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How do I ask my roommate to be quieter?
For your roommate: say something like this..”Hey man, I think I have a reasonable plan for managing the noise levels at night. Could we mutually agree to keep things at ‘Nighttime Volume’ [or whatever you want to call it] when anyone goes to bed [or designated hours]? Just lower TV volumes, quieter voices, etc.?
How do you politely ask someone to be quiet?
Tell them to please be quiet, not rudely but sincerely. Say they are being disruptive or distracting and its hard to concentrate. If they are still being rude, just tell them to shut up.
What should you do when your roommate is too loud?
Take your time to cool off from those initial feelings of anger, but as soon as you feel like yourself again, make a plan to talk to them about what’s going on, “during a neutral time when the roommate isn’t being too loud,” says Dr. Fisher. The entire topic of making noise in the apartment is going to be, by definition, based on compromise.
How to make your roommates feel comfortable in your apartment?
If you can communicate effectively, it will be much easier to develop a comfortable living environment for yourself and your roommates. Talk to your roommate directly when something is bothering you. Talk face to face, not over snapchat or text messaging. Don’t discuss it behind their back because this can cause a breakdown in trust between you.
What happens if you don’t tell your roommate about a problem?
If you don’t tell your roommate that there is a problem, they won’t be able to do anything about it. Remember that communication works two ways: talking and listening. Neither one is effective without the other. If you create a win-win situation, then the conflict is more likely to be resolved.
When is the best time to talk to your roommate?
By randomly picking out times in the evening, as Wish recommends, you and your roommate can have a really casual conversation about the fact that, yeah, 7 p.m. is a laughably early cutoff for a Friday night, but yes, 11 p.m. is probably a good time to tone it down on a Thursday evening.