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I wanted to ask if anyone is having the same problem I am at my home. First off I don't want to give any names or anything so I will keep it simple.
I live in a home with 4 PCs, One in my room, one in the living room, one in my roomates room and another in another roomates room. Now we live in a home with, I won't give a total, quite a few people. I can't keep a full time job myself because of health reasons so my wife flips the bill on our part of the rent, anyway I try to help out the home owners wife with housework and laundry and things like that so she doesn't have to do all these things by herself with all the people here.
The other roomates don't do anything but eat, sleep and play WOW. Now there is nothing wrong with playing an online game, I even gave one similar to it a go, but you can't let it make you lazy. These guys do not work they do not try to look for work and do not help with the house. All they talk about is WOW and have spent alot of money on the game while not contributing to the household. Which is terrible considering that only 2 of us have regular jobs.
Are you gonna play this game if you have no electricity? Well then you should start helping with the bill right? I think it's pathetic that I can help out with house duties and have bad health, but these guys can play all the time and lounge. When they are asked to do something "ASKED" they either do it and b***h or make an excuse why they can't or worse yet try to give you a guilt trip as to why you aren't able to do it yourself. Now take in mind we are talking guys 21 to 30 in age! Oh and God forbid if the router gets bumped while you are cleaning!!!!
So you can see Wow is not my favorite game for the simple fact it has made this home hard to keep up!!!!
I'd like to know if anyone else has this same problem!!!!
I live in a home with 4 PCs, One in my room, one in the living room, one in my roomates room and another in another roomates room. Now we live in a home with, I won't give a total, quite a few people. I can't keep a full time job myself because of health reasons so my wife flips the bill on our part of the rent, anyway I try to help out the home owners wife with housework and laundry and things like that so she doesn't have to do all these things by herself with all the people here.
The other roomates don't do anything but eat, sleep and play WOW. Now there is nothing wrong with playing an online game, I even gave one similar to it a go, but you can't let it make you lazy. These guys do not work they do not try to look for work and do not help with the house. All they talk about is WOW and have spent alot of money on the game while not contributing to the household. Which is terrible considering that only 2 of us have regular jobs.
Are you gonna play this game if you have no electricity? Well then you should start helping with the bill right? I think it's pathetic that I can help out with house duties and have bad health, but these guys can play all the time and lounge. When they are asked to do something "ASKED" they either do it and b***h or make an excuse why they can't or worse yet try to give you a guilt trip as to why you aren't able to do it yourself. Now take in mind we are talking guys 21 to 30 in age! Oh and God forbid if the router gets bumped while you are cleaning!!!!
So you can see Wow is not my favorite game for the simple fact it has made this home hard to keep up!!!!
I'd like to know if anyone else has this same problem!!!!
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Re: WOW Makes you lazy
Sat, March 10, 2007 - 9:09 AMI wouldn't say WoW makes a person lazy, but I do agree that it is one of the many things that doesn't help encourage getting up and doing something else. A good book makes me want to sit about until I've finished it. An interesting article or blog makes me want to keep looking for more. Drawing will keep me glued to the spot until my eyes feel like they're lined with steel-wool. For some it's a video game, for some it is tv (after all, the term is usually 'couch potato'), for others they simply can't be bothered to do anything -but- their chosen hobby.
I'm sorry to hear about your position, though if they aren't doing their share, why aren't they evicted? If they're so lazy that they can't do their part in the household or keep up on their portion of the rent, I can't think of any reason they need to stay. A roommate that doesn't pay his way is almost as bad as no roommate at all; better in fact if you can at least start advertising the space for rent. -
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Sat, March 10, 2007 - 9:50 AMWell for starters the roomates are family to the homeowner through marriage. SO you can see where that makes it difficult, anyway one of the roomates actually had a GF who was motivating him to work , but he broke it off with her because, get this, she was nagging him to much to do things!!! Crazy huh?
As far as the lazy comment it really has made them lazy as far as what really needs to be done here. I do agree it might jot make "everyone" lazy, I'm just going by experience with me.
Don't get me wrong these guys are my friends and I would do anything for them, it's just so bothering they care so little about things here. -
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Sat, March 10, 2007 - 10:29 PMEch, that -is- a bad situation.
Yeah, unfortunately the motivated SO tends to be out the door quicker because that's easier on the lazy one, which is sad. Even worse when they stay and everyone is miserable, but... yeah. There's a lot of that around here, since it's easier to go to a bar rather than find work; though how they pay off their tab I have no idea.
I understand fully, they've found something to distract themselves with and it happens to be WoW in this case. They're just not willing to budge from their 'excuse' to do anything that could be called work, which I think is more the heart of the problem; but I completely can understand where you're coming from.
I wish I could suggest something to help, but I really can't. Hopefully someone here can give you a few ideas, or with any luck they'll get bored with the game and move on. -
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Mon, March 12, 2007 - 8:25 AMAhh roomate issues. This is why you never move in with your friends. If the home owner allows these famly members to live there there has to hbe house rules. No guilt trips allowed everyone is equal in the house and using it. Take a stand and find a compromise. Every day at 10:00 and 5:00 it's 1 hour of house time. Negotiate what the 2 hours are but it is something you have to do. Rarely will people in their 20's on a free ride want to do housework.
Heck even if they were the opposite of lazy you would still have a problem. What if they were ski bums, never at home unless they are asleep or eating. Greanted they may make less of a mess but you see my point.
Make a schedule and enforce who pays the bills. The fact that they are family should not be a hinderance but an advantage.
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Tue, March 13, 2007 - 8:12 AMWhat health problems do you have from preventing you from making money?
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Sat, April 21, 2007 - 12:45 PMOk to answer you the problems I have is stress related to diabetes. I use to work in a Warehouse did it for like 10 years. Then I started noticing I was growing tired easy and things would spin as I worked harder. Now I have worked with guys with diabetes and they don't seem to have these problems, but stress makes it worse. I feel less of a man now because of this, I feel a man's place is earning an income for his family not the other way around. I tried the whole call center thing, but with the diabetes I get angry real easy and would walk off, can't earn a living like that. So I am getting help for my problems and I should be able to learn what I can and can't do. That way I can earn an income with my wife and we can find our own home. Then WOW will be a bad memory for me that stays just that, A memory! -
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Mon, April 23, 2007 - 8:36 AMBest of luck. Have you tried an anti depressant? I have a similar issue but with back pain. I have a bunch of broken spots mixed with birth defects and coping with the pain has made me feel the same way. I get angry easily and the vicoden doesn't help. Luckally I work in an office not a wherehouse so that isn't much of a problem. But do take care of yourself and good luck. :)
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Sat, April 28, 2007 - 2:58 AMThis is just my opinion, sorry if it comes off as harsh.
First of all you are not the homeowner so you have no say what others do with their time in the household or what any of them should contribute. If you all were on the lease or mortgage then it would be different.. You're renting a space inside a home which isn't yours.
It sounds more like to me that you are mad because you contribute to the housework and the others don't. The only way I can see this affecting you is if you were forced to clean the others messes, which is not how it seems and you do it because you want to help out. Good for you . It is the homeowners responsibility to set the rules for the household and if you have a problem with the way they are handling the household you should move out. and rent somewhere else.
This is not a problem for you, because it doesn't affect you in any way except mentally and you need to get over it.
Stop concerning yourself over what others are doing and start concerning yourself about ways to releive your stress and how to achieve your goals.
Try to eat healthier, get plenty of exercise (yoga is really good), breathing exercises, don't do something that will cause stress like picking up a roomates trash, because it will lead into everything you have just posted. If you can't work full time, find a part time job or get out of the house for most of the day.
People live with all sorts of health issues and if you let them take control of your life you have lost the battle. -
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Sun, June 10, 2007 - 9:21 PMSlowly I was trying to do as suggested and things actually got better for us. My wife got one of our roommates a job with her and he actually worked, but as soon as he got home he got on the game and stayed on it until 10 am when he had to be at work at 3:30. It was a bit** to get him up to go. Well the final straw came when he decided to sit up all night and not sleep and actually fell asleep about 1:00 (remember work is at 3:30.) I told my wife to just leave him cause it was not worth her job. His sister (home owners wife) tried to get him up to at least call in. He decided to show his ass cause he got woke up. He decided not to call in and hence lost his job due to no call no show. My wife was pretty much left holding the bag and was chewed out cause she went up to bat for him.
We finally had a really bad argument here and I got to blow off some steam, It's amazing how much better you feel when you do so. My roommate offered an apology and promised his sister he would look for a job, but it's been over a week and he has yet to look.
These people are like family to me which is why i complain about it so much, cause he is only 21 and has his whole life ahead of him. I just wish he could see past that d***n game.
So when people on here tell me it's none of my business, it might not be, but where we are close so I guess I feel I have a say cause I was told it was "our" home so you can see my frustration. I'm hoping to conquer this soon and then I'll repost so everyone wish me luck and pray this kid gets his act together!!! -
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Mon, June 11, 2007 - 9:48 AMSounds like you mae a good dent. Keep that pressure on him and come up with a releif. If you make it uncomfortable to just sit there and game but constantly remind him it wouldn't be so if he would do X then maybee he'll try it and you have to reward him by reliving the pressure. Much like training a dog, give him a target and reward him when he gets there. It sounds like you are the parentla figures in his live adn even though he is 21 he hasn;t left the nest yet adn it's up to you to be that guide. It is your buisness, family is two fold, you support each other but you call each other on their shit too. :)
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Fri, July 6, 2007 - 5:00 PMhahahahah 21, whole life ahead of you, hahahahahahah
Thats when life goes downhill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nothing left to do but make love and play warcraft!
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