If you have grown up in a hostel, you know it’s the best experience you’ve ever had. It not only lets you live freely away from the prying eyes of your parents but also introduces you to a whole new world filled with all sorts of people–the eternal and unforgettable hostel roommates. From the one who doesn’t take a shower to the king of farts, here are the seven types of roommates that you come across and live with, during your hostel life. Scroll down and tag your hostel mates.
1. The eternal ‘bhakt’
Don’t we all have that one eternal devotee hostel mate who is too dependent on God for everything? Some are so intense, that they build their own tiny mandir on their side of the bed stuffed with puja essentials like dhoop, incense sticks, holy water, and prasad. For them, an ideal day starts with worshipping and offering prayers to the deity. Jai Mata Di, rocks!
2. The gossipmonger
Who doesn’t like gossip? Especially, in a hostel, it’s served as munchies at breakfast and tea time. It is the reason you don’t miss having a TV. “Hey listen, do you know who she’s going around with? Or, do you know where he was last night?” are every gossipmonger’s opening lines. Every hostel has that one person who literally thrives on every tittle-tattle, and loves to spread it.
3. The messy one
Then there are the kinds who don’t believe in staying organized and their unimaginable living habits are beyond annoying. The one who leaves the dishes in the sink for days, eats in the bed, leaves their dirty underwear on the chair, turning the room into a stinky rat hole. Mopping and dusting to keep the room clean are activities that are not even considered. If you had a roommate like this and survived, you’re a true warrior.
4. The one who doesn’t take a shower
The one who’s personal hygiene is at stake, ALWAYS. The hostel mate who can go days on end without taking a shower, eww! Personal hygiene and grooming is important, says who? Keeping perfume and deo handy is the ultimate saviour for such lazy lads.
5. The fart king
Love it or hate it, you can’t ignore it. There’s one fart master in every hostel, maybe one on every floor, who manages to turn the area into a smelly nuclear site. For them, farting is not restricted to JUST washrooms. Now does that remind you of Chatur from 3 Idiots? Well, tag the Chatur in your life. *wink*
6. The in-house chef
It’s no secret that hostel food sucks! Your love for homemade rajma chawal, chicken curries, and pulao gets narrowed down to just surviving on the most diluted version of daal and the tasteless sabzis ever. That’s when your in-house chef who owns a kettle comes to everyone’s rescue. The one who can turn a plate of plain boiled rice into the most flavourful fried rice ever.
7. The closeted ‘padhaku’
Then there are some who never reveal how much they have studied or the fact that they’re the first to finish their assignments and projects. In fact, they study all night before the exams, when everybody else goes off to sleep.
