Given a post that is a real-life anecdote of a complex ethical situation and an associated claim about its type, verify if the claim is true or not. The claim asks if the posts are historical or hypothetical. The posts are "HISTORICAL" when the author has already done something and they are "HYPOTHETICAL" when the author is considering doing something in the future. Say 'yes' if the claim is true otherwise say 'no'

CLAIM : The following post is HISTORICAL. POST : I'm going to try and include as much detail here as possible, though it's hard to depict the whole picture, so I apologise if I omit some details. If you would like more information, just let me know and I can provide more. I should also say that as a person, I like peace and quiet, and that find I loud noises to be overwhelming. 

I'm in my second year of university accommodation and I'm sharing a flat with four other people, all of whom moved in about 10 weeks ago. Two of them very much keep to themselves, while the other two, who I will refer to as Flatmate #1 and Flatmate #2, I find to be loud, with their resting state of voice being as loud as if they were in a bar. It got on my nerves for the first 6 weeks but I tried my best to ignore it.

At first things  were good. I hung out with the two loud ones quite a bit, and we had fun together. Flatmate #1, unfortunately, ended up developing a thing for me, which wasn't reciprocated, and made me uncomfortable, and was eventually something I thought I needed to nip in the bud. The two of us went to a salsa society taster session together, which she didn't like, but I was very much into. The impression I got was clear that she would not be okay with me going, so I tried to, indirectly and as nicely as possible, tell her that I wasn't interested in her, and that I just wanted to be friends. She understood, saying that she herself had dealt with an incident where a guy had been interested in her and the feelings had not been mutual, and how uncomfortable that had made her feel. Later on, however, she started talking about arranged marriages and her belief in them over marriages for love. I should mention that she is from India, which is why she has her opinion on arranged marriages, and that this conversation did not change her from expressing feelings of infatuation for me through music and singing for a couple more weeks. 

Our relationship ended up deteriorating the more often I ended up going to salsa. I noticed that both her and the other flatmate were increasingly insulting to me, as well as rude, with them both no longer inviting me to hang out with them. On one occasion Flatmate #1 and I ended up having an argument about something frivolous, and later on in the same day Flatmate #1 came to my room, saying, rather confrontationally, that she didn't like me keeping my shampoo in the shower as she had to move it out of the way, asking me to instead take it back into my room when I was done using it. We later agreed that instead I could just move it out of the way so it wasn't troubling her. 

One night, on which I tried to go to a salsa social, I ended showing up, but no one else came, which upset me. I shared this with the other two flatmates as I was still on speaking terms with them at this point, and I feel as if they were more willing to talk to me because of this. Later on it turned out that I had just gone much earlier than everyone else. The improved disposition of my flatmates towards me changed when it turned out I was still willing to go to salsa events, as they thought that I no longer would because of the experience, with Flatmate #1 becoming argumentative after I said I would still be going.  

After a while longer of them both making fun of me, I eventually sent a message to flatmate #2, asking her to stop calling me strange as I found it to be rude. She apologised, but tried to place the blame on me for not having told her at the time. After this, I felt as if I had had enough. I stopped trying to reach out and talk to them, instead spending far more time in my room and ignoring them both. During this time I noticed that Flatmate #1 was still being friendly towards me in texts, for instance sending me a message asking me what the matter was, as we had been having so much fun before, to which I responded by saying that I was upset and I didn't want to talk about it. She then wished me well, hoping that I get better soon. However, in person, her disposition was completely different, as I found her to be either frosty or rude.

After passing the common room area enough times to hear them both laughing together, knowing that they weren't inviting me to spend time along with them, I finally decided that I had had enough of how loud they both were. On two occasions I told them both that I thought that they were being loud and that I would prefer for them to be quiet. One was in the kitchen, the other in the corridor that lies between our rooms. Flatmate #1 did not appreciate this. Later on in the same day that I told them both to be quiet when they were talking in the corridor, Flatmate #1 and I were in the kitchen, doing our own thing in silence. As she was about to leave, she said:

"I don't know what's going on, but if you're going to get upset every time that the other flatmate and I are being loud, then I'm going to be upset whenever you are loud".

I responded by saying:

"Okay. Let me know".

Afterwards she left, and I continued preparing breakfast for the next morning, thinking about what she had said. As I do play the guitar, sing and listen to music/videos while in the kitchen as they're both there, I thought that what she had said had been fair enough. Then I considered how I didn't tell them to be quiet every single time that they were loud, but instead just when I found it to be unbearable. Thinking about this for whatever reason really irritated me, as it seemed to me that Flatmate #1, rather than being considerate towards me, was instead trying to make my life difficult. I ended up going Flatmate #2's room and knocking on the door, as I could hear them both talking. I asked if I could speak to Flatmate #1, to which I was obliged. I spoke with a raised voiced, saying that I was not trying to be spiteful when asking them to be quiet, and that instead, I just wanted there to be less noise, as it bothered me. As she was talking, saying that she was then going to be quiet if I asked her to be, I turned on my heel and walked out of the room, only to look back in as she was finishing, giving me a thumbs up as she finished.

Around this time we all got an email concerning the showers, saying that they needed to be kept clear of any toiletries to be prepared for the next person to use it. Thinking back on how my flatmate had been rather confrontational concerning my own toiletries within the shower, I couldn't help but think that she had made a complaint, so I sent her a message asking her if she had complained about me. She evaded the question, saying that we had all received an email. I agreed, but said that it would just help me if she said yes or no to the question. She responded by saying that had I asked her face to face or at an earlier time (this was at 11 at night) she would have answered, and that she did not appreciate me making an accusation against her. I told her that I wasn't accusing her of anything, I was asking her whether or not she had done it, and that was the end of the message exchange.  

The next day, the two of us were in the kitchen, with Flatmate #1 playing a video on her phone. We hadn't shared a word with one another while together, until I asked her if she could turn the volume down on her phone, as I was finding it to be a bit loud. In response she lowered the volume by a single pip. I asked her if she could make it quieter. She then snapped at me, telling me that I should put up with it, that I am not the only one who lives here and that I was harassing her, telling me that I needed to learn to compromise. I responded by saying that I was willing to compromise: that if she found me to be too loud, she could tell me to be quiet, which I would agree to, and that in return, I would expect the same from her. She agreed to this. As I was quite shocked and annoyed that she had accused me of harassing her, I said:

"So I'm not harassing you. I'm not harassing you at all".

She then stormed out of the room. The next day she apologised to me, though I felt it was insincere. A couple of days later I talked to her in private, because I wanted to address the seriousness of what she had said to me. I got another insincere apology, before being asked why I had cut myself of from her and Flatmate #2, to which I told her that they had both been rude to me and I had taken offence. She apologised. I was then told that I needed to be less rude in asking her to be quiet, as she did not like the direct way in which I spoke, instead preferring for me to be more indirect instead, and that I also needed to expect her to be loud at times. I apologised to her for being rude. This conversation, unfortunately, ended up achieving no sense of resolution between us at all. 

Things between the three of us remained frosty until it boiled to a point earlier this week. It's important to note that the email that we got concerning the shower drew attention to how it was a communal space, and that it needed to be cleared and prepared for the next person to use. That being said, there is only a single counter within the kitchen on which you can prepare and eat food. People within the flat also used it as a space on which to store their various belongings, such as spice, oils, dishes and food. Over time, the amount of items on the counter grew to the point where there wasn't any space whatsoever on it on which to cook or prepare food. When I found it in this state, I sent a message to the group chat we have, asking whether or not we could start clearing it of stuff, as I wanted to use it to make myself dinner. It should be noted that within the group chat, whenever I ask people to do things, such as clean up the hob after using it, or wiping off the toilet seat after use as well, no one ever responds. As usual, no one responded to me asking whether or not we could clear the counter. 


So, feeling rather fed
no