should i be angry?

[ateolf]

so far i'm the only one who's paid any rent this month...having just mailed a check this weekend for uh, a 1 followed by several other digits...but my roommates are currently having a poker game in this very apartment (i'll als throw in that one of them is still behind on LAST month as well...) it could be me that's wrong though...with my old fashioned, fascist values and what have you...

Comments

[interiority.livejournal.com]

Yes, anger is healthy in this situation. You should yell at the deadbeats.

Coincidentally, how big is your apartment, and how much do you pay? I like to hear stories about people who live in less expensive places.

[ateolf.livejournal.com]

it's big and it's a 3 bedroom...the post pretty much divulges the amount of rent (though the check also included a $27 water bill, subtracting which was slightly shave off one digit...) but there's a deal of people i don't know over here as well...i'm not good at yelling anyhow...

[thatguy.livejournal.com]

That's what pisses me off about having a roommate, and why I didn't really want a roommate in the first place. It's like they don't realize that if they were living on their own and didn't have people like us to cover their ass on rent, they'd be living on the street or back with their parent(s). And then they throw parties... some people don't have their priorities in check.

yeah, i'd be pissed.

[ateolf.livejournal.com]

and what's really bad is i guess i've started to grow numb to this sort of thing...at least from one of 'em...i guess you can't squeeze blood from a rock or something...(though it'd help if rent came packaged in 40 ounce bottles...or disgused as poker games...then i could at least raise a little more money towards it...)

[ex-whatabout578.livejournal.com]

This is why everyone should get sublet contracts from their roommates, with an agreement to pay late fees for every day a bill is late. Of course, if they are on the lease as well, that's not an option.

I'm sorry you are having to deal with this. I think you should piss in all of their food.

[ateolf.livejournal.com]

well, i guess i'm above that...ranting in my jouranl's childish enough to suit my needs...at least for now...

[earthstar.livejournal.com]

actually, robert, i understand brad gave you 100 on monday. he had owed 235 for july. he had given you, from what i understand, 160 up to before monday. so, technically, brad already has paid you 25 dollars towards august's rent. just so you know.

and, frankly, i hate the poker games too. you know i paid for so much, but then had to see what money he could have given me thrown away at a fucking poker game. and just so you know, for july's rent, on july 1, brad was walking out of the room and i was in my underwear and i asked him to give you my rent for july, 108. 4 days later i find out he held the money himself and never gave it to you so i do not want you to think rent was late on my part. it was a huge problem for me.

[ateolf.livejournal.com]

when i wrote it i wasn't thinking about the different from last month (as the $330 for this month is fresh on my mind...) anyway, it wasn't all there when this month's was due, but all that was ranting so i wasn't thinking too much about exact figures...and i don't remember when i got that money of yours for last month...i mean, obviously it's gotten to the point where i don't expect money from Brad at the first of the month so it usually takes a few weeks before i even start really thinking about it anyway...(though poker games in my house admittedly do quickly jog my memory...) the only thing i noticed on your end (and it's only a minor issue, not a big deal...) was $12 for 2 months of water bills ($6 a person a month, obviously...) i mentioned it to Brad a few times before you left, he probably didn't even mention it to you anyways...(financially speaking you have a pretty clean record with me so i guess i didn't notice/wasn't bothered by the rent thing you mentioned...)

[tishomingo.livejournal.com]

Actually, Brad doesn't spend very much money in poker games. Its $5 a week. Thats it. $5 for a chance to hang out with old friends. And actually, Shade has given Brad the $5 several times. So please do not think the reason Brad cannot pay either of you back has anything to do with his poker games with friends.

[1tinything.livejournal.com]

Actually Robert, actually Brad, actually actually actually. . . How many high-handed comments can be piled into one journal entry before Robert's made positively ill? Don't founder, little Robert. This can't/won't last forever.

[1tinything.livejournal.com]

I guess, I guess, I guess. . . How many oversensitive comments can be made in one journal entry before Amanda rolls her eyes? Uh, Maybe just one.