ORLANDO, Fla.--(COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Feb 12, 2004--You are probably filling out the forms for student housing soon. What can you expect from your next college roommate? Will you wake up with blue hair or freshly baked cookies? Will your roommate be your best friend or your worst nightmare? That depends on how you fill out the college roommate quiz and how you get along with your new roomie. CollegeSafe.com introduces a free guide on surviving college roommates available at www.CollegeSafe.com/roomie.htm.
You can`t choose your parents and you can`t choose your brothers or sisters, but you can take steps to get good roommates. When you`re filling out the roommate quiz, be honest and maybe even exaggerate a bit on the things that are important to you. Be yourself. Forget about trying to act cool, the people reading it couldn�t care less. For example, if you are a person that likes order and gets stressed when things are messy, then say that you are a neat freak and don`t they dare match you with a slob or you`ll go postal.
On the other hand, if you use your floor as your laundry basket and wash the dishes one at a time from the big pile in the sink only when you need one, then don`t put down that cleanliness is important to you. You might be hoping to get paired up with someone who is a real neat freak so that they will do all the cleaning and you can slide by without doing much, but this will only cause problems in the long run. You are likely to find the underwear that you left in the living room slowly burning in a pile outside or in the middle of your bed. Or you`ll wake up with a new hair cut your roommate was kind enough to give you while you were sleeping. It is not a good idea to upset someone that has access to the food you eat and that can come in and do what they want to you while you are sleeping.
Roommates in the past have done some cruel and vicious things. If you want to sleep well at night, try to get along with your roommate.
Some of the things roommates have done include:
* Used their roommate`s toothbrush as a toilet brush and then put it back un-rinsed.
* Spit in their food or emptied used condoms in their food.
* Gone to the bathroom in their cologne or their body spray (it gives new meaning to ''Eau de toilette'').
* Cut their hair while they were sleeping.
* Set up web cams and hidden camera to spy on their roommate�s intimate moments.
* Used their email accounts to send harassing emails to teachers.
CollegeSafe.com is a division of www.MainStreetSafety.com, your online source for safety news, information and products. www.CollegeSafe.com is dedicated to giving you the latest safety products and information. Go to www.CollegeSafe.com/roomie.htm to download your free guide for more tips and information on how to survive college.
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