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An annoying college peer who WON'T LEAVE ME ALONE!!! (very long)?

Okay, here's some background information first of all: Last year during my sophomore year of college in the fall, I met this freshman student in my engineering class. He seemed like a cool guy at first -- he liked anime and seemed kinda geeky, but that didn't bother me honestly. He was funny at times, and we exchanged phone numbers in case we ever wanted to hang out and in case we wanted to get in a study group. Well, the first time I remember him calling me was when he was fishing and he asked me to get him something to eat from McDonalds. I told him I wouldn't be able to because I was far away from where he was; I was at the mall hanging out with some friends, and this is like a 40 minute long drive. He was all like, "Okay, whatever." I thought he sounded rude, but it didn't bother me that much. It was the first time I called him on the phone, and it was kind of weird to me. Later on, I team up with him in a class project where we do a presentation on Ethics and Professionalism for engineers. Every time when I called him on the phone he'd say something along the lines of, "What do you want?" and he would say it in a rude way (BTW, I heard him talk the same way to his MOTHER of all people). I would respond, "Uhm, hey, do you wanna meet up somewhere to prepare for our presentation? I've worked on the PowerPoint and maybe we could look at it together ahead of time." He agreed to meet with me (NOTE: I did all of the research and did the entire PowerPoint because this guy is lazy, but I just dealt with it and thought to myself I would never team up with him again because he's already getting on my nerves), and we take up a study session room at our school library. He tries to make me watch anime, but I tell him that I'm there preparing for the presentation and I have another class taking place less than an hour from the time I get there, and he's all like "Oh well, you have enough time." We only briefly go over the PowerPoint, and this guy memorizes NOTHING! I even sent him the document via e-mail, yet he admits to only looking at it one time. Oh yeah, and another time when we were supposed to be working on the PowerPoint, we were at a place he was house-sitting and he told me to help him make terriyaki burgers (he pretty much demanded me to do so, and I helped out a little bit at first but I got tired of doing and flat-out told him that I didn't come to make burgers, I came to work on school). On the day of our presentation, it's a disaster. I elaborate on the slides of the PowerPoint presentation which I think is a good idea, but this guy just simply reads off the slides and has trouble pronouncing some of the words, indicating he was unprepared. He asked me at times DURING THE PRESENTATION stuff like, "How do you say that?" and I have to answer him during our speech. I am embarrassed beyond belief. The guy calls me a few days later, but I am enraged over his childish antics and ignore his calls. I text him back after he leaves a voicemail, but that's about it because I don't feel like talking to him. When I see him again during the day of the final exam he walks up to me and he's all like, "Hey, where have you been? I've tried to call you." I respond, "I've been busy" which is somewhat true. Now that the semester is over, I don't worry about this guy because I currently don't have any classes with him. However, he still goes to the same college as I do and one day I bump into him (about two months ago). I'm getting technical help from a professional who knows how work on system of the school, and this guy I've been talking about the whole time here, he scrolls up beside me on a computer chair and starts saying stuff to me while I'm listening to the professional. Stuff like, "Geez, you forgot your password? I can't believe that happened! You need to do this, man." He says this when I'm talking to someone else, no manners whatsoever! I end up saying, "Do you need something? If not, go away. I'm trying to get help." Well, that's pretty much it for the background info. As for now, he continues to call at least once every week but I never answer because I refuse to affiliate with someone like that. He acts like he wants to be a friend, but he's not friendly to me in the least. I really don't know what to do. Should I continue to ignore the calls while hoping I don't bump into him at school, or should I finally pick up next time he calls (and I know he will) and tell him that I don't want to be his friend? I know that you might first think of me as a jerk for ignoring his calls, but trust me people -- my last semester at college was a HELLISH semester, and that man is partially to blame. Also, I'm sorry if this story is confusing in any way; it's taken up over 20 minutes of my time to type it and I'm tired right now. Also, the tiny text box for adding optional details on Yahoo! Answers doesn't help either (I hate this tiny text box, it should be bigger). Thanks to anyone in advance for And in case you're wondering, NO. This guy is not a gay stalker or anything like that. I know for a fact that he's heterosexual.

Public Comments

1. just tell him that you will get with him at a later date.
2. Lol, your story sounds like it would make a hilarious anime/manga. =P ....just thought I'd throw that in there... Anyway... Yeah, this guy sounds like a spoiled rotten little child. The way he talks to you and how he acted durring your speach. Just tell him point blank to lose your number that the reason you gave it to him was for a professional reason only. Now that the presentation is gone, so is your obligation to him. Honestly, he doesn't seem to care how he words himself, so why should you? Good luck with your leach. =P