roommates

The last thing that you ever want to find yourself confronting is the grim realization that you've ended up living under the same roof as someone who is a psychotically inconsiderate, genuinely toxic individual. These people's stories of their all-time worst roommates might make you feel better about the times you've ended up weathering where you really weren't sure how you were going to get through having to live with an unforgettably bad roommate. For a similar AskReddit thread check out these red flags to keep a weary eye out for to avoid problem roommates. 

The last thing that you or anyone else wants to find themselves confronting is the grim realization that the new roommate is a literal waking nightmare. Unfortunately, it seems like so often some of the world's most insufferable human beings are that much better at putting on a whole carefully practiced act when it comes to tricking people into thinking that they're nice human beings. Hopefully this AskReddit thread that's filled with red flags for troublesome roommates will be all the information you ever need to never find yourself in hot water with a nasty roommate. 

Many of us have had our unfortunate encounters with an inconsiderate, immature, and grossly entitled roommate at one point or another. It's as if they fell through the cracks when it came to picking up the necessary tidbits of knowledge from the rest of society about how to be a socially, environmentally conscious roommate. It seems like this student's decision was fair enough considering the circumstances, and the fact that the dude seemed as if he wasn't going to change his ways. Check out some more roommate drama with this guy who outwitted his roommate using the Pavlovian Method. 

It seems like this guy was being taken advantage of just a bit. Of course the last year has been historically difficult for so many people. There's a balance between being understanding/compassionate and also respecting your self through standing your ground and not letting people walk all over you. Human beings can be terrible when it comes to taking advantage of someone's good graces. By the sound of it, this guy is feeling a bit of regret over having to confront his roommates, but it also sounds like he didn't really have any other choice. 

For some more roommates drama, check out this woman who couldn't stand her roommates, broke the lease agreement, and then dealt with her roommates totally flipping out. 

You've got to be as careful as you can when it comes to who you end up rooming with. Some people can put on a carefully practiced demeanor that makes them seem polite enough, but that can give way to a true monster underneath. The last thing you want to find yourself dealing with is living in close proximity to someone who you'd just as well love to never cross paths with out in the real world. Hopefully these people's stories of their worst roommates don't ring any bells for experiences of your own with roommates. 

If you're not prioritizing your own needs, then people are bound to take advantage of that and walk all over you. When it comes to maintaining the balance in the fragile ecosystem that can be an apartment/house with younger roomies, it can end up being a bit of a struggle. Dramas can break out at a moment's notice, and if people aren't committed to playing nice with one another, you can find yourself in some real hot water. In terms of the scenario we have here, it seems like the woman's decision to move on out of the place was totally warranted. 

People that assume other people aren't carrying on with meaningful and incredibly helpful professions just because they didn't go get that college education are something else, man. This particular roommate got a swift reality check after making some disrespectful remarks pointed toward the fee that the plumber charged to come through and clean up their literal sh*t. The moral judges of Reddit's AITA in this thread are in agreement that the classist roommate was the one who was out of bounds in this scenario. 

The only good thing about having a roommate that steals your stuff is that if you tamper with your own stuff, they're in no position to complain about your stuff that they deny taking. This is a pretty common tactic. A similar and more explosive thing happened when this food thief's roommate switched to regular milk.

This dude vastly underestimated their nurse roommates' capacity for executing a true, glorious pro revenge. Check out another tale of roommate pro revenge with this smug roommate who wouldn't pay rent, and got defeated in court as a result.

This isn't the first time we've seen an altercation break out between roommates that ultimately ends in a glorious petty revenge, and we doubt it'll be the last time. The girl in this story sounds like she was wildly inconsiderate and devilishly entitled. She had the audacity to steal her roomie's special chocolate covered raisins more than once. Um, talk about some severe boundary issues. Fortunately, the petty revenge seemed like it taught her a lesson. 

Passive aggressive behavior is gross. People can take their passive aggressiveness to nauseating heights as well. In the case of this little housing drama we have a roommate who insisted on leaving very annoying sticky notes around the place about the pettiest of matters. So, our star engineer in the act of a petty revenge decides to leave a nice little picture for them to stir things up. This isn't the first time we've seen roomies come to blows over something like toilet paper in the place. We also have that recent story of a roommate who wouldn't chip in for toilet paper, so the toilet paper was hidden from them. 

Cheap and entitled roommates can be a real handful. You'll end up in unfortunate scenarios where you have roommates who think they're getting away with stealing your food, or even cases where they simply refuse to pitch in for essential things like utility bills. In this case, we have a woman dealing with a roomie who won't pitch in for toilet paper. So, seemingly naturally she decides to hide that tp from her roomie until the roommate gets the wakeup call. Some folks just need you to give it to them. 

Unfortunately many of us have had the unfortunate experience of realizing that we're living with a complete animal. Some people are terribly talented at hiding their crappy behavior from the world, and you can end up learning you're living with a waking nightmare when it's already too late. Hopefully none of these gnarly moments from people's worst roommates remind you of any of your experiences. 

It stands to reason that if you saw a circle of ants chanting your name, you wouldn't just ignore it. Well, you shouldn't ignore ants in general; that's how you get ants. But still, if they formed a tiny circle and started praising you, it would be hard to let go. This tumblr thread takes the premise to its logical conclusion of roommate disputes being fought through the lens of ant holy war. Here's another good one about tumblr imagining aliens being fought off by wildlife.

Sometimes the reality checks can really hit hard. It sounds like this particular roommate though was in need of a wakeup call. With that being said, maybe this woman could've let her roommate down a little bit easier. You've got to be a little bit gentle when you're going about crushing people's lofty dreams. 

A bad roommate can make your home a living hell. When this student noticed their roommate was stealing their stuff, things got serious. This sort of strategy happens with food too, like this guy who ended up baking a cake full of habeneros.