No. It's the contents of said list that are telling, if you really bother examining it.
Rule number one, implementing a noise curfew. Three, four, and five, dictating overall cleanliness of the household. Ten, a chore wheel. [He pauses and then frowns -- he's doing this from memory right now, okay.] Six, clearly mentioning morality as if to persuade us further. And we've already discussed thirteen and fourteen; I suppose I could comment on the others if I wanted, but these come to the forefront of my mind.
By itself, it's strict but nothing is terribly unreasonable. Yet the fact that you have already drawn up a list -- a thorough one, too -- after only being here for two days... The fact that you've done so before even meeting your current housemates, before even knowing what their personal habits or desires or needs are, when everyone else in your position would still be trying to wrap their heads around what's really happening--
[A breath. What a wordy bastard.] That tells me that you prioritize order first and foremost. That setting rules and regulations in place that will make life more harmonious for you was probably one of first things on your mind when you were told that you had to share a living space with other complete strangers. Unless you're going to tell me that the very thought didn't make you the slightest bit uncomfortable?
what an old jerk. also i'm sorry for this tag
Rule number one, implementing a noise curfew. Three, four, and five, dictating overall cleanliness of the household. Ten, a chore wheel. [He pauses and then frowns -- he's doing this from memory right now, okay.] Six, clearly mentioning morality as if to persuade us further. And we've already discussed thirteen and fourteen; I suppose I could comment on the others if I wanted, but these come to the forefront of my mind.
By itself, it's strict but nothing is terribly unreasonable. Yet the fact that you have already drawn up a list -- a thorough one, too -- after only being here for two days... The fact that you've done so before even meeting your current housemates, before even knowing what their personal habits or desires or needs are, when everyone else in your position would still be trying to wrap their heads around what's really happening--
[A breath. What a wordy bastard.] That tells me that you prioritize order first and foremost. That setting rules and regulations in place that will make life more harmonious for you was probably one of first things on your mind when you were told that you had to share a living space with other complete strangers. Unless you're going to tell me that the very thought didn't make you the slightest bit uncomfortable?