an arguably heated dispute

November 11th, 2008 · 363 comments

technically, mike in boston only has two roommates, but roomie #2’s ever-present girlfriend has become the apartment’s de facto fourth resident…the non-rent-or-utilities-paying kind.

explains mike: “we only have one thermostat for the whole apartment, but our rooms are so tiny that we can typically keep the heat off and the place stays at 68-70 degrees.” once winter came, however, the girlfriend wasn’t too pleased with this arrangement…and took to surreptitiously cranking up the heat into the mid-80s.

after one too many nights of waking up in a sauna, mike and his allied roommate decided to fight back β€”in true passive-aggressive style β€” by removing the (detachable) thermostat from the wall.

drama, of course, ensued.

an arguably heated dispute

mike’s roomie then posted a counter-attack:

an arguably heated dispute

grammar aside, that one pretty much did the trick.

related: kill hamster too?

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FILED UNDER: boston · energy usage · oh snap · roommates · smiley · temperature



363 responses so far ↓

  • #1   Pooki

    I can never get my thermostat to a perfect temperature. Either it’s too hot, or too cold. It only ever really works for me if I keep the heat cranked and the window open.

    Sorry, Al Gore.

    Nov 11, 2008 at 10:43 pm   rating: +13  

    • #1.1   JesFoolin

      I had that exact problem with my girlfriend.

      Nov 11, 2008 at 10:48 pm   rating: +4  

       
    • #1.2   Canthz_B

      Pookie, try the baby thermostat. It’s juuust right! ;-)

      Nov 12, 2008 at 3:01 am   rating: +22  

       
    • #1.3   unfortunate names blog

      It could be menopause.

      Nov 12, 2008 at 10:46 pm   rating: +1  

       
    • #1.4   Pooki

      That’d be unfortunate. I was really counting on not having to experience menopause for another twenty or so years. I think I might just have a hidden animosity for polar bears.

      Nov 13, 2008 at 3:22 am   rating: +1  

       
    • #1.5   Anonymous me

      The argument that begins below is FUCKING DELICIOUS!

      Ha ha ha ha ha

      Nov 13, 2008 at 3:37 pm   rating: 0  

       
     
  • #2   Elbie

    I have an ex-BF that kept the window open during an ice storm and still complained that he was hot. (Hence the ex part. I’ll be celibate before I get pneumonia.)

    However, I also had the option of going to my own toasty bed, so Team 2 to 1 here…

    Nov 11, 2008 at 10:51 pm   rating: +16  

     
  • #3   Martin Heidegger

    I think the whole problem is that it’s “fucking freezing”, as the note says. It wouldn’t be freezing if the roommate and his girl weren’t fucking… so maybe it’s time to be passive-aggressive back and put some ice cubes in the sack. Or on the sack. Whatever.

    Nov 11, 2008 at 10:55 pm   rating: +2  

    • #3.1   Wade

      A bucket of steel ball bearings (kept overnight in the refrigerator) are much more effective than ice cubes. :twisted:

      Nov 12, 2008 at 7:17 am   rating: +6  

       
    • #3.2   morpho

      marbles kept in the freezer are perfect :twisted:

      Nov 12, 2008 at 3:23 pm   rating: +2  

       
    • #3.3   Jahzzie

      Morpho, That’s the exact reason I divorced my ex-husband.

      Nov 14, 2008 at 6:07 pm   rating: 0  

       
     
  • #4   Wesley

    Let her turn the heat on.

    …and if the majority must rule (which doesn’t make much sense anyway), let her have a vote. 2:2 = tie.

    She and their roommate are a package deal. They accept him, they accept her, and he does pay his share of the bills.

    Nov 11, 2008 at 10:58 pm   rating: +2  

    • #4.1   Melanie

      If your name isn’t on the lease/you’re not paying rent or contributing to the electric/gas bills, you get no vote.

      Nov 11, 2008 at 11:08 pm   rating: +168  

       
    • #4.2   hydromjstik

      yeah, Wesley I disagree too. He does pay his share of the bills…but she doesn’t pay any part of any bills in the house, she has no right to touch the ‘heat thing’. Besides, she should have plenty of things to keep her warm (at least for a few minutes)

      Nov 11, 2008 at 11:34 pm   rating: +58  

       
    • #4.3   aaa

      Lemme guess, Wesley was an ever-present non-rent-paying boyfriend at some point in time.

      I mean, do you really think a guest (and yes, a girlfriend whose name isn’t on the rent agreement and doesn’t pay rent is a guest) has more say than a rent-paying resident?

      Nov 11, 2008 at 11:47 pm   rating: +82  

       
    • #4.4   Joyful

      Boooo!

      Nov 12, 2008 at 12:39 am   rating: +1  

       
    • #4.5   biscuit

      Until the bitch pays, she has no say.

      Nov 12, 2008 at 12:45 am   rating: +67  

       
    • #4.6   tbrauch

      You only get to vote when you are paying rent.

      If 3 people are paying rent, each gets 1 vote so there are only 3 votes. The bitch and her boyfriend can split their vote, but it’s still only one vote. He might pay his share of the bills, but until he pays her share, too, no vote for her.

      Now, move out of your girlfriend’s place and get your own apartment or start paying rent.

      Nov 12, 2008 at 1:05 am   rating: +29  

       
    • #4.7   Canthz_B

      *wonders if anyone bothered to read any other threads on this site before deciding to comment…shrugs and thinks to self, “certainly not”.*

      Nov 12, 2008 at 2:47 am   rating: +9  

       
    • #4.8   Neil

      Shrugs and thinks to self..”Did Canthz B. realize people are commenting directly to Wesleys comment”….”certainly not”….

      side note…..one vote per rent payer…..the audacity of her to leave a note about the thermostat….

      Nov 12, 2008 at 4:40 am   rating: +53  

       
    • #4.9   Frankie

      OH NO YOU DIDN’T!

      Hey there, Neil is it? I know it is, but I’m just trying to convey a sense of how little I truly care what your name is… Did you ever stop to think that maybe CB was (like the rest of us who have been here for a while) maybe getting a little sick of having to read the same thing over and over and over and over because unlike himself there actually are less courteous people out there (like yourself) who are either not even bothering to read the threads before posting what someone has already said, or they just don’t give a fuck and want to say it again anyway. Like they had the idea first, but (it’s SO not fair) somebody already beat them to it! Did you think that when you said “one vote per rent payer” that it was original? Did you think it would matter because your name (what was that again) would be hovering over that magical little piece of redundant insight? You make me sick Neil.

      *shrugs to self and wonders if Neil realized there is a whole community of PAN commenters who have been here since damn near the beginning and that his inconsideration angers them…….. “certainly fucking not!”*

      Nov 12, 2008 at 10:20 am   rating: +27  

       
    • #4.10   Mishee

      Shrugs and thinks to self, “Did Neil realize that CB was commenting directly to wesley’s comment?”

      who the fuck cares?

      Nov 12, 2008 at 10:32 am   rating: +13  

       
    • #4.11   claw71

      Wesley: you’re an idiot. First of all, why does a majority rule concept not make sense to you? How else would you resolve the situation?

      Of course, the girlfriend is not on the lease and she is not paying rent. This fact was included in the preface to the note. If her boyfriend’s roomies wanted to be dicks they could report her residential status to the landlord and demand that the rent be split four ways.

      Neil: You’re an ass. CB was spot on in his post. Regardless of who a comment is directed at, the author should make an effort to offer an informed submission.

      Nov 12, 2008 at 10:42 am   rating: +23  

       
    • #4.12   Anthony

      Umm, I think people were trying to vote down Wesley when they left a bunch of posts expressing similar opinions. Majority rules, like Claw said.

      PATHETIC MESSAGE BOARD POLICE ARE UNNECESSARILY SUCKING THE FUN OUT OF THE THREAD AND KILLING ME THANK YOU TERRY!

      Nov 12, 2008 at 11:25 am   rating: +55  

       
    • #4.13   secondsout

      I might refer you to the thread about putting the lid down on the toilet. People kept posting the same thing over and over, poo mist, mythbusters, etc. No need in being too repetitious.

      Nov 12, 2008 at 11:45 am   rating: +6  

       
    • #4.14   Goldie

      Maybe the folks on this thread just want to vote again, as they feel their election high wearing off. Hey guys, good news, if you pay the rent, you get one vote. That would be, let’s say, a couple hundred. You can make the checks out to me.

      Nov 12, 2008 at 12:01 pm   rating: +6  

       
    • #4.15   Canthz_B

      Anthony, speaking of sucking the fun out of something, I’d suggest that you read some of the past year’s threads which are archived here.
      It helps to know what the fun of a site is before one can claim said fun is being sucked out of it, and by whom. ;-)

      Nov 12, 2008 at 1:24 pm   rating: +2  

       
    • #4.16   Neil

      Frankie`s angry rants certainly supply a lot of humor.

      Nov 12, 2008 at 1:45 pm   rating: +13  

       
    • #4.17   MW

      Seriously, get a life Frankie. No one cares how long you’ve been here. If Neil wants to type one hundred times his view on the nonrentpaying girlfriend, it’s totally his perogative.

      Nov 12, 2008 at 1:50 pm   rating: +40  

       
    • #4.18   Frankie

      Thank you Neil. It’s really the only time I have ever gotten that mad and ranted on any thread or any web site for that matter, so I do appreciate that it made you laugh as I’m not usually the sort given to fits of rage especially towards people I don’t know or care about and don’t wish to be viewed that way.

      Nov 12, 2008 at 1:52 pm   rating: 0  

       
    • #4.19   Lolita

      Wow, I read thru these sometimes and have noticed the people who are here, everyday. I must say, what a sad little existence in the REAL world you must have, if you need to sit there and try and tell people how they can or can’t comment, simply bc someone else already voiced a similar opinion. Let’s clear this up, shall we? Just bc, like Canthz B., for example, you have nothing better to do than to make comment after comment, in a desperate attempt to be funny and get “thumbed up”, does not mean you OWN the message board. If I want to express my opinion, whether it be the same or different than another commenter’s opinion, I can and will. And if I want to tell you that, I too, find message board police pathetic, I can and will. And did. Now, I must be going…unlike some of you, I have a real life and real friends that need attending to. Oh, and kudos to Frankie (was that your name?) for defending Canthz B’s honor ( insert sarcasm here)…I mean, how dare someone respond to her rudeness with a little of their own!

      Nov 12, 2008 at 2:09 pm   rating: +114  

       
    • #4.20   MW

      Here, here, Lolita!!!

      Nov 12, 2008 at 2:13 pm   rating: +22  

       
    • #4.21   anglophile

      Lolita, if you truly know who is here day in and day out with nothing better to do, then it follows that (a) you must have the same sort of “sad little existence” and (b) it would behoove you to clue in to the fact that CB is a dude. I would have thought his gravatar made that pretty clear, but hey, I guess we all make mistakes.

      Nov 12, 2008 at 2:16 pm   rating: +13  

       
    • #4.22   Mishee

      Lolita - Just because I have a boring job doesn’t necessarily mean I have a sad existence.

      I mean, I do, but shame on you to just assume it!

      Comon people, can’t we all just get a bong along???

      Glo - I heard a rumor somewhere that CB is also black*gasp*

      Nov 12, 2008 at 2:18 pm   rating: +10  

       
    • #4.23   Vampy

      Team shut the fuck up Loita and your “my life is so much better than everyone else’s because I’m not a regular” bullshit. That’s been played a thousand times all across Teh Interwebs and fact is, no one believes the person who spouts it. Basically, if you have to state it, it’s false and renders you a target of well deserved mockery.

      Nov 12, 2008 at 2:21 pm   rating: +12  

       
    • #4.24   Frankie

      Wow lolita. 4.18 wasn’t really sarcastic at all. I was being honest, but I’m sure you have your reasons for doing the exact same thing you just accused me of.

      Nov 12, 2008 at 2:22 pm   rating: +1  

       
    • #4.25   MW

      For the record, *I* don’t think anyone is sad for spending copius amounts of time on this website. I *do* think you are sad if you insist on monitoring the comments and insulting the folks who aren’t in here 24/7.

      Nov 12, 2008 at 2:24 pm   rating: +38  

       
    • #4.26   Lolita

      Actually, anglophile, I know who is here everyday bc , well, you’re here EVERYDAY….I can not check this site for days and then, when I do, …there you all are…comment after comment. It’s not brain surgery. As for Canthz B being a dude…who cares? if you’re gonna give yourself a name like that, you sound like a chick and the avatar is pretty androgynous. And my point stands that you have no right to tell someone how to comment. And yes, I did check in to see who had what to say to me…couldn’t resist. So sue me. and yeah, mw, that was kinda my point, maybe worded a little harshly.

      Nov 12, 2008 at 2:26 pm   rating: +49  

       
    • #4.27   Goldie

      1) This is like the third time someone attempts to give CB a sex-change op on this board. WTF, is this a new way of flirting? Clearly I am behind the times.

      2) “real life and real friends”? Big f-ing deal. I have a real family, a real dog, and … *drum roll* a real job!… try to beat that, Lolita Haze.

      3) personally, I don’t care if someone reposts the same thing as the 20 people before him. If you want to look like a moron, and the bandwidth allows, hey, knock yourself out. It’s a free country, right?

      Nov 12, 2008 at 2:27 pm   rating: +6  

       
    • #4.28   Frankie

      Seriously this is getting to be really disrespectful to let this much get blown out of proportion here. I made my opinion at first (just like everyone else did after and before me) and now it’s just a page full of hatred (my fault too)… Just be an adult about it now or go to my blog and say whatever you want. You just click on my damn name and you can be as hateful as you want. Kerry didn’t make this site for us for this though.

      Nov 12, 2008 at 2:30 pm   rating: +1  

       
    • #4.29   kittybrunette

      Can this be????!!!!!!

      Canthz B can be a BOY???

      Apparently he can! Horrors!

      heeheehee

      Nov 12, 2008 at 2:31 pm   rating: 0  

       
    • #4.30   anglophile

      Actually, Lolita, I’m pretty sure I missed a day or two back in October.

      Nov 12, 2008 at 2:37 pm   rating: +11  

       
    • #4.31   MW

      Why don’t you give yourself a good ole pat on the back for starting this shit, Frankie? And click on your own damn blog because no one else is interested.

      Nov 12, 2008 at 2:38 pm   rating: +14  

       
    • #4.32   Vampy

      And MW can do the same for continuing this, although it’s so clear that they hate it.

      Nov 12, 2008 at 2:40 pm   rating: 0  

       
    • #4.33   Mishee

      *loves to “click frankie’s blog”*

      Nov 12, 2008 at 2:44 pm   rating: +1  

       
    • #4.34   Frankie

      Dude, I’m not even interested in my blog… I am kind of interested in Vampy (and a subject change)

      Vampy… How you doin’?

      Nov 12, 2008 at 2:45 pm   rating: 0  

       
    • #4.35   Vampy

      Alright I suppose. Have a killer headache at the moment. It’s making me extra bitchy today.

      Nov 12, 2008 at 2:46 pm   rating: 0  

       
    • #4.36   Frankie

      Did you catch Angels and Airwaves on One Tree Hill the other night?

      (sorry about your headache)

      Nov 12, 2008 at 2:51 pm   rating: 0  

       
    • #4.37   Vampy

      Hmmm…I’ve never seen One Tree Hill.

      Nov 12, 2008 at 2:53 pm   rating: 0  

       
    • #4.38   Frankie

      How about Kung Fu Panda then? Seen that?

      I have an unnatural crush on Jack Black.

      Nov 12, 2008 at 2:57 pm   rating: +1  

       
    • #4.39   Canthz_B

      Lolita, “Canthz_B” = “Can this be?”.
      There’s nothing feminine about being inquisitive.

      If my avatar seems androgynous to you, may I suggest electrolysis? :-P

      Nov 12, 2008 at 5:20 pm   rating: +8  

       
    • #4.40   AnastasiaBeaverhausen

      Team ‘Anyone But Lolita’

      Nov 12, 2008 at 5:28 pm   rating: +4  

       
    • #4.41   Sydney

      It’s pretty understandable to get irritated at the self-appointed forum police, the regulars who gang up on people they see as outsiders, the people who post 9000 times per thread hoping one of their jokes will stick and get thumbed-up (if you know what I mean and I think you do) and all the other stuff they do that makes PAN less fun for a lot of people. Judging by the votes on comments, I’d say what Lolita and Neil and Anthony said has some support.

      And Canthz, your avatar is teeny tiny small. Not that I’m implying anything by that.

      Nov 12, 2008 at 8:01 pm   rating: +43  

       
    • #4.42   Wade

      And your avatar, Sydney, is… oh wait.

      If you are looking for what makes PAN less fun, try reading this.

      Nov 12, 2008 at 8:13 pm   rating: +4  

       
    • #4.43   Canthz_B

      Been there, done that. :roll:

      The moustache on my Gravatar shows up fine on my monitor, maybe mine is bigger than yours, Sydney.
      Maybe press your face up really close to the screen?

      Nov 12, 2008 at 8:17 pm   rating: +1  

       
    • #4.44   Grey

      Lolita - “Waaah! People like the internet!”

      Nov 12, 2008 at 8:20 pm   rating: +3  

       
    • #4.45   JoeInLA

      “Here, here, Lolita!!!”

      Small point, MW (miniscule really), but the phrase is actually supposed to be “Hear! Hear!” Unless, of course, you were trying to get Lolita to come to you.

      Affectionately yours,
      /s/ Grammar Nazi

      Nov 12, 2008 at 9:16 pm   rating: +5  

       
    • #4.46   MissMelony

      team Lolita! I tried to raise those points a few months ago and i too was shot down… but i guess when people get comfy on a board they think they own it. oh well, thats why i sometimes skip the comments section. and i too though CB was a girl until he mentioned having a wife. and I’m still not sure why that changed my mind

      Nov 12, 2008 at 9:50 pm   rating: +17  

       
    • #4.47   JD

      Frankie wins.

      Nov 13, 2008 at 5:15 am   rating: 0  

       
    • #4.48   amy d

      JD, Frankie always wins.

      I know I’m late to the fight and things seemed to have already cooled down, but I just have to add my two cents on this debate:

      1) I am “a regular”, meaning I am usually here every day (and I also have a real life).

      2) When people post without reading all the comments already on the thread, it does feel somewhat rude and makes the thread repetitious to read. It also makes the poster look bad and we sometimes can’t help pointing that out.

      3) People who are huge fans of this blog ( those who read it daily) are aware this is not our blog, but we do feel some ownership in it. We like it. We are proud of it. We want it to remain at its current high standard of hilarity.

      4) We can sometimes be pompous about pointing things out. Sorry about that. We are a little possessive of it. See #3.

      5) When we refer to “how things are done”, we are not referring to rules, but rather the spirit of the way things are done on this site. Each site has its own culture, its own norms, traditions and taboos.

      6) Even when we get pompous, we are pointing out violations referred to in #5 and refrain from attacking other posters on a personal level.

      That is all. Thank you for reading this.

      Nov 13, 2008 at 8:25 am   rating: +12