7 flatmates you will encounter

All of the flatmates you love to hate.

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Flatmates… Love them or loathe them you’re stuck with ’em.

There are the lucky few that score the jackpot in the flatmate lottery but for the most of us we are forced at one time or another to live with some suspect specimens.

Take a look as we reveal the top 8 types of flatmates you might encounter at uni.

1. The Mummy’s boy


“How do you boil an egg?” will be a frequent question from this kid as all aspects of cooking, washing and cleaning have escaped him during his years of growing up.

2. The Shadow


That one guy/girl that just never leaves you alone. They walk to uni with you, they eat their dinner when you eat your dinner, they’d even try hold your hand when you go to the loo if you’d let them.

3. The Slut


Doors banging at strange times in the night? The slut comes in two forms: The social climber – who enjoys climbing on to any one with a bit of status; promoters, managers, lecturers – take your pick! The second form of slut is the sly one. The absolute dark horse who looks like butter wouldn’t melt during the day and then sloots aboot in the toon at night.

4. The Phantom Pooer


The one that always leaves a big steamy shit just waiting for you when you next go to the loo. The skill of the phantom pooer is that he/she manages to remain anonymous for the duration of the year, a pretty sneaky fella.

5. The wannabe promoter


Aka the promo wanker. A guy who is super social and sees himself as a bit of a ‘lad’. Often seen wondering the uni halls with a handful of flyers and wearing a snap-back.

6. The not so smooth criminal


When you start noticing the milk going down and the bread in your cupboard disappearing faster than you have time to eat it, you know you’ve got yourself a thief. When confronted denial is their first tactic but once broken down they will probably start crying and offer you some kind of sob story.

7. The one you all forgot was there


When inviting people on a night out there is always that one person you forget to include. Nice enough to be around but just pretty vanilla. In 5 years time you’ll look back at photos and struggle to put a name to their face.