How to deal with being fined for something you didn't do?

[Vince S.]

If you read my "you know you're a tool when..." thread, you'll know what I am referring to. Here's a quick recap:

My moron suitemate decides to punch a hole in the common room wall after losing a game of pong last weekend. He called his mom to come up to fix it. She came up today and patched the hole, but it was a very shoddy job and it's very obvious what happened. The plaster juts out about an 1/8 of an inch, and it looks rough and discolored from the rest of the wall. I should mention that his mother brought all the supplies and did all the work while he stood there, arms crossed, pout-on-face like the immature ******* he is.

A brief dialogue between mother and son:

Moron: Hurry up mom, can't you work faster?! Cmon!"

Mom: "Okay, it's done. Now if it starts to pe..."

Moron: "Whatever mom, I don't care. Just go home already!"

Mom (totally ignoring what he just said): "if it starts to peel, just apply some more water and paste to it and..."

Moron: "Okay okay I hear ya mom, just shut up already."

On a side note, I've had it up to here with this d-bag already. I'm at my last wits with him, and every time I see him I feel a serious urge to want to punch him in the face. He's a spoiled brat, a racist, and a melodramatic *****. He collects 20 dollars from each suitemate every week to buy our groceries. However, only a certain amount actually goes towards food (which I don't eat because i have a meal plan). The rest he uses for his alcohol fund for his parties. He has disliked me from the start of semester (like I said, a racist), and he explicitly said I was not welcome at his parties he throws at our suite. Yet my money is going towards the alcohol I'm not supposed to have?

Anyway, I took some photos of the damage, and I have people who can vouch that I was out of town that weekend when it happened. If the school finds out, we will ALL get fined, plus docked priority points, which we need for housing.

Anything I else I should document?

[FL Knifemaker]

He said suitemate

[TrooperFarva]

If your school is anything like my school, they won't care, as long as it's patched, however poorly. My one roommate put his foot through a wall once, and the rest of us caused other damage elsewhere. We 'repaired' the damage. It wasn't a great job, but it's wasn't crap either, and we never heard a thing about it.

My building was once charged because someone 'expended' a fire extinguisher. We all had to split the cost of refilling it. I think it was $1.47 each.

[DigMe]

Why are you continuing to pay him money if you're not eating any of the food? Tell him that you won't pay anymore since you do not partake and then make SURE you don't touch a bit of the food that he buys.

bc

[DigMe]

I used to live in an apartment with guys where we all bought our own groceries. There was this one dude who would absolutely flip out if you touched his syrup. I don't know what was so magical about that syrup but I gave it plenty of room.

bc

[jive1]

Originally Posted by DigMe

Why are you continuing to pay him money if you're not eating any of the food? Tell him that you won't pay anymore since you do not partake and then make SURE you don't touch a bit of the food that he buys.

bc

+1

Seriously, why are you giving him YOUR money to get nothing in return. And seriously, why are you still living with him? Talk to someone in residential about making a switch or moving out.

jl

[TrooperFarva]

Originally Posted by DigMe

Why are you continuing to pay him money if you're not eating any of the food? Tell him that you won't pay anymore since you do not partake and then make SURE you don't touch a bit of the food that he buys.

bc

+1

As an extension to that, make, or get ahold of, a counterfeit $20 bill, and use that to pay. Hope that he goes to the post office with it.

[davetakis]

Originally Posted by Vince S.

If you read my "you know you're a tool when..." thread, you'll know what I am referring to. Here's a quick recap:

My moron suitemate decides to punch a hole in the common room wall after losing a game of pong last weekend. He called his mom to come up to fix it. She came up today and patched the hole, but it was a very shoddy job and it's very obvious what happened. The plaster juts out about an 1/8 of an inch, and it looks rough and discolored from the rest of the wall. I should mention that his mother brought all the supplies and did all the work while he stood there, arms crossed, pout-on-face like the immature ******* he is.

A brief dialogue between mother and son:

Moron: Hurry up mom, can't you work faster?! Cmon!"

Mom: "Okay, it's done. Now if it starts to pe..."

Moron: "Whatever mom, I don't care. Just go home already!"

Mom (totally ignoring what he just said): "if it starts to peel, just apply some more water and paste to it and..."

Moron: "Okay okay I hear ya mom, just shut up already."

On a side note, I've had it up to here with this d-bag already. I'm at my last wits with him, and every time I see him I feel a serious urge to want to punch him in the face. He's a spoiled brat, a racist, and a melodramatic *****. He collects 20 dollars from each suitemate every week to buy our groceries. However, only a certain amount actually goes towards food (which I don't eat because i have a meal plan). The rest he uses for his alcohol fund for his parties. He has disliked me from the start of semester (like I said, a racist), and he explicitly said I was not welcome at his parties he throws at our suite. Yet my money is going towards the alcohol I'm not supposed to have?

Anyway, I took some photos of the damage, and I have people who can vouch that I was out of town that weekend when it happened. If the school finds out, we will ALL get fined, plus docked priority points, which we need for housing.

Anything I else I should document?

whoa whoa whoa, you cant come to parties at your own suite. you know, next time he passes out. get some friends togethr and throw him a "blanket party". actually, wait until he is sober and just sleeping. it will be more effective.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanket_party

use soap!!!!!!!!

[Justpucky]

If you have a meal plan, and are told not to attend the parties, don't pay the $20.

If you can (do any of the other suite mates like you?) get him wound up and try and video tape him voicing the prejudice against you. Then go back to housing and either get him out, or a new room for yourself.

[Bassic83]

Wow- he treats his own MOM like that? What a jerkwad. I'd photocopy a twenty on a laserprinter and give it to him. Or, pay him with Monopoly money. Seriously, if he hates you because he's a racist, can you document that? Here in the States, it's easy to ruin someone for life if they are a racist. I'm taking it you're in the UK possibly? I'd seriously never give him another cent. Not no way, not no how. If there is some way to photograph him in some sort of "compromising position", I'd do it, and hold on to it as "evidence" to be used at a later time. Is there any way of finding another pad?

People who mistreat their own mother have no respect for anything or anyone, and quite often turn into serial killers. Get away while you can.

[peterbright]

Quit whining & do something about it.

[Vince S.]

There's four weeks left in the semester, so at this point, I don't think moving out is an option. I have already put up with his crap for an entire semester. I moved out from my first suite last semester because one of my suitemates there got drunk, threw a beer can at my door, and started calling me racial slurs and challenging me to fight him. I went to student affairs and reslife for that one and got moved. I seem to have bad luck with suitemates.

As far as the other suitemates go, only two of the guys are really neutral about me, but they are both friends with the d-bag. The other two (including my actual roommate) are also friends with d-bag and seem to side with him on everything. I've caught my roommate talking smack behind my back on multiple occasions and it's usually with d-bag. I don't fault the other guy and my roommate as much; they're rather diffident guys and try to side with somebody so they can "look tough". According to one of my best friends who lived in the same space as my roommate last year, he is one of those no-confidence types that latches onto somebody "tough" to be their lackey. It's hard to explain online, but I'm sure we all know people like that.

Anyway, d-bag seems to have had it out for me since the start of semester (I replaced another suitemate that was living here). He is very passive aggressive, blames me behind my back for things that go wrong in the suite, etc. I've really had it up to here with the guy. Just four more weeks. I'll tell him to **** off about the payments though, just to see how he reacts.

[Vince S.]

Originally Posted by Bassic83

Wow- he treats his own MOM like that? What a jerkwad. I'd photocopy a twenty on a laserprinter and give it to him. Or, pay him with Monopoly money. Seriously, if he hates you because he's a racist, can you document that? Here in the States, it's easy to ruin someone for life if they are a racist. I'm taking it you're in the UK possibly? I'd seriously never give him another cent. Not no way, not no how. If there is some way to photograph him in some sort of "compromising position", I'd do it, and hold on to it as "evidence" to be used at a later time. Is there any way of finding another pad?

People who mistreat their own mother have no respect for anything or anyone, and quite often turn into serial killers. Get away while you can.

Nope, upstate NY

[seventhson]

That mom should have spanked him as a child.

[Bassic83]

Originally Posted by Vince S.

Nope, upstate NY

You want that I should have Vinny and Dino take little drive?

[Bassic83]

Originally Posted by seventhson

That mom should have spanked him as a child.

I'd go back further than that...

[Mr. Black]

You should just kick his ass.....

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Originally Posted by seventhson

That mom should have spanked him as a child.

+1

My mum would have put my face through the wall if i had acted like that towards her.

[davetakis]

Originally Posted by Bassic83

You want that I should have Vinny and Dino take little drive?

maybe dave and eric can pay a little visit...........

[Bad Brains]

If you get fined for something you didn't do, talking to them probably wont help.

Just vandalize other property of theirs, but make sure you do it so you don't get caught. Make it worth the money they are taking from you.