allkindsofawfulnerdshit:

notbadcosplay:

Con Room mate horror stories. You’ve heard them. You may have experienced them. It takes one bad egg to make everyone in the room miserable. So here’s some tips to help you not be “that guy” and make you a likable room mate.

1. Pay in advanced - I always pay the “head” of my room in advanced, usually in payments since I’m broke as a joke. But he’s been in the situation where he’s asked for money and come Sunday of the convention, they’re gone and haven’t paid. Pay for your portion of the room in advanced.
2. Don’t Bring Strangers into the Room - This is one thing that freaks me out. I don’t like people I don’t know in a hotel room with my nice costumes and expensive wigs. Things go missing. Props get broken. Hell, I once came back to my hotel room and found 12 people no one but one person knew making a giant mess with like, 4 pizzas. Not cool.
3. Figure out sleeping arrangements BEFORE the con - Let the “head” of the room know if you can’t sleep on the floor. Ask if you need to bring a sleeping bag. Figure out where you are sleeping. Nothing is worse than Friday night someone getting upset because they have a bad back and can’t sleep on the floor.
4. DON’T TOUCH ANYONE’S STUFF - I once had a girl use my razor. MY RAZOR THAT I SHAVE PRIVATE AREAS WITH. Respect other people’s stuff. I’m sure someone has brought an extra razor if you need one.
5. Gonna party? Don’t do it in a non-party room - Don’t party in a hotel room where people will want to sleep. Don’t come back to your room at 5am stumbling over people and “whispering” (which we all know, when you’re intoxicated, WHISPERING DOESNT HAPPEN).
6. Ate Taco Bell and need to destroy the toilet? Warn your room mates! - Send out a text to the room head to let everyone know you’re getting sick in the bathroom and they should probably not go back for a while. Flush the toilet and turn on that nifty fan to air out the bathroom. Having bowel issues may be nerve wracking to let others know, but it would be far more mortifying to have someone walk into the room while it sounds like you’re birthing some demon child.
7. Gonna get some lovin’? LET PEOPLE KNOW. - Our room usually has at least one couple. Now we’re all adults. And adults get frisky. Nothing gross about that. When I had a partner, we let everyone in our room know several hours in advanced that we were gonna have some “special time” during at a set time. When we were finished, we would text the “all clear”. The sock on the door knob thing doesn’t work well when you’ve got people running around being jerks and taking them.
8. Clean up after yourself - No one in that room is your mother (well, if you’re younger, possibly). Clean up the mess you make.
9. TAKE A SHOWER - Nothing is worse than being stuck in a room with someone who hasn’t showered. You may not smell yourself, but everyone else can. And guess what? The water is FREE.

A lot of being a good room mate is just common sense. But it seems almost every con I get a bad egg (not so much anymore since I’ve found a group I enjoy rooming with). No one likes a bad room mate. And word spreads around quickly over who is a bad room mate and who is a good one. Do yourself a favor and be a good room mate.

Hey you ding dangs - with the convention season upon us, here’s some friendly reminders on how not to be a weird jerk.

With that said, I eagerly anticipate your con horror stories, if you should have any. I’ll be hanging around ACen next week with my pals and may have a few of a my own.

(via urdnot-wrex)