Wednesday, February 11, 2009

exit polls.

Continuation of Roommate Weirdness:

She smokes in the room: in our shared bedroom, in the kitchen, and even in our bathroom. I actually don't really mind the smell of smoke, so I've been reluctant to say anything, but the problem is that I actually have some funky lung/blood problems that a lot of exposure to smoke can really do bad things for me. (Okay, plus smoke is not healthy for ANYBODY.) So I was hoping to find a nice way of asking her not to smoke in the apartment, or at the very least not in our bedroom.

And, lucky me! Today she said in French, "Oh, by the way, does the smell of the smoke bother you?"

And I said in French, "Well...actually I do smell it in the bedroom and it really bothers me...but I don't have a problem if you want to smoke in the kitchen or bathroom."

We exchanged friendly glances, and satisfied that I had made a fair request I then went into the kitchen to get a snack. I came back into the bedroom to grab my bag before leaving--and saw that my roommate had lit up and was smoking. In the bedroom. Immediately after asking my opinion on it and immediately after I told her that I didn't give a shit where she smoked in our apartment as long as it wasn't the bedroom.

I tried to rethink what I said in French, and that maybe I had been vague or I had said something incorrectly, but...I hadn't. So basically this girl just doesn't give a shit.

So wait, why did she bother asking? Was she just taking a survey? Like a public opinion poll or exit poll? What the hell??

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