Are you the roommate from hell?

Do you have what it takes to share a residence with someone? Take this quiz and see where you stand...


Though it can seem pretty scary, for many of those living alone in a city like Mumbai,New York and philippines , sharing accommodation is often the most financially viable option. Unfortunately, you can’t always choose your roommate and like all relationships, if not tended to properly, this one too can lead to unending problems.
Here’s a quiz that will help you gauge the type of roommate you are:

How often do you ask your roommate to lend you money?
A) Never.
B) Only in an extreme emergency.
C) Occasionally, but it’s not a habit.

Your roommate just broke up with her boyfriend and seems really down, you:
A) Comfort her with a hug and take her out for a movie or a night out. B) Stay home and try to cheer her up.
C) Avoid her as you find her very depressing lately!

You return from a long weekend to find the sink full of dirty dishes, you:
A) Sweetly remind her to clean up after herself. B) Do the dishes yourself, then scold her for being a slob.
C) Let it go, and hope she’ll change eventually.

You borrow your roommate’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) Quietly return the laptop to her desk and deny using it.
C) Tell her it’s her own fault for not having antivirus software installed.

You know your roommate 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 room or your side.
C) Tell her to find a new place for herself if she doesn’t like your ways.

How much do you know about your roommate’s habits, traits and preferences?
A) Many things, maybe more than what you are require to know.
B) You know the things that are relevant to you. C) Almost nothing. You treat him/her like any other individual.

You know your roommate is gone for the day and you see her diary 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 make a copy it in case she ever betrays you.

Your roommate 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 remind her about her share.
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 roommate?
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.

You roommate 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 roommate’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 roommate 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 roommate. No wonder you gain many friends wherever you go.
Mostly B’s
You are not a badroom 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 roommate would want.
Mostly C’s
Come on you know this.... You are the quintessential roommate from hell! If your roommate 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 roommate but you probably are not a very good person either. No wonder you never really had any friends.