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Shared dorms require compromise when roommates keep completely opposite schedules.

Here, one student quietly leaves for work between one and four each morning.

She uses a vibrating alarm and prepares everything beforehand.

Her roommate still objects…

Let’s check out all the details below.

AITA for leaving my shared dorm room in the middle of the night?

I am in my third year of college and I live in a shared dorm with a roommate and I also work.

I leave for work anywhere from 1-4am, depending on the start time needed to get the work done before the cutoff.

She has a good system for getting out quietly.

I do this 5-6 days per week.

I have a vibrating wrist alarm that wakes me up and I pack a bag of everything I need before I go to sleep.

I wake up and I slip out of the room to get ready in the shared bathroom and then I go to work.

But it’s not working for her dorm mate.

It’s only been a couple weeks in the dorms and my roommate has been complaining that I am waking her up and I can’t keep doing this.

She says the light from the hall when I open the door wakes her up and she can’t go back to sleep.

I have offered multiple times to buy her a good sleep mask! She refuses and says she doesn’t want to wear one and shouldn’t have to.

I need to work and changing jobs is not a viable option, so I’m going to have to keep doing this.

AITA for leaving for work in the early hours of the morning when I am in a shared dorm room?

Here is what people are saying.

It’s not jail!

She should be grateful for this.

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Exactly. What a diva.

Mediation would be good.

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I’m sure she does things that annoy you!

The student packs beforehand, uses a vibrating alarm, and gets ready outside before beginning her unavoidable early shift.

Her roommate refuses a sleep mask yet expects the schedule itself to disappear, leaving little room for realistic compromise.

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Chris Allen