Lived in college in a house with 10 other guys. Eventually kind of split off into two distinct groups. We were the bigger partiers but completely reasonable, out the door by 11 at the very latest and always aftering at someone else’s house in the larger friend group if we had one. Cleaned the living room every week. Other group still isn’t satisfied, resentment builds. They were honestly just straight up judgmental and passive aggressive towards all of us, and had varying levels of social superiority complexes.
Comes time for lease renewal and they have the additional friends that want to start living there, we sadly do not. So they are able to force us out.
I hopped on eBay and purchased a handful of small cricket chirp noise makers, and proceeded to hide them in every tiny, obscure nook and cranny I could find. Behind the stove, in the radiator, under the stair carpet through that one tiny hole, etc. Set them all to different noise variations so it would seem believable at first. They only chirp about once every 10-20 minutes at completely random intervals so it’s impossible to predict a chirp time and be mentally prepared to follow the sound. There is literally zero chance they will ever find them all. The only way it will ever stop driving them crazy is if the batteries run out.
I suspect the "other" group would be able to give a very different version of this story somehow...
Yah this!!! Very different!
The way I know OP’s idea of “reasonable” was not at all reasonable by anyone else’s standards but their own.
This isn’t petty revenge. This is dickhead behavior.
So, you guys were loud and disruptive, so they naturally wanted you out. And you proved that you were terrible, immature roommates and that they are far better off without you. Let's be honest, most people don't live for years with the same large group of people for more than a year in college. They sound completely reasonable and you sound truly awful, and you're the one telling this story.
Seriously! 11pm is late as hell when you’re trying to study, have an early class and are exhausted. Being inconsiderate of someone else’s dedication to the education they’re paying for is shitty.
"Cleaned the living room every week"
a.k.a. we'd get shit faced and leave the place a mess but had to clean up when our roommates would complain of the mess...they complained every week!!! Can you believe that?!?!
If it's legit 5 on 5...the place should be getting cleaned almost daily...everyone takes a shift...they just got tired of OPs shit
And yet I enjoyed this story all the same.
Stfu you sound like the shitty roommates that they had to deal with
I knew people like you at uni. Minimal consideration for anyone else. Real "lads" in the worst sense of the word, with a juvenile attitude towards life, as evidenced by your childish prank that may well last long enough to annoy the next lot of tenants. And what's the point if the other people don't know you did it or why? You're not teaching them a lesson, you're just being fucking stupid.
(''Hey, we're not letting OP rent with us again ever again, are we?'') :)))
Honestly you sound immature as hell
YTA
“Time proved that we didn’t live well together in the same space, so when the lease was up and we were going our separate ways, I generously decided to free them up of any guilt they might have felt for asking me to move out, by proving to them it was the right decision.”
They weren't the problem. You are immature and too busy living the trope to be a decent person.
They were a problem for him, so he comes here for self validation, approval, and to make everyone else think of it as a problem.
Narcissistic tendencies 101
Imagine if OP put as much focus/energy into being a considerate housemate as they do partying and pulling immature little “pranks” because they didn’t get what they want and refuse to actually communicate like an adult. … I’d love to see that day
YTA
So did you go to college to study or to party?
did you get off your high horse to make this comment? or did you just type it up there
Seems like a lot of money to spend just to party… I’m pretty sure on average, the door charge is usually around $20-30
They could have saved a lot of money if they just spent that money on door fees instead 😂
As someone who went to UCSB, it unfortunately IS the reality that a lot of these students go to study, but crap happens and there’s a downward spiral. All very sad. OP I hope you can find a respectful and mature way to handle situations such as these in the future. Cheers!
That's the comment of someone who peaked early. I bet you feel high school was the best time of your life, right?
lol you’re the person making assumptions about other people in a terrible way. just like the person who made the comment above me. i am peaking right now with a family and a house and a nice job.
hahah i just looked at your last 20 comments. all negative. hope you find happiness my guy. life isn’t about making people feel bad on reddit.
Yeah… this isn’t petty revenge it’s just petty. I’m all for revenge when the person/ people deserve it but in this case it sounds like you’re the ah
Glad to see we all came to the same conclusion about this story.
Jimminy, the cricket version of the annoy-a-tron. Nicely done.
I love my annoy-a-tron ... Fantastic fun (if they hear it) ..
Oh this is good!
Not all heroes wear capes.
Hero's what?
This is glorious. Better than hidden shrimp in a curtain rod any day. Well played!
Love this! Used one on the back porch at work (small house converted to an office) because we constantly had homeless sleeping on the back porch. Hid it in a locked metal electric box close to the back porch. Took about a week, but it worked like a charm. The batteries last a LONG time.