How do you deal with an attention whore?!

[P.A.R.T.Y]

So I live in this big comfy house with 5 people. Everyone is kool, except this 1 fuckin loser from New Zealand. Everytime he walks into the living room he burps or starts singing. BTW, he has a terrible singing voice. He is completey loud and obnoxious and its bothering everyone.
I`m not kidding about attention whore. This guy has a big yellow mountain bike, plays saxaphone, sings in his room at the top of his lungs (coldplays `yellow` in particular, wich is such a shit song), walks around the house with an air of superiority, etc..
I`m fairly passive and try not to speak to him much, but he`s getting on my nerves. eg. Today I went to the living room and found my music files on the computer in the trash! I was able to recover and put them in another file. I know it was him, it`s his style. If he doesn`t understand how you did it then he wants to destroy it.
HELP, THIS GUYS A FUCKIN GOOF!

[hardstylin]

tell him to stop acting like a clown, then when hes says " a clown" let him have it, tell him all the shit he does that pisses you off.

[Goat]

Shit in his bed, his shoes, his sax and everything he holds dear.
He'll take the hint.

[hardstylin]

Originally Posted by Goat

Shit in his bed, his shoes, his sax and everything he holds dear.
He'll take the hint.

hahahaha yes forget what i said this will work :)

[Goat]

And if he keeps it up, threaten to call immigration.
Problem solved!

[P.A.R.T.Y]

I wish it was that simple. He constatntly slams doors to get attention, plays his stereo loud, and he just bought a guitar and is trying to learn how to play. I want to say something, I may complain to the management.

[L0ungeLizarD]

talk 2 ur other room mates and see what they think if you all think alike give him warning and if he keeps up boot him

[Ree Fresh]

Wow you sound really bitter about your room mate :?

You could just ask him to smarten up a bit as you dont aprove of his behaviour. I think alot of room mates sometimes get too hated on one another for stupid reason or gang up and single out one making the smallest things into the biggest of deals (like the anoyances you told us about) Like really since when does owning a mountain bike, playing the sax, and being a cold play fan make you an attention whore???

To me it sounds like your surching for reasons for him to bother you and reasons to not like him...

I seriousely sugest trying get to know him a little more. Im sure the two of you must have some things in common you just dont know about yet or you could at least elarn alot about each other since he from NZ... Unless your too stuborn, ignorant, and lazy to try and be nice and freindly with him your self. In that case he just might feel the same about you too?

[P.A.R.T.Y]

~~~Listen! I tried to be nice, I am a nice guy. All the other roommates are fine. Its not just the constant bad singing and saxaphone playing or his yellow mountain bike, etc.. He can`t come into a room without announcing his presence in an inapropriate way. He erases my computer files without asking me, he makes rude comments to me when I`m minding my own business. When I turn on my stereo to listen to a song, he turns his on too. He has some stupid ass comment to make everytime he leaves the house. How can you like a guy like this?!?!
You can`t, you avoid idiot attention whores like him like the plague.
I`ve met a few of these psychos in my time, they are dangerous people, they have deep problems from being beat as children or something.

[Goat]

How about you quit whining and stand up for yourself then. Your home space is supposed to be a place you can call your own, somewhere quiet, a safe place. If someones encroaching upon that space, do something about it. Life is about conflict resolution, it's an important part of personal growth.

Confront him with words, if that doesn't work, talk to your other room mates about a solution. If all else fails. Leave. It's as simple as that, don't take shit.

[PsyTrance4Life]

ignore or tell him straight up "fuck off i dont like you"

[Ree Fresh]

Originally Posted by P.A.R.T.Y

~~~Listen! I tried to be nice, I am a nice guy. All the other roommates are fine. Its not just the constant bad singing and saxaphone playing or his yellow mountain bike, etc.. He can`t come into a room without announcing his presence in an inapropriate way. He erases my computer files without asking me, he makes rude comments to me when I`m minding my own business. When I turn on my stereo to listen to a song, he turns his on too. He has some stupid ass comment to make everytime he leaves the house. How can you like a guy like this?!?!
You can`t, you avoid idiot attention whores like him like the plague.
I`ve met a few of these psychos in my time, they are dangerous people, they have deep problems from being beat as children or something.

Your not trying with a poor attidude like that. If you really cant stand it than move out! Like seriously your making the biggest deal about practicly nothing. Maybe the guy has some akward social skills... try having a sence of humor about it instead of letting it stick you up the ass. Im curiouse how your other room mates feel about him?
If the sax bugs you than sugest sorting out a time when he can play that doesnt bother you so much. And how the hell does a moutian bike bother you?

[Kandyapple]

^lol I was still wondering what the deal was with the yellow mountain bike.

Ok so the guy may be super annoying. But I don't think you have the right to bitch about him, until you at least try to have a conversation with him.
Once you have done that, and nothing has changed then maybe. But you need to first give him a chance to know what he is doing that bothers you. If he is a dink then he is a dink. But from what you have written here. It sounds like you have just be avoiding confrontation.
But if you are this pissed off, and you don't care about hanging out with him, then what do you have to loose. It's your house too, and if he is not being respectfull to the other people in it, then you need to get together with all your roommates, and figure out a plan that everyone can live with. And if he chooses to be annoying on purpose, then perhaps if everyone agrees with your point of view, you can ask him to leave. Or you need to make a decision for your own sanity.

[vesperstina]

put him on the block,
and vote him off!@#$

[Chewy]

kick him square in the junk

[DefJef]

Tell him to click his heels, and go back to.... new zealand !

[Jeaninah]

have a ceremonial burning of his bike, his sax, his guitar, etc, and then cut out his tongue so he can't sing.

or move out

you choose

[ebbomega]

Introduce him to internet web forums. He'll fit right in.

[P.A.R.T.Y]

Thanks to everyone for their great suggestions.
Today he woke up the house by blasting his music and singing at the top of his lungs at 9am (we all work graveyeard shifts) Some people were able to get 3 hours sleep! He further proceeded to come out of his room, bringing his portable radio and singing in the kitchen while making a ice smoothie in the blender and then slamming the door as he went back in his room and turned up the stereo even louder. This was a good day, well, we still have another 8 hours to find out.
I saw this episode on OZ where they crushed this glass into a powder and fed it to the roommate. Hmm...

[tvmann]

People need to be more assertive with bozos like this. There is a thing called "assertiveness training", lots of info available. Sounds like nobody has been objectiing to his noisy behavior.

http://mentalhelp.net/psyhelp/chap13/chap13e.htm

[kittah]

i betcha he's doing it because he knows that you and your other roommates are bitching about him. I hate being bitched about behind my back, and I bet he probably does too. You know what? Im sure you do too. Either kick him out or stop bitching.

[-evil-duerr-]

^well said.

in this kind of a situation, you have to at least confront the guy about it. i hate when people act all two faced n shit cuz theyre too yellow to deal with whats really on their mind. what are you afraid to hurt his feelings? Or is it that you maybe alienated from the rest for voicing your opinions?
If you let that kinda shit fester your going to go insane and just snap one day. And it will be so massively unexpected and out of the blue that everyone else will be shocked an made uncomfortable by your sudden split persona. Then youll be the alienated outkast at home

[MC Hammered]

Give him a beating in bed like in Full Metal Jacket.

I'm sure he'll be a changed man the next morning.

[Bitchin]

Just be straight up and tell him to fucking cool it.

if he takes offense to it... tell him put his jaw to good use for once and service your cock.

[Liqwid]

Vote him off the island...errr sorry.....out of the house

hehehe

~Dalyn