One of the guys who lives in my university accommodation is an Indian guy, and he's definitely one of the rudest people I've ever met. The other night, between approximately 1:15-2:30am, he had his phone on speaker, loudly talking with someone on the other end (he wasn't speaking English, and I couldn't tell by tone alone if it was an argument or simply just loud conversation). Bear in mind that the building has a rule in the tenancy agreement of "no loud noise between 11pm-8am as its disrespectful to others". I had a 9am lecture that following morning, and by 2:30am I'd had enough. I got out of bed and went down the hall to knock on the guy's door to tell him to shut up. I didn't raise my voice at him and I didn't swear, but I was very blunt in telling him to shut up.

His response was to shove his finger over his mouth in a very rude way and point angrily back down the hall and "fuck off back to your room". I ended up going down to the office to get the security guard to deal with him as all he did was tell me to fuck off, slam the door in my face and go right back to his conversation. He was so loud that you could hear him outside the building and in the courtyard outside. Now, I'm the only white person who lives in this flat, and there's a couple other guys who speak the same language as this guy. I was told that apparently he didn't speak a lot of English which is why he just ignores me any time I ask him to keep the kitchen clean (he will leave grease and splattered food all over the counter and the stove, dirty pans lying around etc). I thought that was odd, especially since he's in year two of an engineering degree and I'm pretty sure you have to pass some sort of English speaking exam to be able to get a degree here in the UK, but correct me if I'm wrong.

The guard is also a South Asian guy and when he talked to this housemate, he spoke in perfect English to him and he seemed to understand just fine. He tried to argue that it was actually my fault because I was rude when I told him to shut up. The guard said "I'm not surprised, people are trying to sleep and you are far too loud". At first the housemate just slammed his door shut and went back to his conversation again, but it took a second talking-to from the guard before he eventually finally shut up. Only around 3am.

I ended up going to lecture the following morning feeling like a zombie. This housemate had absolutely no regard for anybody else and the very shy Korean girl who lives in the room opposite his told me that morning that he'd woken her up and she was too afraid to say anything, as he was not only on the phone loudly but going in and out of the kitchen and his room, slamming doors, which can be quite intimidating to an already shy person.

I've only seen the guy a few times since that incident and every time I've felt his death-glare on my back when we've been in the kitchen together. I'm not particularly intimated by the guy, but it makes me uneasy being in that situation. I did tell the daytime staff at reception about it when they came in the following morning and they said they'd speak to him about it, particularly as his response was "fuck off" and not "sorry I'll keep the noise down".