Is this unreasonable?

OK so I posted about my selfish flatmate in Roommates you hate. She was meant to be moving out but now she isn't cos they couldn't find anywhere else to put her (its student accommodation). She had a severe warning from the head warden to be quiet or she would be evicted.

So she has been quite good but in the last few days she's got a bit noisy again. It's the exam period and I've already started my exams. The warden told her not to make any noise at all after 11pm, which by the way is the rule for everyone which she should have been following anyway. I need loads of sleep anyway, I'm a wreck if I don't get at least 7-8 hours. So during exams I really try to get at least 8, usually go to bed around 11pm. Last week I had to knock on her door at 1am cos she had her radio on and I couldn't sleep. Now to be fair it wasn't loud but the walls are like paper and I can't sleep with a constant noise buzzing away, especially talk radio. I'm not being funny but I just cannot fall asleep with it, I tried for 2 hours and I had an exam the next day so I ended up just asking her to turn it off.

Last night she came in around 1.30 talking to someone in a reallly loud voice, almost shouting. She only stayed in her room for 5 minutes but it was enough to wake me up and after that I never really got back to sleep, kind of slept really really lightly and had to be up at 7. My biggest exam is in 2 days and I need to study loads for it.

So I saw her and asked in a nice way if she would mind being quiet after 11pm and she started going on about how she is quiet and she doesn't know what my problem is. I told her she was a lot better than she used to be but even talking was enough to keep me awake. I put my headphones on and my phone on silent after 11pm, why can't she? I told her she woke me up last night and she said she was only in for 5 minutes. I was thinking, well you shouldn't be waking people up AT ALL. Why the hell does she think its acceptable to keep people awake? Is it too much to ask to have 2 weeks of sleep after being kept awake by her all year?

I can't repeat my exams so it's really important that I pass them all. I'm very stressed about it and worrying about not sleeping properly is making it worse. I wish to God she had moved out so this wouldn't even be an issue.

LadyJ

Stangle her and if this doesn't work then do it til it does!

therecklessone

Buy earplugs.

qz

Hogtie her.

Supercell

Yep , yellow foam earplugs are the answer, cost 60 cents in the local chemist and are washable and will get you a perfect noise free sleep , after a couple of nights u just don't notice them and wonder how you ever managed without 'em.

The ppl in the flat above were driving me INSANE until i discovered this simple cheap solution, I am less likely now to be arrested for axe murder

Supercell

Also if you have a radio alarm clock, make sure to set at the LOUDEST volume to wake you up, you might need it, also is immensly satisfying to know that its probably waking up the féckers that caused your lack of sleep in the first place

Works for me...Longfield gets 8 hours sleep every night..the noisy féckers upstairs dont !

snappieT

Put a knife to her back, and tell her if she ever speaks a word (not just about the knife), that you will do mean things to her*

*Be more creative here

Third_Echelon

Typedef her!

Only Human

I think your just a light sleeper.

Sangre

Seriously, how have you not thought of buying earplugs? Its fairly fecking obvious.

LadyJ

Kill her! Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilllllllllllllll her!

Sangre

Its not her fault shes a light sleeper.

Superman

Just tell her she will get an unbelievable hidingf if she continues to act the ass, If she does do somethin nasty to her **** on the last day, like put ketchup in her ear or somethin.
Also get earplugs!

Sarky

Yes. Ketchup...

Only Human

Sangre wrote:

Its not her fault shes a light sleeper.

Yeah it's not her fault but it's her problem. Not her roommates.

Supercell

Only Human wrote:

I think your just a light sleeper.

You have no idea the suffering light sleepers go though with noisy neighbours...honestly at one stage i was imagining going upstairs here and punching whoever answered the door..

Earplugs are a better solution

I'm not a light sleeper at all. If anything, I'm a heavy sleeper, that's what people have told me who've had the pleasure of sharing a room with me and hearing my snoring have said. I never wake up in the night normally. Lived in student halls all last year with no problems. I think I'm just so used to going to bed expecting to be woken up, that any noise really bothers me now. I've never been one to fall asleep with the TV or radio one so I need silence more or less just to *get* to sleep.

I haven't bought earplugs cos my other flatmate has some and she says they're dead uncomfortable. Also I'd be afraid of not hearing my alarm and oversleeping, would the earplugs not block the alarm out?

Rhyme

Destroy her...

or buy earplugs and to wake up set your phone to go off (avec vibration) at whatever time... make sure that your phone is near you.

Sangre

Only Human wrote:

Yeah it's not her fault but it's her problem. Not her roommates.

That was actually what I meant

Only Human

Melody Scary Mimicry wrote:

I'm not a light sleeper at all. If anything, I'm a heavy sleeper, that's what people have told me who've had the pleasure of sharing a room with me and hearing my snoring have said. I never wake up in the night normally. Lived in student halls all last year with no problems. I think I'm just so used to going to bed expecting to be woken up, that any noise really bothers me now. I've never been one to fall asleep with the TV or radio one so I need silence more or less just to *get* to sleep.

I haven't bought earplugs cos my other flatmate has some and she says they're dead uncomfortable. Also I'd be afraid of not hearing my alarm and oversleeping, would the earplugs not block the alarm out?

Right then. 'Acidentaly' break the radio or else concentrate on something else. Don't pay attention to how loud the music is and it wont affect you going to sleep so much.

Mimikyu

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Sangre

I think is just a problem of shes too noisy and you require too silence to get to sleep.

You'll just have to do something about and you can't expect her to completely change

Only Human

Sangre wrote:

That was actually what I meant

By 'her' in your first post you were refering to the original poster?

Sangre

No.

Only Human

Sangre wrote:

Yes, i assumed she was female because they're in student accommodation.

Okies. Just making sure were on the same page here.


On topic: Sit and talk with her or even go as far as buying her ear phones.

Sarky

Three words:

Tampons.
Deep.
Heat.

Well I haven't given you the whole background but she's been keeping my awake all year and I mean seriously keeping me awake, coming it at 3am shouting and talking to her friends, radio on full blast for 3 hours. Two other flatmates were always moaning about it and they could hardly hear anything compared to me. On of the other flatmates was in my room about 10pm last night and couldnt believe how much you could hear from this girls room. She has the loudest voice known to mankind. So I finally snapped and reported her and she was meant to move out. Then she could stay on the condition there was complete silence after 11pm. I really don't think coming in shouting your head off at 1.30 is very considerate and that was her TRYING to be quiet.

All I'm asking is for silence after 11pm for the next 10 days. I really don't think its too much to ask after the crap I've put up with all year. She does have her own exams and doesn't seem too concerned about passing, so she seems to think its the same for the rest of us. Shes one of those people who can't understand how anyone could have a different lifestyle to her. She does a really dossy course for like 5 hours a week so obviously she can go out loads, but the rest of us are in 9-6 every day and one girl has to be up at 6am. I tried explaining that she wouldn't want to be kept awake half the night if those were her hours but she just didn't get it.

Supercell

Uncomfortable first few nights ..yes...will you sleep well..yes...

would the earplugs not block the alarm out?

Turn the volume up, if you are a light sleeper this will be sufficient

goin'_to_the_PS

you shouldn't have to buy earphones, she should be evicted straight away

sprinkles

Longfield wrote:

Yep , yellow foam earplugs are the answer, cost 60 cents in the local chemist and are washable and will get you a perfect noise free sleep , after a couple of nights u just don't notice them and wonder how you ever managed without 'em.

The ppl in the flat above were driving me INSANE until i discovered this simple cheap solution, I am less likely now to be arrested for axe murder

Please explain how the earplugs provided you with the alibi for the axe murdering

interesting......

][cEMAN**

OK this'll sound really over the top, but you've had no sleep - you're in the middle of your exams (extreme stress), and this person has constantly worked at torturing you mentally.

I'd say if you snapped some night and killed her you'd get off with momentary madness.

Stompbox

You could always report her to the warden

Supercell

Exams = stress , less confrontations the better for the stressed mind imho, get earplugs and get on with yer exams.

LadyJ

Kill her and be done with it! Wear gloves or they'll catch ya!

John R

It sounds like you've made the classic mistake of trying to reason with someone who is completely ignorant and unreasonable.

Direct action is the only way to get through to that sort. She must have some items that are valuable to her, next time you are woken up destroy some of them and explain that similar accidents will happen every time you are woken up by her. If the radio is on then without a word go in, grab it and sling it out the window.

A few years ago I had neighbours who used to regularly make a racket all day and night long, reasoning had no effect so I borrowed a friend's high-powered amp and speakers set the PC on shuffle with a selection of incredibly annoying sounds with random silent tracks and went away for a few days. Never heard another noise from their house for a long time.

4Xcut

i know this is probably not the ideal solution and kind of admits defeat but could you not stay with someone else for the few days left in your exams, what about staying home with your parents for a few days, they would understand in the circumstances. you could get some work done

gaui3d0pnbz86o

i say buy earplugs or..........while she is out just remove the fuse from her raido.....sneaky and no damage!

Victor

Fix the problem, screw the politics. You need to study and sleep, not waste your time arguing with her or posting on boards.

Melody Scary Mimicry wrote:

I haven't bought earplugs cos my other flatmate has some and she says they're dead uncomfortable. Also I'd be afraid of not hearing my alarm and oversleeping, would the earplugs not block the alarm out?

Try the foam ones, they block out backround noise (radio, talking) not sudden noise (alarm, blood curdling screams).

tinkerbell

Go back down to the person in charge of the accommodation and just freak at them! Tell them to do something about this crap and sort it out now.

You should also just freak at that bitch as well who's keeping you up late. You should get together with the rest of your flatmates, and when that ho-bag is trying to sleep or is in her room during the day, you put some really awful music on your speakers and turn it up full blast - actually, the sound of white noise would probably drive her demented. And leave it on!

I've gotten so sick and tired of my flatmates making noise, that I have almost gone insane! There are four of us in the apartment - two girls on Erasmus (foreign exchange thing), another Irish girl and me.

One of the Erasmus girls is really quiet, she's really nice. As for the other one, oh dear lord, she's such a stuck up cow! She swans around likes a princess, never cleans up the kitchen up after her (she washes her dishes but if she makes a mess on the work-top, she won't clean it), she was throwing parties all the time, but then I reported it, and they said they'd fine her if she was reported again.

The other girl is a bit weird. She turns her music up full blast and also her TV, I'm telling you, her TV is so loud that I can hear it crystal clear in my room, she is not deaf - how could she have that TV up so loud, oh my god, she's just a pain! She's quietened down over the weekend, think she's gone home or something, thanks be to god.

Do the accommodation people have fines for complaints, etc? Maybe that'd make her shut up if she was fined €100 everytime she made noise. Also, if you aren't allowed to have guests after midnight, she could probably get fined for that too!

I'd be weary of getting earplugs, in case I didn't hear my alarm clock. In my case - I am a very heavy sleeper so if I got earplugs, I might sleep out!

namaimo

Sweet wrote:

You could always report her to the warden

Seriously it's gotten beyond a joke at this stage. I agree with Sweet report the insensitive b****! :mad:

bbblueyes

What if you were to take sleeping pills? Most of them will knock you out for like 6-8 hours. I'm not too familiar with them, I have asthma and can't take them, but I have friends who swear by them during finals. They too need a full night of sleep to do decently and say that the pills give them a deeper sleep than usual. Not sure if they'd help you but thought I'd pass this along. Apparently, the administration isn't going to help you, so you must find different ideas to get you the most sleep. Have you checked online for ways light sleepers can get a deeper sleep? Hopefully the girl won't be with you much longer. Hope this helps

samo

I have no advice to offer at all but have to say the replies to this thread have to be the most universally sympathetic to the OP that I've ever seen on boards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope you get it and her sorted!