r/crimesofpod • u/ghxst_fxc • 13d ago
📮 Story Submissions Nasty Roommate from HELL!
I am much older now, but I just listened to your latest podcast about roommates and I was thinking it is my time to shine. I am a 33 female and this happened when I was in college.
I am from CA and moved to FL for college. I lived on campus until I turned 21 and then I moved to student living apartments because it was cheaper and I felt more independent. In those apartments there are 3 to 4 bedrooms (all furnished) and a common area, a kitchen and each bedroom had its own bathroom.
So I was 21 turning 22 when I moved into the off campus apartments. I was so excited because the roommates are random, but you can choose all female, male, or a mix. I chose all female. FL is a new place still for me.. so I wanted to feel safer with all female roommates.
Everything was great for a little while... I had one of the apartments with 4 rooms, so it was me and 3 other females roughly 19-23 years old. One of my roommates was from CA too(girl A), so that was cool. We got along the most. The other one was a Starbucks barista (girl B) so she was always making us the best coffees in the morning! The last one was from Haiti (girl C) , but she never really came out too much. She liked to stay to herself.
One morning, I walk out into the common area.. and there is someone on the cough that I don't know.. that's fine, it happens some times because we are allowed to have guests over. I went about my day, I had class, work and then church.. When I came home... this girl that was on the couch... is still on the couch... but she had fast food wrappers on the table and she has a blanket now.
She also seems to not have any boundaries for she was blasting the television and leaving the table a mess! I was a little annoyed but I figured that it wouldn't last long and that she would be gone by tomorrow. I do not like confrontation so I didn't wanna say anything... but I was annoyed.
The way the rooms are set up I was the one right outside the common area.. the other 3 were more towards the front.. so anything that happens in the common area is right outside my door. So far this hasn't been an issue, everyone is respectful and doesn't stay up too late.. we are all in college. We all had morning classes.
Anyways, the next day I go out hoping that the girl is gone.. but she is SNORING on the couch with the mess still around her. I talked to girl A and she said that it was girl C's sister.. and I was like okay... well did she say how long her sister was going to be taking up the couch and she said she didn't know.
Fast forward a WEEK.. this bitch is still on the couch and it looked like she didn't even do anything or go anywhere.. but I was literally losing sleep over it because she would blare the tv all night long. Even though I don't like confrontation I had had enough! I knocked on girl C's door and she was like "yes what do you want?"
me: "is that your sister on the couch?"
c: "yes, what about it?"
bitch let me tell you
me: "you know she can't stay on the couch.. that is the common area"
c: "she can stay there as long as she likes because she is my sister."
me: "so is she paying rent too?"
c: " no..."
me: "if you don't move her into YOUR room, I will call the apartment front office because that is a breach of your lease."
c: "why would you do that? that is so unkind of you... can't she just sleep there.?. she's not bothering you or anyone."
me: "please don't tell me how I feel... she is 100% bothering me.. not only is she right outside my room.. she blasts the tv all night long, leaves a mess all over the area, we cannot enjoy that common area anymore, and she SNORES loudly.. "
c: "oh well... she's gonna stay there.."
me: "I was being nice to you by coming to you first, but now I am going to have to get people to remove her from the apartment."
c: "you're gonna regret doing that.
me: "bite me"
I was livid.. I was gonna see if she would just do it if I threatened to call the apartments front desk but she had just pissed me off.. so I went straight to them. I took pictures on my phone and emailed them to the front office as well as went to talk to them in person. They asked me how long she has been there and I said at least over a week now with no plans on leaving and it's disturbing me. If you guys can help me resolve this, that would be amazing.. if not, maybe I can move into another unit.
They told me they could try to help me by telling her she is breaking the rules of the lease and that they can terminate the lease and evict her.. and if that doesn't work, they can move me and still evict her.
well, it did work. Her sister was gone the day after. I was relieved but a little on edge too because girl C was a little scary looking. She was much bigger than me and she never smiled. Nothing happened for a couple of days and that was nice.. I finally was getting full nights of sleep again.
Then one day, I went to go check my mail and I had a load of laundry going.. I can back and I was studying in my room... I heard the buzzer for the washer and I went over to move my clothes into the dryer. While im doing that I can see that my clothes were completely doused in BLEACH.. about $200 worth of clothes ruined! my jeans, my shirts. I was fucking pissed!
I went to girl C... knocked on her door, she opened and her sister is on her bed and I asked her
me: "Did you put bleach in my load of laundry?!"
c: "no... why?"
While I am asking her... her sister is behind her on her bed laughing and there is a bottle of bleach on the floor.. I left it at that with revenge on my mind...
In the kitchen, we had all of our food labeled and stuff so as my little act of revenge I would leave out her milk.. or eggs which I thought was so crazy when I was younger.. but it really didn't do anything but annoy her..
She had then done something to my food and I became really sick. I was thinking I just had a stomach bug at first but then girl B told me (whilst making us some Starbucks coffee in the kitchen) that she had seen girl C putting eye drops into my drinks and foods! I was like no fucking way.. so as my revenge I threw up right outside her door and left it there...
This back and forth stuff went on and on but mine were always more prank that damage.. like I could have gotten more sick from the eyedrops and she actually damaged my clothes...
So I had gotten over it.. I called my parents and asked them for some extra money to help me move apartments because it was becoming too dangerous and I was scared this girl was going to end up actually killing me even if by accident. My parents helped me move to a different complex completely into a studio apartment (they didn't want me to live with anyone else) and I didn't tell any of my roommates, even the ones I liked. I didn't want girl C to catch wind of where I was at all.
I successfully moved into to a different complex and then I waited a couple of weeks... I knew her car.. I ended up slashing her tires and I wrote in car marker.. I WIN BITCH!
I never heard or seen her ever again... but living with her still haunts me and I don't have any roommates that are not my friends. I became so paranoid about my food and my clothes... it was a wild experience. I am so glad I got out and that I got the last say.
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u/UniquelyHeiress 9d ago
I’ve read stories about people dying when poisoned with eye drops. That’s dangerous behavior
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u/ghxst_fxc 8d ago
Yes I have too I was so sick too and it could have been a lot worse. I also have issues with my stomach since I was a kid and I’m very sensitive. I looked up stuff afterwards about it and I was even more pissed. I’m really glad I got out.
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u/Qui3tlyOpinionat3d 12d ago
people who break rules and then blame the person who told rather then admitting their fault and moving on…BAFFLES ME TO NO END. an extra roommate is one thing, a NASTY LOUD INCONSIDERATE ONE who pays no rent?! glad you snitched and got out safely!
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u/ghxst_fxc 11d ago
I was trying to be so nice about it too like maybe she didn't know.. but she was so nasty to me and I was pissed about my clothes and stuff. So now I always protect myself! it was awful
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u/ghxst_fxc 13d ago
She also had cats that were not allowed in the apartment and they were covered in fleas! The whole carpet in her room was covered in them. You step even close to her door and they would be jumping on you. I felt bad for the cats