It's a petty problem I know,
but this guy is driving me insane!!

He's in a few of my lectures, and every time I fall asleep he steals my copies of the lecture slides...and annotates them for me!

It's surprisingly annoying when it goes on for a year and a half, despite me repeatedly asking him not to do that.

He uses this shiny green gel pen to do it, and because he's left-handed he smudges it all over them.
(I really don't like people using anything other than a pencil or a Bic Crystal ballpoint pen, medium point, black)
He also has an appalling turn of phrase and really just seems to reword the slides, not add to them.

Every time I ask him not try and help me out, he puts on this hurt puppy expression and says something along the lines of 'but I don't want you to miss this.'

I've tried feigning sleep and snatching them back as soon as he leans over the row and touches them, but even that's not enough.

He even took to poking me repeatedly in the neck until I woke up, then presenting me with a cup of coffee until I started pointedly bringing a Thermos flask.

Short of arriving late to every lecture (he waits outside and follows me in) so I can get a seat away from him, I'm out of ideas on what to do!



UPDATE:
after reading through the advice of anyone who posted before I left for uni, I took him aside before our first joint lecture.

I followed the majority of the kindly responses and he apologised and said that he wouldn't do it again.

When I got to the last lecture of the day, I then felt safe to have a little nap (well I finished at 6)...
before being shocked out of my sleep by him TAKING MY NOTES AGAIN and, even more strangely, taking my Thermos flask from my bag before pouring my coffee into a mug taken from his, then prodding me in the neck.

ok, so I didn't stab him with my pen, but I had a long angry talk with him about boundaries after the lecture.

If it happens again, he'll get a spork to the eyes!!
(Completely Underwhelmed, Tue 5 Feb 2008, 0:57, closed)

tell him
that you resent his help as it is equivalent to him saying you can't do your work without his help. tell him that this is deeply offensive and that, if he doesn't stop, you'll report him to your tutor for attempting to cheat on your behalf.
( Smash Monkey holy crip, he's a crapple!, Tue 5 Feb 2008, 1:01, )

That's really horrible. He probably wants you, but either way, he's just being nice.

( TonyUNDERSCORE from the Internet friend me: http://www.last.fm/user/ManchesterSound, Tue 5 Feb 2008, 1:02, )

at first, I thought he was trying to be nice
but after I politely asked him several times to please not do that, especially as it was affecting his own work, it became something strange.
It's been going on for a year and a half.
A year and a half of me asking him to please stop doing that.
I've told him that if I ever feel like I need help then he would be the person I'd ask.
The times I've not brought slides with me, he's 'happened' to have spares.

It's not a nice gesture any more, it's weird and creepy.
(Completely Underwhelmed, Tue 5 Feb 2008, 1:07, )

.....
buy several of the kinds of pens you like and give them to him so that at least when he makes notes on your slides, he won't smudge them.

or just before the lecture starts, move to another seat that has no vacant seat near

or you could try to actually stay awake in lectures and do your own work so he doesn't feel he has to do it for you.
(flirting with badgers and back to muttering, Tue 5 Feb 2008, 2:00, )

Be seen with another guy
A big guy...

That or stab him with your pen, and tell him in a quiet sadistic tone to fuck off, or you'll do something horrible to him.
(harlief Skankhammer II, Tue 5 Feb 2008, 4:49, )

^This
Stab him with a pen....
(Legless Internet Ninja - We Own The Net, Tue 5 Feb 2008, 5:03, )

This guy sounds like a twunt.
But my favourite part of this story is that you are completely nonchalant about the fact that you regulalrly fall asleep in lectures.

Well played.
(JasperSinister is offering two tickets to the gun show, Tue 5 Feb 2008, 9:22, )

^yes, this
Why are you going to lectures and then falling asleep? Why not just stay in bed? Are you hoping for some kind of subliminal learning experience?
(crackhouseceilidhband A handful of hopeful words, Tue 5 Feb 2008, 9:50, )

yes
Feign sleep, and as soon as you sense him reaching over to your slides, move with ninja-like speed and stab him in the hand or arm with a pen, pencil or fork.
(Empress BobFossil Kneel before me and feed me smarties, Tue 5 Feb 2008, 10:13, )

Ah...economics student
I now understand why you'd regularly fall asleep.

I'd try the open and honest approach, as he seems too wierd to remain unthreatening for very much longer. Ask him to have a coffe with you after a lecture - somewhere very public, like a cafeteria. Then open the conversation: "Look, I know you think you're helping me and I appreciate that, but I don't find you attractive in any way at all, and your behaviour is starting to make me ill with stress and worry. Tell me why you are doing it when you know I don't want you to?"

Hope this helps.

Che
(Che Grimsdale is now officially a Wise Old B3tard, Tue 5 Feb 2008, 10:28, )

^Naah
Stab 'im.

Or empty your thermos over his head and then bludgeon him to the floor with said empty thermos. If it's one of the aluminium ones it should make rather attractive "Boinnng" noises as you flail away.

Put on a really good 'demented' face as well, maybe even start foaming at the mouth, and we'll have him on here in a flash describing you as the crazy narcoleptic thermos-wielding loon...


Excessive? At least it'd make the lecture more interesting.
(osok Rebel Without A Clue. But with a job of sorts, Tue 5 Feb 2008, 10:40, )

spork him all the way
Now I recommend the stabbing action... lots of it... even make a point of drawing blood...but you certainly need the mighty spork to do such a thing. Aim for the eyes... The little blighters love that.
(ubergingerspaceninjer last watched you sleep on, Tue 5 Feb 2008, 10:51, )

I think
you should just sleep with him. After sex, most blokes lose interest..........
(Pork2311, Tue 5 Feb 2008, 12:17, )

Kick him.
in his chest.hard.
(papa bouba slap your face, Tue 5 Feb 2008, 12:20, )

throat punch...
...kindest way in the end
( BulldogUgly Visit my profile to see what's between my legs, Tue 5 Feb 2008, 13:07, )

pfft
it's not that hard.. you just have to have the uncomfortable "i don't like you in that way" talk and ask him to just leave you alone. You don't need to be mean, you just need to be clear and direct and not make excuses. Don't go and sleep with him.. don't lead him on, and don't be weak when he does something nice for you. Perhaps introduce him to some shy, homely unkempt girl who will suck up any form of attention and will in turn give him a taste of his own medicine.
(brotagaia, Tue 5 Feb 2008, 13:13, )

^this
+ throat punch
( BulldogUgly Visit my profile to see what's between my legs, Tue 5 Feb 2008, 13:17, )

Do what Che and/or brotagaia says
Both make a lot of sense.

I think the main thing is to make it clear, utterly, absolutely, that you want nothing to do with this person - some people, for whatever reason, can't or won't take a hint and there's no point trying to understand or sympathise -it's not your job to make this person happy - just make sure you are ok, happy and safe.
(ancrenne magic cider summoner, Tue 5 Feb 2008, 13:26, )

MACE
right in the eyes - then kick him in the nuts - square in the nuts
(magic the cat loves the smell of sardine sidecar, Tue 5 Feb 2008, 14:11, )