Emotion: sadness
Problem: problems with friends
Situation: My roommates for next semester do not respect COVID safety or social distancing.

user: Hello, how are you today?

assistant: Hi. How is life treating you at the moment? Would you like to talk about any problems?

user: Thank you! And it is good except for one problem. I am in college and my roommates for next semester do not care about COVID -- they continue to go out and party. This upsets me and I have talked to them about it but they still do not care.

assistant: So you feel that you are being put in danger by the actions of your room-mate?

user: Yes, absolutely. I do not want to get covid and am worried about long term health effects. I have shared this with them but they still do not care.

assistant: I can totally understand how you feel. I absolutely hate how some people are pretending that the pandemic is not real and they do not need to worry.

user: Also, I am in a triple room in my sorority house for clarification. I feel my risk getting it in the room is high if they continue to not respect guidelines.

assistant: Do not worry, your fears are totally grounded. Some people really just need to grow up and get educated.

user: I agree and appreciate that I am not alone in thinking that! Many college students have been very irresponsible during the pandemic which is upsetting to me.

assistant: Is there anyone at your college who could help you with this? Perhaps move you into a single room?

user: No, there aren't any sorority rooms available at my sorority house and all of the dorms/apartments are full already but I've tried **single not sorority

assistant: Yes they certainly have. They seem to think that it will never happen to them and do not realise that they are putting others at risk

user: agreed

assistant: Is it possible for you to take some time off school?

user: I shouldn't do that -- I am applying to law school when I graduate so I feel like it'd be a bad look. it'd also be bad for my mental health to stay home, and I'd rather take the classes I need next semester

assistant: So you feel as though you are trapped .. you can't leave school but at the same time you are being put at risk through no fault of your own

user: right, it's very uncomfortable and no matter how many times I tell them how risky they are being to not only themselves but others they do not care also one of them is pre med which is even worse lmao

assistant: Please be assured that you are being sensible and that they are the ones at fault

user: thank u :)

assistant: Let's hope that this is over soon .. this has been an absolutely terrible year.

user: Agreed! Hoping for that vaccine soon what challenges have you faced from the pandemic?

assistant: Here in the UK they have started to roll it out.

user: I am so jealous! Things are so much better not in the USA!

assistant: I have to agree ;) But we have a large infection and death rate here too, largely due to government irresponsibility

user: haha yes we had the same issue with government mishandling everything ... so frustrating

assistant: Do you feel it would be better to be somewhere like New Zealand then, where there have been very few cases? It is a lovely country.

user: haha yes definitely! I would love to study abroad next year so I hope that will still be an option and COVID will be better then

assistant: So, you feel frustrated both by your roommate and also the conditions in your country?

user: yes for sure

assistant: I can sincerely wish that the world is in a better place next year

user: As do I... although I'm not sure if things will ever go back to the way they were before. But hopefully that is for the best

assistant: Perhaps we can learn something from this year and improve ourselves

user: I agree! It's definitely been a year of reflection for sure

assistant: I hope I have been able to be of some help, just by allowing you to talk things out

user: yes thank you you definitely have! enjoy the rest of your evening :)