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 Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 9:34 pm
So I'm in a dorm triple, and I'm getting increasingly frustrated with one roommate (the other one's awesome by the way). She's particularly insensitive to the fact that I can have a killer of a time trying to fall asleep or, better yet, stay asleep.
I've velcro'd some curtains to the ceiling to block out light, which for the past couple of weeks has gotten me some pretty good sleep.
The problem is that starting next week, she's going to be attending sports practice and she'll be setting her alarm at 5 am Monday through Friday and 6 am on Saturday. She's always had this habit of leaving on her alarm for a ridiculous amount of time (the very first morning, she literally left it beeping for 5 minutes straight until another roommate finally turned it off... and she said she "didn't hear it"), but since I have earlier classes than her, it's never been much of a problem until now. Practice started today, a Saturday, and I woke up at 6 with her alarm, and couldn't fall back asleep. She was glowing the whole day about how it wasn't so bad waking up early and how she had so much energy, but I just felt exhausted the entire day. Monday through Friday will be worse, since it'll be 5 am, and it'll be midterm week too.
I've brought up the problem in passing, just as a mention, and today I specifically tried suggesting that she plug her headphones into her phone, so that only she hears the alarm, but she rebuffed the idea, saying that headphones fall off. I think that's a sound reason, but I can't think of an alternative, and she's certainly not trying to come up with one. I've put up with her for three weeks now, but I'm not going to put up with waking at 5 everyday, especially if I have to stay up really late some days.
I've asked my dad to think about ordering me noise-cancelling earmuffs of some sort, since I've tried and failed earplugs.
Do you guys know if these so-called noise-cancelling earmuffs/headphones work? Do you guys have any other solutions?
I know I could just suck it up, but I've always had problems falling asleep, even by myself back home. Right now she basically dictates how much sleep I get, because I fall asleep when she turns off her light (she always goes to bed the latest), and I wake up with her alarm.
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 9:59 pm
That does suck, I will admit. I too, have trouble sleeping at night. So I can really relate with you here.
My sister has these headphones that are very sound proof, they play white noise in the background (very lightly) which cancels out any outside noise. HOWEVER. If there is no outside noise, white noise can be quite creepy. Well, in my opinion. (I'm a heavy believer in spirits, and It's said you can hear their disembodied voices through white noise..but that's getting off topic).
Although the earmuffs/headphones work, you SHOULDN'T have to adjust to her inability to inconsiderate of you. While it is makeshift, it appears she'll be doing this for awhile. I don't know about you, but I couldn't do this just to deal with her lack of caring on other peoples behalf.
First of all do you have a sort of roommate agreement? Do your roommates also get annoyed with this? I would have a very serious discussion about this, and have the roommate who is causing this to take part in it too--otherwise it's just gossiping.
Don't be confrontational, but just say you would really like a solution to this of some sort, or maybe buy an alarm for her that isn't as obnoxious as the one she's using now? (Unless, you are really sensitive to sound)
Don't let her put it off and not find a solution. She needs to be considerate of others and I really suggest you that push for an answer of sorts. Maybe do some research on possible answers?
Best of luck, and I hope this helps!
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Irako of the Desert Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 4:26 pm
You can get bed vibrators that'll hook into alarm clocks. Instead of the alarm clock making noise, the vibrator shakes the entire bed. Some Deaf people use it. It's a lot quieter than an alarm, I believe, though not entirely silent.
Do you guys share a room? How is your dorm room set up?
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 4:56 pm
My brother has a pair of those noise cancellation headphones and they work rather well, though it's a tight fit on the head and may not be comfortable to sleep with. If you have a smartphone, you could also download some applications which plays white noise and listen to that while you're sleeping. Does your roommate have a phone which can vibrate as an alarm? If she does, then have her put it under her pillow.
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Dangerous Conversationalist
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 3:55 am
That sucks. I don't know how much you can do. If your roommate is that uncaring about your sleep, I doubt she'd want to wear earmuffs throughout the whole night, especially if she tends to sleep on her side. If the alarm is bugging ya, I'd probably call her name when its going off to show her it's bothering you when she leaves it on for so long in the morning. I know for my brother, sometimes he zones it out while asleep and that bothers the hell out of me.
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:22 am
Have you considered throwing it at her?
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 6:42 am
I had a similar problem when the girl I was sharing a room with could sleep through anything (including her alarm) and I'm a very light sleeper. Earplugs worked for me but if you don't like them ear cancelling headphones can work.
I'd also ask her to put her alarm under her pillow that way when it goes off it'll still be in her ear but not so loud for you.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 1:49 pm
streets of nowhere I'd also ask her to put her alarm under her pillow that way when it goes off it'll still be in her ear but not so loud for you. ^That is a great idea. I can't fathom how she would work her way out of that one. @ -Fancy R, You have a great point about the difference between working it out and gossiping. I will definitely keep that in mind :] The white noise sounds like it could be a good option so long as it's very lightly in the background. I know I've tried it once with the volume up too high, and it basically kept me up all night. Even if it doesn't drown out her alarm, perhaps it could lull me back to sleep faster. @ Irako, I'm hesitant to suggest that she buy anything, because she always tries it turn it back on me. Which is rather ironic considering how she's asked me to buy blackout curtains and earplugs and earmuffs and eye shades (all of which I have already purchased and tried to no avail). I've tried out a ton of things on her behalf, and yet she won't reciprocate :/ We share a room - it's a triple, so there's a bunk bed and a loft bed. She's on the loft bed, and I'm on the top bunk bed. @ Spicy Camel, I've tried those noise-cancellation earmuffs, and they are so tight (though definitely noise-cancelling), it's too painful to keep them on longer than 30 seconds, haha. She's continually rebuffed the idea of trying out a vibration alarm. I myself have converted to make a point, but then again, I suppose I am a lighter sleeper than her. @ Pink C a n a r y, Yeah, my roommate usually beats me to the punch when it comes to calling her out in the morning for being too noisy. Which is a good thing, since it's more effective that way. @ Officer Hot-Pants, Haha, I've dreamed about it, but I've determined that the effort required to open my eyes, get down from the top bunk, climb up to her bunk, and then chuck out her phone would wake me up entirely and therefore not be worth the inevitable tension and passive-aggressiveness for the next 6 months. Not that there isn't already some tension, but I would rather avoid passive-aggressiveness.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 2:06 pm
Hey! I’m talking! cat_scream
if she doesn't compromise or anything, tell her "Welcome to the real world, life's a b***h, you're not the only one out there. Learn to compromise or go home."
Ok, I’m done. Go back to your babble
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:29 am
Ear plugs, a big jar of ear plugs. I usually care a small pack when I travel cause you never know what the hell you'll have to deal with trying to get sleep. Those foam cone ones tend to stay in your ear pretty well
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Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 11:47 am
Do what I did, take a sledgehammer to it.
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Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 8:15 pm
Phone alarm set to vibrate. :3 That's what I do and it wakes me up fine.
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:51 am
Wake her up with one of those canned air party horns every day 3 minutes before the alarm goes off. Then you never have to hear it because she will have time to turn it off.
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