there are rules for a reason
My old flat was a bit weird in that it was detached and above 3 garages so I had no neighbours, subsequently it became the place that we all went back to after a night out and even though it only had 1 bedroom it wasn't unknown for there to be 16 people sleeping there.

There were not many rules, but the ones that existed were there for a reason.

1) If you're using the bathroom at night please turn the light on.

this was cos my bedroom had a door off it to the bathroom (making it vaguely en suite I guess) and therefore anyone using the bog at night would wake me up anyway, and it was way more preferable for that to be the noise of the fan than the noise of piss hitting water.

2) If you're using the bathroom at night and are having a wee, don't bother with the flush.

the flush carried on filling for ages after and made a racket to begin with.

3) If you're using the bathroom at night and are having a shit, please flush.

cos if you don't, it makes my room stink of your poo.

Most people got this but some people got it horribly wrong, being woken up by the sound of someone shitting in your bedroom (it was a small flat and the bathroom door had a gap under it) and then leaving it is possibly the worst introduction to a hungover state imaginable...

I don't live there any more and the main culprit who didn't ever manage to grasp the rules is the brother of my ex so I'm unlikely to ever experience anything like it again but it still makes me feel ill when I think back to having to drag my arse out of bed to pull the flush and turn the fan on for a bit.
(Ross McBingobangobongo bingobangobongo, Fri 7 Jan 2011, 15:33, Reply)