Surprised Student's Reaction To Police At Door Results In Snitch Accusation

“dude, I don’t know”

Filip

• Published in Interesting
• May 31, 2024

Living in a dorm with a roommate is like living at home with the family. That indicates you need to respect your roommates and their privacy if you want to ensure a comfortable atmosphere.

But a Reddit user had to learn it the hard way. The OP, a 22-year-old male attends a university in DC, and shares a room on campus with his roommate, also a 22-year-old male named Mason.

One night, the OP, Mason, and a girl named Evie, who occasionally spends the night there, were all in the room. At around 7:16 AM, Evie woke the OP up, alerting him to a loud and consistent knocking at their door.

The OP, being confused and annoyed at the early-hour disturbance, opened the door to find an RA and two police officers. The officers urgently asked him for his name and if Mason Richardson was his roommate.

After confirming, the OP went to call Mason, who took his time getting dressed while the knocking continued aggressively. Mason asked if he knew who was asking for him, but the OP lied he didn't know.

Mason eventually opened the door, exchanged a few words with the officers, and returned to the room, questioning the OP's scared reaction. The OP, still processing the shock of the situation, could not provide him with a proper answer.

Later, Mason brought up the situation again, expressing his frustration at the OP for his reaction and the "I don’t know" response, considering it could have been a more serious matter. Mason mentioned that his friends also believed the OP's reaction was 'fed' behavior, implying untrustworthiness or disloyalty.

So, the OP turned to Reddit, wondering if he was in the wrong for his response and actions during the unexpected visit from the police officers.

The OP asks:

The OP was in his dorm room, with his roommate, when someone knocked on their door:

He opened the door and saw an RA with two cops looking for his roommate:

The OP called his roommate and lied that he didn't know who was asking for him:

Later, the roommate asked him why he was so scared:

But the OP didn't know what to tell him, the whole situation was very suspicious to him at the time:

The roommate told him that his reaction was unloyal, so the OP decided to check if he was in the wrong.

A Redditor believed that the OP's reaction was wrong, and they explained their perspective

Another Redditor claimed that the OP was not in the wrong

But, a Redditor pointed out the fact that the OP lied when he shouldn't have

He should have said that it was the police

He knew who was asking for the roommate

There was no reason for him to lie

A Redditor said the OP was just confused, that's not a sin

Redditors told the OP that he was in the wrong for lying to his roommate about who was at the door and asking for him. The OP has the right to be suspicious, but that doesn't mean that his roommate is guilty of something or that he has done something wrong.

Filip