Guy Secretly Trains Roommate To Not Respond To Morning Alarms

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mattstaff
Oct 8, 2021 7:00 PM EDT

There are far too many of us that have ended up having to deal with terribly frustrating roommates that can't be bothered to be considerate and generally mindful of sharing the same living space. It sounds like this dude had to deal with quite the monstrously clueless human being. The fact that his roommate wanted to have a date over for the night, while they shared the same room is just a bit of a red flag. So, when he hit his breaking point, he decided to enact a calculated revenge that involved training his roommate to not respond to his morning alarms. Pretty brilliant. Kind of twisted. For some more roommate drama, check out this pro revenge story about a roommate who thought she was sneaky, and ended up owing $400.

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    Font - r/ProRevenge u/Butterflychunks · 3d + Join 1 1 I secretly trained my roommate to not respond to his morning alarms (Reposting from a post I made in O r/AmlTheA hole) I was in college, senior. My roommate was a sophomore but it was his first time living in a dorm. He'd been a pretty lousy roommate, constantly left the room a mess, left his stuff on my side of the room and on my bed, stole my alcohol, used my shit without permission, never clean up my dishes after he used them, and a bunch
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    Font - He asked me once if it was okay if his girl spent the night, which I said no. We were in the middle of a pandemic, plus that's especially weird if i was there. I also had to wake up every day at 8 for work, which he knew, and he would stay up until 2am playing video games some nights. Not to mention, he would set like 10 alarms in the morning with a bunch of different alarm tones.
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    Font - I hit a breaking point and decided to do something cruel. Every morning when I woke up, I'd observe his alarm pattern and how he'd respond. He had several alarms that he'd ignore, all with the same sound. He had a couple half-hour alarms that had a unique sound (also ignored), and then the final alarm had its own sound too. All of them were default iPhone sounds. So his brain had been trained to this alarm pattern for a while, I'd assumed. So I started step one of the punishment: set up a
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    Font - He responded to my alarms the exact same way he'd respond to his own. I kept this up for a week, and his brain was eventually re-trained to sleep through double the amount of alarms as before. Then, phase two kicked in: random inconsistencies in my alarm pattern. Some days l'd play all the alarms, while other days l'd only play one that his brain was trained to ignore. That way, his brain expects to sleep through like 20 alarms and only ever hears 11. He slept through his alarm at least 4
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    Font - Eventually he finally changed his alarm pattern so he'd only have one alarm and he no longer had the energy to stay up until 2am. TL;DR:I psychologically tortured my roommate by throwing off how his brain responds to his alarm clock because he was stealing booze and was a shitty roommate. 1.2k 106 ↑, Share
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    Font - jimmyjazz2000 · 3d 2 Awards You seem like exactly the sort of guy who lives in the dorms as a senior. G Reply 630 3 Butterflychunks OP · 3d It was an out of state school that I transferred in to my junior year. Not to mention, housing was out of budget in that area. 4 201 3 ...
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    Font - Sgtkeebler · 3d I did something similar to a coworker. I would play a video on YouTube of a bell ringing and then I would give him a peanut butter cup. This was over the course of the year at the same time every day. He actually ended up getting a new job so I could never get the conclusion of my experiment. What was funny is that he never once asked me why I kept doing it. I think he was just happy that he was getting candy. G Reply 1 67 3 ...
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    Font - EaOannesAbsu · 3d NTA. This is a brilliant display of social Pavlov. You found a peaceful route that would force his hand based on his own actions. I think you could probably write a paper in sociology or psych based on this experience and the premise and implications of the behavior modification. Although i would recommend it being in a hypothetical with a willing participant ;) 5 Reply 1 187 3 ...
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