Living in University Halls

lemonkettaz · 20 Aug 2006 at 23:48

have you had any real knobs in accomm...people that have been there / done it?

50/50 · 20 Aug 2006 at 23:50

yer_averagejoe said:
yeah our cleaner usually came round while i was wandering around in my underwear... henry is a legend.

remember to give your cleaner a box of chocolates if she cleans puke out off your bath and floor and walls of the bathroom..

My cleaner was a right bitch. She came every monday, tuesday, wednesday and friday and 9am, so no lie ins after the night before. Not only did i have to leave MY room while she cleaned, she also reported the burnt 'non-tabaco roll-ups' she found in my bin, and the 'suspicious smell' 5 times, even though nothing was done the first time.

Raymond Lin · 20 Aug 2006 at 23:52

lemonkettaz said:
have you had any real knobs in accomm...people that have been there / done it?

A few, but I tend to spot them early and avoid them and they avoid me. No one really bad, a couple who never did the washing up. But if they are messy, they are usualy messy in their room, the cleaner cleans the kitchen anyway. In terms of music, I stay up late and even if its loud, most people turn it down if you ask them.

The worst ones are those who steal food, got to a point where 5/6 people in the flat locked our kitchen cupboards. But he got the hint that we knew it was him and he stopped.

lemonkettaz · 20 Aug 2006 at 23:53

so everybody was against the knob then...

50/50 · 20 Aug 2006 at 23:53

lemonkettaz said:
have you had any real knobs in accomm...people that have been there / done it?

Yes. There was this one **** that never cleaned up after himself, never talked to any of us, and generally made things akward from day one. I dont know why he didnt just leave.

Locrian · 20 Aug 2006 at 23:54

50/50 said:
My cleaner was a right bitch. She came every monday, tuesday, wednesday and friday and 9am, so no lie ins after the night before. Not only did i have to leave MY room while she cleaned, she also reported the burnt 'non-tabaco roll-ups' she found in my bin, and the 'suspicious smell' 5 times, even though nothing was done the first time.

Our cleaner was a 40 year old gay and very camp man who still lived with his mother. He would come in any time from 9-12 and tbh it was the most annoying bunch of carp having to put up with it. He barely did anything and most of the time I would just stay in my bed. He even came in on me and GF nekkid in bed a few times.

Zogger · 20 Aug 2006 at 23:54

lemonkettaz said:
have you had any real knobs in accomm...people that have been there / done it?

yeh not really but like ray says there are the odd people who take food etc. at the worst possible time. eg someone I lived with this year in a house who used almost an entire loaf of my bread while I was out without asking. I found about 5 slices of toast in the bin. Gotta wonder what he was doing :s

(also it was the only food I had left in the house so I had nothing to eat when I came home)

Raymond Lin · 20 Aug 2006 at 23:56

50/50 said:
My cleaner was a right bitch. She came every monday, tuesday, wednesday and friday and 9am, so no lie ins after the night before. Not only did i have to leave MY room while she cleaned, she also reported the burnt 'non-tabaco roll-ups' she found in my bin, and the 'suspicious smell' 5 times, even though nothing was done the first time.

Ours never came into our rooms, ever. Not that they needed to, mine never got messier than this.

50/50 · 20 Aug 2006 at 23:57

Zogger said:
yeh not really but like ray says there are the odd people who take food etc. at the worst possible time. eg someone I lived with this year in a house who used almost an entire loaf of my bread while I was out without asking. I found about 5 slices of toast in the bin. Gotta wonder what he was doing :s

Oooh food stealers are soooo annoying. DONT DO IT PEOPLE.

Especially the ones that eat your leftovers. Imagine coming back to your flat after a day of lectures, and finding some idiot has helped them selves to your dinner.

Raymond Lin · 20 Aug 2006 at 23:57

Locrian said:
Our cleaner was a 40 year old gay and very camp man who still lived with his mother. He would come in any time from 9-12 and tbh it was the most annoying bunch of carp having to put up with it. He barely did anything and most of the time I would just stay in my bed. He even came in on me and GF nekkid in bed a few times.

I'd report him to the accomodation office ! :eek:

Locrian · 20 Aug 2006 at 23:59

Well my ex’s cleaner was a total controlling **** who would confiscate (actually physically remove) any items in their rooms or kitchen not properly put away. I figured having an intrusive gay man was better

lemonkettaz · 21 Aug 2006 at 00:00

lol.. an intrusive gay man better?

oh dear.

i see a TV in your room.. you pay for license?

Raymond Lin · 21 Aug 2006 at 00:01

50/50 said:
Oooh food stealers are soooo annoying. DONT DO IT PEOPLE.

Especially the ones that eat your leftovers. Imagine coming back to your flat after a day of lectures, and finding some idiot has helped them selves to your dinner.

I find it is inevitable people steal mayo and ketchup, so i let that slide since its cheap anyway. But taking stuff like my Chinese takeaway left over or some freezer foods like pizzas is a major no no. However, if you had come and ask me first then i would probably give it to you, at most i would charge you for what it cost me for it.

Raymond Lin · 21 Aug 2006 at 00:02

lemonkettaz said:
lol.. an intrusive gay man better?

oh dear.

i see a TV in your room.. you pay for license?

no comment.

benjo plz. · 21 Aug 2006 at 00:03

Is that no comment about the intrusive gay or no comment about the license?

50/50 · 21 Aug 2006 at 00:04

Locrian said:
Well my ex’s cleaner was a total controlling **** who would confiscate (actually physically remove) any items in their rooms or kitchen not properly put away. I figured having an intrusive gay man was better

I had a friend in a different hall whos cleaner would come in and go through all of her belongings when she wasnt there (cuboards, drawers, anything), and then make a half-assed attempted to put everything back. We never figured out what he was looking for :confused:

lemonkettaz · 21 Aug 2006 at 00:05

Phnom_Penh said:
Is that no comment about the intrusive gay or no comment about the license?

thats what is worrying me

Raymond Lin · 21 Aug 2006 at 00:06

Phnom_Penh said:
Is that no comment about the intrusive gay or no comment about the license?

The TV, but you see no aerial there anyway

and I was just watching DVDs.

Here is a tip, the tv licence guy cannot enter your room unless you let him. Hell, i slept through it when he came to check our halls.

Zogger · 21 Aug 2006 at 00:10

someone on my corridor had no license at-all for the first year.. they never came to check. Not endorsing that course of action of course

Slightly unrelated, but some interesting things that got stolen were a shower head and one of my towels. Also a number of my knives mysteriously went missing when I went away for the weekend, even though they were all in my room. At the same time other people on my corridor also found they had all their knives missing. Was a bit weird.

We had no locks at-all in halls, except room locks obviously.

50/50 · 21 Aug 2006 at 00:10

Raymond Lin said:
The TV, but you see no aerial there anyway and I was just watching DVDs.

Here is a tip, the tv licence guy cannot enter your room unless you let him. Hell, i slept through it when he came to check our halls.

But its not legally that straight forward when you're living in halls. IIRC they are allowed to enter rooms with the permission of the university, not the room tenant.
But most halls warn you well in advance when they will be coming and doing checks, and using their "detector vans". Mine put posters everywhere telling you what date they would be coming.

I never bothered to buy a licence, its such a waste of money. I never had any trouble. I wasnt obvious that I had one though, since it was a freeview box working through my TFT monitor.