So, I was socializing the other night with two other girls, and one said that she had a dire need to study for a midterm. So, the remaining friend asked, "Final Fantasy 9?" and I concurred. Neither of us had ever actually gotten to play the thing, so we've been playing it through together for the sake of a damn fine game.
So, I go to the lounge in which I had left my PS2, (I had been playing it a few hours before) and I find three people, one of which had just left to go, "study," watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer on my PS2.
Personally, I find it rude that they would do this. I've been leaving post-its on the thing if I don't bring it back to my room, explicidly stating to not use it without my permission. Those keep disappearing. They tell me to close the door, because I'm interrupting them. So I ask, "You're not using my PS2 without having asked my permission, when there's a public DVD player right there, have you?" the three reply in annoyed tones with reasons such as, "We didn't know whose it was," "It was already set up," and, "It was there."
I ask, "Well, can I have my PS2 back now?" they tell me that the episode is almost done, and the DVD player was broken. I figured I'd wait for it to end, and twenty minutes later, the episode is still going on, and I've never experienced such a spoiler fest; they were watching an episode from two seasons ahead of when I stopped watching. And I have the nerve to interject, "I thought she was a lesbian." Then I get snapped at because one of them was watching the series for the first time. I point out that they had told me this when I was watching the second episode, and they told me that it didn't matter, because, "You were just there. she has an emotional investment in the show."
Sure, I'm not too emotionally invested in a show about highschool drama made even worse by demonic forces, and yes, I already guess most of the plot points, but spoilers are never fun.
Eventually, the episode ends, and I get my PS2, along with some nasty glares. Then, they put in three plugs, and press two buttons, and were watching the show on the DVD player they said was broken.
So, I go to the lounge in which I had left my PS2, (I had been playing it a few hours before) and I find three people, one of which had just left to go, "study," watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer on my PS2.
Personally, I find it rude that they would do this. I've been leaving post-its on the thing if I don't bring it back to my room, explicidly stating to not use it without my permission. Those keep disappearing. They tell me to close the door, because I'm interrupting them. So I ask, "You're not using my PS2 without having asked my permission, when there's a public DVD player right there, have you?" the three reply in annoyed tones with reasons such as, "We didn't know whose it was," "It was already set up," and, "It was there."
I ask, "Well, can I have my PS2 back now?" they tell me that the episode is almost done, and the DVD player was broken. I figured I'd wait for it to end, and twenty minutes later, the episode is still going on, and I've never experienced such a spoiler fest; they were watching an episode from two seasons ahead of when I stopped watching. And I have the nerve to interject, "I thought she was a lesbian." Then I get snapped at because one of them was watching the series for the first time. I point out that they had told me this when I was watching the second episode, and they told me that it didn't matter, because, "You were just there. she has an emotional investment in the show."
Sure, I'm not too emotionally invested in a show about highschool drama made even worse by demonic forces, and yes, I already guess most of the plot points, but spoilers are never fun.
Eventually, the episode ends, and I get my PS2, along with some nasty glares. Then, they put in three plugs, and press two buttons, and were watching the show on the DVD player they said was broken.
Point is, if its not yours, don't use it. Why do people have such a hard time understanding this? I see all the time, someone taking food from the dorm lounge and just start eating it. I ask em, "Is that yours," or "Isn't that (insert name here)'s?" and they reply that it wasn't specially marked for them not to use it. People also use my PS2 without my permission, often as a DVD player, and then snap at me if I have the audacity to want to use my own game system. I don't understand why someone would do this.
If someone took another person's car, regardless of if it were marked as theirs or not, that would be considered stealing... And it is stealing and damaging other people's things. Obviously, they've deprived the true owner of their food, or detergent or whatever, and they treat what they, "borrow" horribly. My controller makes a disconcerting rattle, and my R2 trigger doesn't work half the time now, which makes playing my newly acquired Jak 2 problematic.
On the occasions that I leave my PS2 out, I leave do-not-use post-its and have recently resolved to take away the controller. The problem is, the other gamers in the dorm will use their own controller and leave it there. That, and people merely toss the post-it.
Yes, I think most people are unreliable, self-fulfilling jerks. I'm already at the bitter ambivilence stage on this topic, so I don't need any, "You're too sensitive" or "you take things personally" posts.
I'd just like to see if anyone has a reasonable explaination or insight on why people think they have the right to use someone else's things and behave so disrespectfully.
. All you need is to buy a lock, and get a hold of a chisel and hammer (for carving out a hole in the door if the current hole with knob in it isn't big enough - I wonder if anybody quotes this last part out of context). 
