Awkward encounters of
the roommate kind

By Allie Davison, Staff Writer

et me paint you a picture.
You get home from a long
day of work/school/ life.
You're tired, sweaty, and just
an overall kind of gross. You
absolutely need one thing: a
shower. And even better, there’s
not a roommate in sight! You
commence showering, with your
Beyoncé/Skrillex/ death metal of
choice blaring. Not going to lie:
it’s probably the best shower of
your entire life. You get out and
realize that, in your haste to reach
paradise, you’ve forgotten your
towel in your room. But whatever,
no one else is home... or so you
think! You're mid stride between
the bathroom and the safety of your
room when you hear it: laughter.
You’ve been caught. With the
combination of the shower and the
bumpin’ beats, you didn’t hear the
door, and you’ve been seen.
However, all is not lost. Here
are a few handy tips for the most
awful and unavoidable awkward
roommate moments.
The Shower Incident
You already have the situation,
now all you need is the solution.
Once you shake the deer in the
headlights moment, just keep
on walking. You’ve got it, so
you might as well flaunt it. Any
moment of weakness will only
result in weeks, months, or even
years of humiliating recollections.
Millions of dollars in therapy could
be saved if you just stay strong and
keep on walking.
Food Fight
We all need to eat, but sometimes
the store is just too far away. Sure,
it’s just around the corner but
you've spotted your roommate’s

 

delicious mac and cheese—right
here in the apartment. And those
new noodles are calling out to you.
Unfortunately, your roommate is
out and she didn’t answer your
food pleading text message. So,
you make it (not noticing that it’s
the last box). You’re just finishing
the final delicious morsel when
you get a text response, and with
one word your heart sinks. “No.”
You've broken the roommate code
and eaten food that didn’t belong
to you! Ice cold, dude. At this
point, you have two options to
help you avoid a fatally-awkward
situation. The first: go back in time
and undo your actions. Option
two (only to be used if your handy
time machine is on the fritz): get
your lazy ass off the couch, run to
the corner store, and replace them
yourself. Maybe while you’re there
you can pick up a few boxes for
yourself so you can avoid a similar
crisis in the future.

Sex-capades

It’s Saturday night, aka date night.
The roommate’s out, and you have
your sweet lady and/or man friend
over for a little lovin’. You stick
Superbad in the DVD player (some
laughs, some tears: nothing gets
‘em in the mood more), pop some
tasty popcorn, and snuggle up.
About halfway through the movie,
and more than halfway through
something else (“wink*wink*), in
walks your drunken roommate.
Not cool, bro. Not cool. Only one
solution to this dilemma. Clearly,
your roommate knew what would
be going on in the Love House
this fine Saturday evening, and all
they want is a friendly invite. Turn
that twosome into a threesome!
Everyone's a winner, and that
makes for one happy household.

 

Opinions.

A good deed a day keeps
the happiness in play

‘People for Good’ campaign encourages a better world

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By Jenn Markham

he other day on the radio,
I heard an ad encouraging
people to get out there and
do good deeds for strangers, like
saying hello or holding the door
for someone. At the end of the ad,
they asked listeners to go to their
website for more information. I
checked the website out for myself
and, at least from what I’ve seen, it
sounds like a great idea. Their goal
is to make the world a better place,
one good deed at a time.
Apparently the whole
operation got started when they
challenged five Canadians to doa
good deed every day for a week.
The website also has cool webcam
posts from people who are already
putting the movement forward.
The videos are of average people
doing aforementioned small good
deeds for strangers, such as a girl
in Paris who offers to take pictures
for travellers. The websites never

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feeling you get from a deed well
done.

I love the simple, optimistic
nature of the whole thing. While
the idea itself might not be that
innovative, accessing people
through the radio and online is
a new tactic. They have a list of
suggested good deeds that you can
add to, including pass the remote,
pick up a piece of litter, and even
telling someone that you love them.

The part that I don’t like is
when they say “Rest assured, we’re
not asking for money, we just want
you to donate a little generosity.”
There’s an opportunity to click a
button to join the movement and
pledge your support, but they
never say where the money goes.
While there are obvious costs for
such an operation—like paying for
the website domain and the radio
ads—with so much dishonesty on
the web, it becomes increasingly
important to state what exactly the
contributions are going towards.

I like the idea, but their
execution is slightly off.

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