My roommate and I are not getting along

intparent
Sat, 12 Oct 2013 12:15:06 +0000

-Intense personality so I don’t feel comfortable telling him to do stuff



Well, if you don’t have the backbone to ask politely for what you want, then engage the RA if your roommate is uncooperative, then you won’t see any improvement.

If you want to dust – go to a local drugstore or grocery stores, you will find some washable rags there. I would not have asked him for that particular item, but don’t think that is your biggest issue.

Even if you think requesting changes won’t work, or getting the RA involved won’t work, you probably need do these things if you want to request a room change. I would get started on it, as it is easiest to change rooms at the semester break when students are going abroad, etc. At most colleges more students go abroad in the spring than fall, so there can be a bit of a break in housing logjams at the winter break point. But sometimes you need your RA’s backing to move, so you will need to confront this issue or live with it.