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Thursday, September 14, 2006

Lame and Creepy Note from Ex-Roommate

So, earlier this month I abruptly moved out of my beloved C-Town because of my horrible, thieving roommate. Let's just call her Pathetic Selfish Douche. Anyway, in an effort to assuage her guilt, and/or to raise her standing in the court of public opinion, PSD left me this incredibly lame note:

Beth-

I have enclosed your deposit and the refund of the repairs. You will find an additional $20 - this is because last year I took a bra from your room for an event, intending to wash and return it. I never got around to it - I was ashamed I hadn't at least asked in the first place, which I should have done - and it seems inadequate to simply return it. Please consider the $20 a replacement, or a rental - the original item is clean and in a bag to the right of the TV.

Maybe there's no way to ask someone to move out without creating bad feelings but I wish I had found a more graceful way to bring the matter up. I definitely wish I had taken the care to acknowledge that this is a particularly difficult time for you and to make it clear that I intended to bring it up and start a process that was not a rush. For what it is worth to you, I apologize for my lack of respect in this and other matters.

Sincerely,
PSD

CREEPY! Anyway, I respectfully declined her apology, flipped over her note and wrote on the back something like this:

PSD,

This apology is for you, not for me, and frankly, I have no interest in helping you feel better about yourself or the way you have acted over the past few years. After everything that has happened (including skimming off the top for ConEd and setting up a secret slush fund with additional monies you collected), I truly feel that you are a horrible person - this note does not change that.

-Beth

I guess all of the ugliness that happened over the apartment was sort of worth it, if for no other reason than at the very end I got to see how truly sad and pathetic she really is. What kind of person steals a bra and feels SHAME over it for an entire year or so? Like I said, LAME and CREEPY.

NOTE: It is now 2010 and I am happy to report that this ancient grudge has been put to rest. I am even happier to report that I now like the antagonist of this post quite a bit. Though, in the interest of maintaining the integrity and voice of this blog, I have decided to leave it up, unedited.