Are you a good room mate?
Do you have what it takes to be a good room mate? Take this quiz and see where you stand...
How often do you ask your room mate to lend you money?
A) Never.
B) Only in an extreme emergency.
C) Occasionally, but I don’t make a habit of it.
Your room mate just broke up with her boyfriend and seems really down, you:
A) Comfort her with a hug on your way out to the movies and take her out for a night out.
B) Stay home and try to cheer her up.
C) Avoid her - she’s so depressing lately!
You return from a long weekend away to find a sink full of dirty dishes, you:
A) Sweetly remind her to clean up after herself.
B) Do the dishes yourself, then ream her for being a slob.
C) Let it go, she’ll wash them eventually.
You borrow your room mate’s laptop to check your e-mail and you download a virus that wipes out the entire contents of her hard drive, you:
A) Tell her the truth and offer to help restore the contents of her hard drive.
B) Cry hysterically, telling her you were tricked into opening that attachment! Or quietly return the laptop to her desk and deny using it.
C) Tell her it’s her own fault for not having anti-virus software installed.
You know your room mate is neat as a pin yet you can’t help but be a slob, you:
A) Try your best to pick up after yourself.
B) Keep your mess confined to your bedroom.
C) Tell her to find a new room mate if she doesn’t like the way you live.
How much do you know about your room mate’s habits, traits and preferences?
A) You know many things about them, more than what you require to know.
B) You know the things that are relevant to you.
C) Almost nothing. You treat them like any other individual.
You know your room mate is gone for the day and you notice her diary is sitting out in plain view on her bed, you:
A) Casually flip through looking for any mention of you.
B) Read every word she wrote from start to finish.
C) Take it to the library and zerox it in case she ever betrays you.
Your room mate comes home from the mall with tons of packages after telling you she doesn’t have her share of the phone bill, you:
A) Calmly ask her about it.
B) Refuse to pay the bill and let the phone get turned off.
C) Flip out and demand she pay the phone bill!
How friendly are you with your room mate?
A) You speak a lot and do things together, since you need each other while sharing the room.
B) You share things and make friendship; but if you think your room mate needs privacy, you give it to them.
C) You do not open up much with your room mate.
Your room mate has forgotten to lock her cabinet. What you will do?
A) You will inform her and will not open and check her belongings.
B) You will be tempted to see her things but try to control the urge.
C) You will take the advantage of the situation and search each and every corner of it.
In your room mate’s absence she has got one letter with ‘confidential’ written on it. What you will do?
A) Keep the letter on her desk and will not even feel interested in reading it.
B) You will be curious about the letter and whole day you will think about reading it, but you will not dare to read it.
C) You will open it, read it and afterwards tease her about the content.
Your answers:
Mostly A’s
You are considerate, clean and accommodating; the very qualities a good room mate must have in them. You are a treat to live with, for you remain involved in your own work and do no interfere in the affairs of your room mate. No wonder you gain many friends wherever you go.
Mostly B’s
You are not a bad room mate but there is definitely place for improvement. You should be more considerate about other’s feelings and once in a while think about what your room mate would want.
Mostly C’s
Come on you know this.... You suck! If your room mate cleans up you should at least help, not go about wrecking things. It is not very nice to look into other people’s belongings. You are not just a bad room mate but you probably are not a very good person either. No wonder you never really had any friends.
