[nabs-l] Blindness and roommates

[Karl Martin Adam]

They probably don't think using your chair or your power strip is 
a big deal if you're not using it at the moment.  This all sounds 
pretty normal to me.  If they were actually stealing things and 
say selling them or taking them out of the dorm it would be 
different, but it sounds like they just use the stuff that's in 
the appartment and don't really worry about who it belongs to.  
My advice would be to loosen up a bit (unless there's more 
serious stuff going on that you haven't mentioned).  Failing 
that, maybe have a respectful conversation with them and explain 
that it really bothers you when they use your things.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Sami Osborne via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 02:41:28 -0400
Subject: [nabs-l] Blindness and roommates

Hi all,

As you probably know, I am currently a college freshman and
really enjoy it so far.  However, I have experienced major issues
with my two roommates throughout the course of the semester.  It
seems to me that both of them are not very organized with their
belongings, and that I am the most organized out of the three of
us.  The first incident that happened was back in September, when
one of my mates charged his laptop using my power strip while I
was home for the weekend, and I therefore didn't notice until
when I returned to campus on Monday morning.  Also, the same guy
took his lamp and put it on my desk rather than his own, and also
put one sock of his under my bed and the other one under his.
Also, both of them often times invite their friends into our rom,
and it can get pretty rowdy.  Most nights, they  stay up later
than me - usually until 1:30 or 2:00 AM.  While I personally
don't have a problem with this, it does irritate me that they are
staying up listening to music and watching TV while I'm trying to
get some rest for the next day.  It also seems as though they
take full advantage of the fact that I go home every weekend to
get into or even steal my personal posessions.  For example, they
took away my desk chair without any notice to me, and didn't
bring it back to my desk until the following Monday, and even so,
I had to ask them to give it back to me.  The last straw happened
just today, when I discovered that they had stolen my night table
next to my bed.  I have no idea why they did that, but that's
what they did.  Fortunately, they restored it, but I was really
shocked and angry that they did this.

So as you can see, I've had some rather major issues with my
roommates throughout the whole semester.  The things that they've
been doing are very disrespectful to me personally.  I reported
most of these concerns to the director of Residence Life just
this morning, but he just responded to just have a conversation
with my roommates, and that if it didn't work, we just have a
meeting with them as well as my RA to figure out what to do next.

It's also very unfortunate that, one of my accommodations was to
have a single room, but that request was never granted to me.
When I confronted the Residence Life director, he simply
responded that they did try to accommodate my request by only
putting me in a unit for four, because apparently all the other
units have up to seven people in them.  Although, as you can see,
that wasn't exactly what I asked for.

So I had a few questions for you guys: first, do you think that
my roommates have been taking advantage of my absence over the
weekend, as well as maybe my blindness, (like maybe thinking,
"Oh, he's blind, he won't notice") to use and/or steal my
belongings? Second, what kinds of things should I do to prevent
this from happening again in the future?

I  hope you can get back to me soon, because this is really a
serious matter for me.

Thanks and enjoy your week,

Sami

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