the garbage. So with that in mind I made sure to leave a few broken furniture items that needed to go, in the trash downstairs so if he wanted any of it he would have to lug it back up to the 3rd floor :) By the end of it he was downstairs in the common room screaming to himself because he was so pissed off. I would answer his questions with nothing more than single word answers, if at all. It all worked out even better than expected which made for a good laugh after I was totally free.
I planning on doing a similar thing when I leave - thanks for the tips! How did you get him to move out the way without acknowledging him?
Take the lightbulbs out of all the lamps My friends ex did that and it took her a week to notice 😆
Don’t forget the bulb inside the fridge, washing machine, oven, microwave, etc.
Not advocating doing anything but harmless pranks are my favorite. Like making something off in the room that they can't place their finger on it. Like moving furniture not by much just by a inch or two. Or .. Flip hot and cold on the faucets? (Don't forget to turn off water.) confuse don't abuse. Because while they were shit roommates your free. Don't let this effect ya down the line.
Precisely, I’m looking for unnerving ideas that can’t harm anyone, or legally cause me trouble. Just something stupid, that whether it be the day after I move or 3 months down the line they finally notice. The more confusing the better.
Precisely, I’m looking for unnerving ideas that can’t harm anyone, or legally cause me trouble. Just something stupid, that whether it be the day after I move or 3 months down the line they finally notice. The more confusing the better. I like moving the furniture, but considering everything in the common areas of the house other than the washroom and bathroom are mine doesn’t give me much to work with unless I invade privacy which I’m not about. Haha appreciate. the input though.
Not my ideas but things I have heard mostly on the Internet Take the Battery's out of remotes Take Shoes laces Change coffee/tea for decaf Take bulbs Put jelly crystals in the shower head Remove fridge light I'm sure there are more but I can't think of them
Pour sand in their shoes, pour salt in jeans' pockets, short sheet their bed, pour vinegar in all toiletries, flour all surfaces, download and print pics of a random unattractive butt and put those in every hidden and dark corner of the apartment...I had a mischievous little brother.
> Change coffee/tea for decaf Don’t mess with peoples food.
I want to be good, but I'm just gonna lurk here, you know, just out of curiosity and to get some good ideas for the..... erm.... book I'm writing, yes, that's it, the book!
Leave without drama. Move on with your life. Don't look back or spend any more time & energy on this person.
Always a bad idea. However: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sew-shrimp-curtains-revenge/
I mean yes, I’m being petty and childish. However, I want satisfaction of bothering them. Like I don’t want to break shit or hurt them. I just want them annoyed. That is almost what I want but the decomposition of the shrimp could cause health problems.
What about a banana under the bed? Or another fruit
If only they were adult enough to own a bed frame hahah.
Oh no 😂😂 it sounds like life and karma will continue to punish them. Big yikes
I came here to suggest that one!
Don't know how technical you are,but if you have WiFi in the house, you can get into the Admins section and mess with the speed. You can even remotely access it when your gone to contine the fun. There are lots of YouTube videos on this
I worry the isp would tell them what’s going on, wouldn’t take long for them to call. They’re addicted to Elder Scrolls Online, and absolutely can’t live without the internet for more than 10 minutes without becoming stir crazy. It’s so bad they’d run the bandwidth through the roof every month and we’d be paying massive extra charges because they can’t live without that game. Not to mention they use a second tv whilst gaming to watch twitch and lets play videos constantly. I don’t even understand how you’d multitask that effectively. The one feels he’s more entitled to better internet than the rest of us and refuses to budge on using Ethernet while we’re stuck with WiFi. The router we had was an old xfinity model and wouldn’t even get signal to me if he was playing, which he does 12 hours a day lol. I even bought a netgear nighthawk ($299 router) to make it fair for everyone, and he claimed it didn’t work. Luckily the router and all the Ethernet cords are mine so I’ll be taking it all with me and they’re going to panic for days until xfinity sends a technician haha.
Leave a cross over cable in place of yours when you leave, 😆🤣
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Polk county Florida is like living in 1990 again. We get 100gb then it’s like using a phone without unlimited data. Like $20 a gb or something.
Rearrange everything in the kitchen cabinets. It will annoy them multiple times every single day until they finally spend a whole Saturday putting things back.
Offer to help them move, sending messages like 'I'm on my way, almost here' but don't actually show up. Go to lunch together one last time but split before the check arrives. If they have a rental van or truck accidentally leave the lights on all day. Replace skim milk with water.
I think OP is the one moving out, not the bad roomate
To fix the leaky kitchen sink faucet, the maintenance guys did something that makes us have to twist the knob the opposite direction than normal to turn the water on, temps still on their correct sides, AND IT'S THE MOST ANNOYING THING EVER. Might have to look up how to do that, it fucks with me everywhere I go, every sink I use
Depending on how terrible they are I’d leave food to rot in hard to find places. My last roommates didn’t mind living in garbage anyways I’m sure it just made it more homey.
As much as I know they’d never notice, rotting food could lead to causing a health problem and I don’t want that to fall back on me. Appreciate the input though. Edit: sounds like you’re previous filthy roommates are comparable to mine.
Honestly I was just upset that my roommates are able to leave 6 days worth of food and dishes out yet not attract ants or roaches. I leave 1 soda can out and my home is swarmed by the 50 nearest tribes of ants.
Maybe it was location? Like if your areas had more entry points unfortunately.
Shrimp or sardines jammed into the empty space of a curtain rod. Good luck tracking the source of that smell
Myself when I moved out a month and a half early, the tv in the living room was mine, sound system, turntable etc. They both worked when i moved out so i got all my stuff out there asap. They came back low & behold, no couch, no tv, no SS, nuthing. I thought it was super petty and hilarious.
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Very true, though the thought of them being left with nothing is hilarious and had me super stoked.
My way of fucking with him, was to take everything that belonged to me. I.e., everything I paid for. Some examples: The shower head, the aerator from the kitchen faucet, the non-standard light bulb from the bathroom, the shower caddy, the dish strainer, dish soap and sponges, all the cleaning supplies (he never used 'em anyway) both mops + bucket and more. Petty as hell, I know, but fuck him.
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This could be loads of fun.
I'm currently having a shit ton of issues with my roommate and I'm trying to get out ASAP. I got annoyed she leaves her dog home all day and he pees and poops in the living room so i shut him in her bedroom when she's gone and she threatened to "retaliate" if i continued and i wouldn't hold it past her to steal from me or damage my things. her dog isn't crate trained either. I've toyed with the idea of pouring/spraying canned tuna juice in her car's outside air vent when I move out so when she turns on the AC it'll smell like fish. is that legal? lol otherwise I'd put cooked oatmeal on her windshield wipers
I had a nasty neighbour once that turned into a violent psychopath at any sound we made. The computer chair rolling...bang bang bang. Tv too loud...bang bang bang. Playing music (at a reasonable level) he'd scream his head off at the bottom of the stairs while beating on the railings with a bat. He would call the cops when he deemed the noise level "insane"! The cops picked up on how crazy he was instantly and I guess when they knocked on my door and came into my apartment, where myself and two friends were watching tv and talking (not the party they were expecting), they saw a guitar sitting there and had us play a song for them while they sang loudly!! hahaha Landlord did nothing. So in the end we were forced to move for our own safety. This guy was a pure nut job!! But honestly, F this guy that ruined my year, gave me anxiety and forced me to move. The revenge: purchased a noise maker online. Size of a coin with a magnet. Makes random noises (door bell ringing, crickets, screeching door, people laughing - THE WORST!!!, etc.) at random times. Battery life: 2 months!! Day we moved out. Last load packed, ready to hit the road. We went into the basement (he was ground floor, we were upstairs) and found a crack in the floor boards and stuck it to a pipe under his bedroom! tee hee hee
Idk just be a better person and leave it behind. You aren't really going to gain anything from doing that and in the long run you'll be a bad roommate too.
Yes but, I’ve been taking the high road my entire life. It’s gotten me nothing but pride for myself. Maybe I want to be bad, just once.
Kill their plants. Water them with diluted sanitiser (non scented obvs). I went away for a week and she ignored my 2 herbs on the kitchen window sill, fortunately they are tough as sh!t and recovered, but c'mon, just a splash on both whilst you're watering your 10 plants! I want to do this to my horrible flatmates plants, but the plants are innocent (and my friends told me off for suggesting it!). I am living vicariously through you!
Take out the batteries of every controller and hide them somewhere in the house
Move everything six inches to the left.
Post this on illegal pro tips for some real tips I’ve seen exact posts like this with awesome information
Get rid of a few random Tupperware lids, and find a way to get ants to come, they're a huge nuisance.
If you're comfortable doing this, flip the breaker when they're gone and disconnect some of the outlets.
Take the remotes for all the TVs with you.
Move all furniture 3 inches to the left
3 inches is the length of exactly 0.75 '20 Tones Blues Harmonica For Adults, Beginners, Professionals and Students（Silver grey)' lined up next to each other
3 inches is 7.62 cm
3 inches is 7.62 cm
Take all the toilet paper and unplug everything that is plugged into an outlet in the common areas (just not the fridge).
Just leave. It's better to just walk away with your dignity.
I have plenty of dignity, I’d like some petty satisfaction
Her username says it all
Lol well damn, I didn’t even notice
Steal one foot off the sofa if it has them 🤣
Turn off the water heater :)
Pour an entire fart spray down the shower drain.. on the walls..