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- A woman is annoyed that she keeps waking up late at night because that’s when her roommate will clean
- “I tried to ask nicely if he could try being more quiet and told him that I don’t think it’s okay to vacuum this late in the day,” she wrote on Reddit
- The woman’s roommate insisted, however, that he only has time to clean at night
A woman is upset with her roommate, who keeps waking her up at night to clean.
In a post on Reddit’s “Am I The A—–“ forum, the woman said she lives in an apartment with two other people, who each have their own bedroom, but the kitchen and bathroom are shared.
Detailing that she goes to sleep every night by 1 a.m. at the latest, the woman explained that she has struggled since her roommate, who she said is “neurodivergent with ADHD,” returned from studying abroad for a year.
She claimed he has been rearranging items in their apartment and cleaning at night without a care for the noise, as he and their other roommate both “go to sleep very late.”
“I’ve told them multiple times that it bothers me if they’re being noisy at night,” the woman said.
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She went on to recall an instance when she was trying to sleep at 10:45 p.m. but was woken up by her roommate being “really loud” in the hallway and turning on the vacuum cleaner.
Stating that she waited a few minutes to see how long the noise would go on for, the woman said she eventually got out of bed to confront her roommate.
“I tried to ask nicely if he could try being more quiet and told him that I don’t think it’s okay to vacuum this late in the day because I want to sleep and it might bother the neighbors,” the woman wrote.
“He responded that he will try to be more quiet, but also that he will continue vacuuming at some point this night,” she continued. “He told me that this is the only time he has the chance to do it and he really wants to clean the place.”
“He insisted that his interest in cleaning up the place is just as legit as my interest in sleeping, so I should try to be more sympathetic to him,” the woman added.
The Redditor then said the situation was eventually resolved, but she’s riddled with guilt over stopping her roommate “from doing things that are important to them because of me wanting to go to sleep at a reasonable time.”
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Responses to the post reassured the woman that she was right to be annoyed, with several commenters arguing that vacuuming anytime after 8 p.m. is unreasonable.
“It’s common for shared accommodations to have ‘quiet hours.’ If he wants to vacuum in the middle of the night, he needs his own place,” one person wrote.
“I lived for four years with a roommate who went to bed by 10 p.m., while 4 a.m. was more normal for me,” another commented. “I didn’t vacuum after 9:30 p.m. She didn’t vacuum before 11 a.m. Those were broom hours.”
“Just point out the number of times before 8 p.m. he could have vacuumed over the next week,” a third suggested. “People who say they have ‘no time’ are the worst.”
