July 26, 2011
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My Messy Housemates
I have to thank @nimbusthedragon for inspiring me to do this. Earlier this month, she made a post about a letter she wrote to her inconsiderate roommates. In her letter, she mentioned she kept a log on her computer of all the times she had to clean up her roommates’ messes to show she wasn’t being unfair in her assessment.
What a great idea Liz! You see, I live in a big house that resembles a dorm hall. Basically, 12 people live here and while we each have our own room, we all share one big kitchen. Not surprisingly, there are a few housemates that tend to leave their crap out no matter how many reminders we give them to be considerate of others.
That is why a couple of my cleaner housemates and I started this Tumblr page: MyMessyHousemates. Don’t worry! Xanga is still my blogging home, but I have to admit that Tumblr is great for microblogging pictures. Since July 12th, we have been keeping track of our housemates’ messes and posting it to this blog for future reference.
Let’s start with the first picture I posted on the blog:
One housemates left all of these dirty dishes in the sink for four days. Remember, we share the kitchen so this was definitely getting in everyone’s way when we try to watch our own dishes. Why didn’t he just put them in the dishwasher? At least we have the other sink to use without any obstacles, right?
Oh come on! Seriously, if you have time to make cereal in the morning you have time to clean it up before you leave! It’s not hard at all, really. Must you take up both available sinks too?! Ahhh!
Soon after taking this picture, an email was sent out to the house reminding (for the 3294 time) that dishes are to be dealt with immediately, not when it was convenient for them. Things were fine for a few days, but then it reverted back to business as usual:
*Shake my head*
Besides the dishes, other tiny but annoying issues popped up here and there. For example…
Why. Are. Random. Caps. Everywhere?!
Clean, that is not.
When trash is full, take it out ya lazy bum!To see examples of other crap we deal with, click here.So yes, this could be worse…but it’s still annoying. Recording all of our inconsiderate housemates’ messes in this blog has been, if nothing else, a great way to channel our frustrations at this persistent, ongoing issue. We plan on eventually sending the link to the offending housemates and/or our landlord so they can see what some of us have to deal with all the time when we use the kitchen. Plus, now whenever a housemate denies that they’re at fault or says, “I’ve only left dirty dishes once/twice/etc.!” we have this growing body of evidence to present to them to show otherwise. Lawyered!
How do you deal with living with a messy person?
Comments (137)
I am a messy person XD
I thought only girls have big house drama issues….
I take everything they leave out and put in their room…
Are those beer caps? I bet I can guess who left those out.
It looks like my husband lives with you
Haha, don’t get me wrong. I love the man to death and I wouldn’t trade him for anyone. It’s just being the very intelligent geek type, cleaning up things around the house and other details seem to escape his notice… *sigh* I suppose that is why he married me – I’m a clean freak
wow dood. I dunnoo how you hold in your anger.
uhh yeah, I shared a kitchen with 30 some other girls, and there were ALWAYS dishes in the sink. We got so many e-mails about taking them out but no one ever cleaned their dishes, and the worst part was that the cleaning ladies didn’t clean the sink if there were dishes in it. So our sink must have been so germy. Finally we had to make a policy that dishes left in the sink over 24 hours get thrown away =P
LMAO! I’m following that Tumblr, in 5…4…3…2…
Is that trash in a desk drawer or something? rofl
it’s frustrating. my roommate is a messy person. she doesn’t work but i do. but i am the one who has to do all the washing, washing up, sweeping, cooking…etc. i hate it! i don’t talk much so she thinks it’s ok coz eventually i will do it. i am not a neat freak but esp when u r studying, i hate to see those big pile of dishes and messy floor around u.
I sympathize with you =( It doesn’t help when I hate confrontations
Solution? BURN THE HOUSE DOWN!
I experienced the same thing and I only live with 2 roommates, so I can’t even imagine what hell you’re living in. It got to a point where I got tired of seeing dirty dishes in the sink so I just threw them away.
I finally said something to them and things got better. Speak up, tell them how you feel.. If that doesn’t work, throw their shit away.
I experience the same thing, and I only live with one person – my girlfriend! :-* I’m tidy, she’s…not. #maddening
I used to live with messy roommates and coming from households that valued cleanliness and picking up after yourself, I was appalled when I moved in with these people. It was annoying but I didn’t complain too much and just cleaned up. But it’s different with my bf..hahaha he gets the full front of my nagging about it.
I feel sorry for him lol
It’s even better when a messy apartment-mate hypocritically yells at someone else for not cleaning a bowl.
I clean it.
Or…
Split money for a dishwasher? With 12 people it can’t be that much…
When I was in college, there was this guy who refused to clean his dishes despite everyone telling him to do so. My solution? I just took his dirty dishes and put him in front of his door.
Ahh, the glory days!
When I finally get my own place, If I need roommates, it will be an eight-step interview.
Oh goodness. This makes me grateful not to have roommates at the moment =)
@theHealthRabbit - Urgh, we seriously need women housemates again. They definitely made the house have a different dynamic.
@RaggyDoll - SHUN THE NONBELIEVER! =P
@babixling - Good idea. Now, if only I knew for sure who’s the exact culprit is…
@HeLLo_Bianca - I bet you would be right in your guess.
@firetyger - Ah, so you could say you two compliment one another!
@BenelliMan - I occasionally kill a housemate, but I try to keep it down to once every few months…wait, what?
@JustPlainMorgie - That’s a great policy. We would probably enact that same policy if it wasn’t for the fact we share dishes =(
@thesoftlights@blackhk - Our trash is kept tucked in one of the drawers. I think it’s pretty common. Have you not seen something like that before?
@I_love_Burma - I feel ya. My housemate that’s currently unemployed and I (since I work from home) have to deal with most of the mess that our other housemates leave behind when they go to work. Grr!
@jacigurl88 - What sucks is that we have done multiple confrontations and they STILL do it! Why??
“Clean, that is not.” - LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nasty.
@CaKaLusa - Genius! Nothing could go wrong with that plan!
@Timmmmmmy - Fortunately it’s only a few housemates and not all of them that do this, but that’s still just enough to be of an annoyance. Trust me, everyone knows this is a problem haha. I wish I could just toss out the dishes like you, but unfortunately many of us are sharing those dishes.
@Hinase - I need to remind my landlord to emphasize the cleanness part when finding future housemates. Ahhh….
@xiaosnowtenshi - So that housemate is passing the blame on to others?
@Dobserver - That’s the thing; we DO have a dishwasher and people still leave dishes in the sink. WTF?
@Roadlesstaken - hmmmm, I’m not sure I have! Today…I have learned something new. lol
eeew. gross.
@Bodhiseeker2 - If I knew exactly who was at fault each time I maybe would have to do that. Unfortunately, I can’t pinpoint for sure who it is among the 3-4 possible culprits. Hmm…
@stupid_systemus - Maybe I should do the same, with 6 of those 8 steps related to how clean they are.
@oOo_itsJuJu - Some of my cleaner housemates and I were thinking about getting our own place together sometime down the road. We’ll see if we eventually have to do that.
@consignedhearts111 - You would think the person who put that in the drawer would have noticed that. Sigh.
@clubsmiley - Wanna help me clean? =)
@Roadlesstaken - Ya, I’ve confronted a few times but then I just felt like I was the mom nagging. Last time I had to clean the whole house myself because I couldn’t stand it anymore…so when you find out, share the knowledge please!
And same goes for the beer can that was outside haha.
Drats! I am a neat freak and that quiet possibly would get under my skin. Good luck with your roommates!
@jacigurl88 - I feel like the offending parties take it for granted that others will eventually clean up for them. They need to learn!
@HeLLo_Bianca - Yup. That reminds me, I saw some upstairs on the deck as well. I should snap some photos of that tomorrow.
@DiamondsOnBarbie - I’m not a big neat freak, but just do the basic stuff at least! They know they live with other people and it was written in their house guidelines. Gah.
great idea! could be the next damn you auto correct type site
12 people, what?!
@unfathomablelove - Haha, we’ll see. I made this blog without any intent on it being popular. Just needed a place to quickly record mess I see!
@wikipediot - Yah. Like I said, picture it like a dorm hall and you get the idea. Did you ever check out my house touring video? Let me know if you wanna see it.
@Roadlesstaken - I do wanna see it!
@wikipediot - http://roadlesstaken.xanga.com/729798306/cribs-the-roadlesstaken-edition/
@Roadlesstaken - That might be a great idea! Lol. Could you afford it, though?
I’d throw away the dishes.
@oOo_itsJuJu - I could, but see I already settled here and plus I have a house party I planned for New Years already haha. So yeah, maybe sometime next year.
@LausnesElam - I would to if I didn’t use them also. Although, I could just buy my own pot/pan/dishes and keep them elsewhere. Hmmm….
That looks like my kitchen sink.
@Roadlesstaken - Wow, you plan way ahead. Haha. Can you make it to next year?
@CaKaLusa - Or he could save the house and burn all the roommates down.
@fLiPgUy31O - Well, not all of them. I’ll spare the clean one.
@oOo_itsJuJu - I think I can. Fortunately, I know of at least one of the messy housemates is moving away, and maybe another one soon after! Must be patient…
@ElusiveWords - Now, who’s the culprit in your case?
@Roadlesstaken - some anonymous sailboat….
Seems like a lot of us have messy, inconsiderate roommates. I’m actually about to kick mine out, and this post gave me a bit of inspiration for my open letter to him.
@rosertot_love - Excellent, just read it. Are you going to present that letter to him, or are you just going to tell him in person?
@Roadlesstaken - I’m gonna sit him down and have him read it Saturday, then wait for the fight that I know is coming.
And I thought I was an out of touch old fogey……have you guys ever heard of a “Nanny cam”? Catch them in the act, confront them with the evidence then tell him/them to clean up or clear out! I fortunately always know who did it in my house as there is only myself and my husband here. All the cliches fit here, he doesn’t know how to hang a towel, he does take out the trash but never lines the cans, his coffee cup is always where he finishes with it, and no, I have not found a sponge or dish cloth that fits his hand…and I don’t have a dishwasher, but we have been married 30 years and i don’t think I am going to teach him any different now. On the other hand, he counts the grains of sugar he puts in my coffee so that it will be just right, he takes me to watch sunrises with a hot thermos of coffee and ALWAYS opens car, house, store doors for me.
@mommachatter – You know what’s funny? The landlord actually entertained the idea of putting a camera facing the sink so we catch people in the act! Some housemates think that’s invasion of privacy, but I’m for it haha.
hmm….you live with my brothers and parents. I come in to put my dishes in the dish washer..it’s full of dirty dishes…the sink full of dirty dishes. I have no room to clean said dirty dishes or my own. I set my one bowl with them and start the dish washer. I get yelled at for filling the sink with dirty dishes….I point out it was a bowl and spoon (or fork)…. “But I see cups in there…tea cups…those are yours.” my response? “Have you not noticed the giant tea cans growing in the aluminum recycle thingy? Those are mine. I haven’t had tea in cups in awhile. Every person in this house drinks tea.” the reply? “You have done it before this…loads of times.” At this point I walk away. haha
I started an album on Facebook like this because my in-laws are such poor housemates… When we all came together, I got stuck playing, essentially, Cinderella–it’s a constant battle to clean up after them. I’m sorry you’re also plagued by these pests, lol.
Reminds me of my old posts when I used to live in SF.
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When I was living with my ex and his sister two years ago, I took to posting the pictures of their messes on FB…their friends comments about their mess got them to start being cleaner around the house but it also caused them to be very upset with me. I didn’t really care, since talking to them about it didn’t get anywhere
I hope your housemates will come around about cleaning up.
That looks like what I had to deal with for a year.
I should tell my old roommates to do that. We lived in a two bedroom apartment with five girls. Two of the girls were so messy. We ended up getting cockroaches at one point and after I went to the office and had them send in exterminators the girls started being clean. Can’t imagine twelve times the messes though. Five was hard enough haha.
ahh! that looks like a nightmare. I’m glad I won’t have to deal with housemate issues anytime soon!
How bout calling on a house meeting to discuss issues rather than sending emails? (call a meeting again if you’ve already done it in the past) OR… post a big, giant, BRIGHT, obnoxious sign around the sink to remind them to wash their dishes.
I can’t. I had to give up on roommates and live alone. When my boyfriend moved in, it was kind of like training a puppy, but he got it. Plus when the roommate is your SO, consequences can be a little more motivating =P
um they could also try and recycle! I see a few items that are clearly recyclable.
haha ohh my god. this was last year for me. honestly, gang on up on them with the cleaner ones in house LOL. this must suck soo much!
i clean up after my own self. and i hate cleaning up after others. -_-
I’m scared for this upcoming year when I share an apartment with 2 other girls. If it gets too bad, I think ill just have to move out
@Roadlesstaken - the Army helped me clean more regularly but I’m still a little clutterbug
I don’t deal with living with messy people. I just can’t tolerate it. My husband gets made to clean up after himself and my daughter is made to clean up at night (with my help, of course!). At my parents, I’ll just clean the hell out of their bathroom or kitchen, whatever, so that it’s to my standards. Things need to be a certain level of cleanliness and tidiness for me. &I could never live in your house, I’d go insane.
So, what you’re saying is, you’ve been living in a frat house all this time? 12 people?! Wowza!! And BTW, good idea on the Tumblr… I think I might start one called LivingWithOneandaHalfMen….
It was a protected post, hahahahahaha… luckily I don’t think my roomies read YOUR blog, hahaha. But yeah, I definitely feel you.
Oh thank God I don’t have a messy housemate lol :/ Good luck monsieur Alex
Looks like my house. My boyfriend’s brother is staying with us until he’s deployed and it’s been a mess.
Even last night, I washed every single pot & pan and unloaded the dishwasher. This morning when I woke up there were pans on the stove and dirty dishes in the sink. It drives me crazy. The dishwasher is literally right there. I don’t get it.
Lame.
Post a sign up that says…”You’re mother does not live here. Clean up after yourself!”
And I can’t believe that as big as the house is, you all don’t have a dishwasher?? 
wow 12 people! that is nuts! i like telling people i’ve lived with 7 other girls before although i won’t ever do it again. girls aren’t that clean. good luck with your housemate issues although i don’t think the dirty/messy problem would ever go away.
why wait to send them the pictures, the longer you wait, the more you enable them
How are you the roadlesstaken? That should be mine.
Really not clean! lol
LOL I only live with my sister so no I don’t really deal with messy housemates! In college I had a really messy roommate but it was just her room that was a disaster zone!!
I know the frustration of having messy roommates. In my sophomore year of college, I had 3 roommates and it got so bad that we’re no longer friends, still not talking to this day. I say for future references I will not live with any of my friends if I still want to be their friend.
wow, living with 12 people.. I think you need to get a house maid.
It could be much worse… haha maybe you should just have a meeting about the mess or something?
I got this idea from this Australian comedian show. This comedian made a sign at the sink “Please clean after your mess. There are no fairies”. LOL Genius!
@Roadlesstaken - Haha, patience is a virtue. Are you virtuous enough?? =)
I think in order to live peacefully with roommates, you have to understand that not everyone is as messy or clean as you. That’s two ends of the spectrum. If they have to change their ways for you, then you should have to change for them. Saying that, this stuff is pretty sick. But on the other end, don’t expect perfection. Making a website is pretty passive aggressive. Having an email sent out, is again passive aggressive. You need to talk to them, on a one to one basis, whoever is making the mess and let them know you don’t appreciate it. In the long run, they won’t be perfect. There will still be sticky counters and a dish or two. This is part of living with other people. Not everyone is the same mess wise. Some don’t even realize sticky counters are gross.
i don’t even know if i could handle living with messy housemates.. i’m already stressed out having to clean up after some of my family members. perhaps you can take a bucket and fill it with water and soap, then carry your dirty dishes to their rooms to clean. if they get mad, be like “hey, not my fault you took up the whole kitchen sink.”
I have never lived with a messy person so I can’t say how I’ve dealt with it. My roommate for next year is cleaner than me so I have nothing to worry about!
Hire a housekeeper to clean up and charge everyone to pay for it. Have them come every day. If one of the people in the house wants to clean, charge the other members what a housekeeper would cost. Once it hits the wallet, maybe behavior will change. Nahhhh.
That’s nothing…haha…but interesting blog idea!
haha, too funny. I hope they get the message. You should post more!
@ALovingAdversary - They’re too used to getting away with it I see haha. I need to make sure that stops being the case at my place.
@catchingXdreams - Do you get fruit flies from the messes? We are starting to because of the summer =(
@sonychak - oh yeahh, I remember those posts. I see a certain person that doesn’t like you was the first commenter on one of them haha
@i_am_not_short - Haha, nice. Yeah, I have a feeling some of the housemates won’t be happy I’ve made a blog about their messes, but I really don’t care now. They know the rules!
@SliverLines - What changed after that year?
@AlfieNgoSYOU - I just posted up a sign today regarding dishes that have been in the sink since this past weekend haha. I think a house meeting would be ideal, but I don’t think it will be well attended unless I get the landlord to announce it. We’ll see how it goes. I probably will end up requesting that.
ew…nothing is worse than finding dirty dishes in the drawer. I had that problem at home. It freaking annoys me. I yelled at everyone in the house, so things are okay now.
@sunflowersforlove - Cockroaches?! Ew. So far we’ve only had to deal with fruit flies, but that hasn’t stop people from still being messy.
@cazmatazz - Haha, I can imagine so!
@onlyFORaLILwhile - I know right? Why in the world did one of the guys throw an empty water jug in our trash? Lazy.
@buiptammy - Another problem is that we all have different schedules, so it’s hard to get a group of us to encounter an individual.
@jeannie_dot_com - I think very few people like to have the extra work of cleaning after others. I sure do not enjoy it!
@happyobligations - Hey, at least when there is a mess you have only 2 suspects. I have 11 haha
@ArmyWife4Life2007 - I think we need someone like you in the house to be a rule enforcer! We used to have one, but then she moved away.
@PineappleLurve - It’s not exactly a frat house…but yeah, it probably could be haha. One and a half eh? I think I know what that one would be about.
@nimbusthedragon - Didn’t you say one of your roommates read my blog before? Ah okay, forgot it was protected. I took off the link.
@fabolousclown - Thanks, I will have to take care of business Chan style!
@Roadlesstaken - Haha, I could probably handle that, but I come with a mini me &she bosses people around too, lol.
@AmanduhPie - For real! We have a dishwasher too that people could easily put dishes in, so it boggles me why they still choose not to do that bare minimum.
@armnatmom - We do have one, that’s the thing! Sad, isn’t it?
@five_twenty - Yeah, there’s a part of me that feel there will always be at least one guy…but we can at least keep the messes down and happening less often!
@Yohkom - Still building up my case haha. I don’t want to sound like I’m nagging, but once I have enough pictures I can show that there’s a legit reason why I’m complaining.
@RulerofMasons - I think your s/n is pretty good actually
@amorenlinea - that’s an understatement haha
@AmeliaHart - I wish my housemates would just keep their messes in their room and not in our common space!
@suefa_lee - It’s sad how a problem like this can divide people. My house definitely has some of that vibe in the air.
@SuperRat - We talked about it, but it hasn’t come into fruition yet. I think if we do we should make certain people pay more haha
@GodaiTheRonin - It may get to that point. Honestly, the current mess right now isn’t driving me absolutely bonkers yet. It’s amusing, but let’s see how long I’ll feel just that
@Got_Claws - Haha, I can picture one of my housemates writing that.
@oOo_itsJuJu - Come on, do you even have to ask? =P
@FallingSafely - I see where you’re coming from. I’m starting to think I do need to encourage my landlord to declare a house meeting, especially since we haven’t had one since I’ve moved in. Maybe I’ll wait til after next month to see how things are because one of the messiest one is moving out. Yay!
@Beb3Lika - If only I knew for sure who exactly make certain messes! I know about the bottles though. I’m tempted to just lay it all out in front of his room door next time.
@i__LIVESTRONG - That’s good to hear! One of the messier ones is moving out next month, so I’m looking forward to change in house vibe.
@Ricardo98 - Extra fees might work. The landlord and I discussed doing so at one point.
@oxyGENE_08 - Yeah, it can definitely be worse but this is still a nuisance!
@Titan35 - Oh, I have been! I only started that messy housemate blog a couple weeks ago, so there will be more to come! Maybe I should make it a blog for people to submit their roommates’ mess too.
@bAbiiExxPiNay - There are times I feel like doing that, but I don’t want to come off as the nagging one. Still, something needs to be done!
You’re too young to know Oscar and Felix (play, movie, etc.) The Odd Couple.
I fall somewhere between messy Oscar – - and – - OCD neat freak Felix. I tend to clean up after messy people, though…and they figure that out and they let me. Ha! 
I had a messy apartment-mate for one year in college. Just did my part then and left the rest. I was too busy to pick up after me AND her. Messy, weird roommates make for fun stories later in life though!
HUGS!
@AdamsWomanFell - I think there’s a part of me that want my housemates to continue making messes, if for nothing else but to continue that blog haha
@Roadlesstaken - That they are. btw… a brick saying dirty? o.O
I’m so glad I don’t have roommates. If I did have some and they were pigs, they would be looking for another place to stay.
Nada. I lived on campus and in our apartment there were 5 other girls including myself. It was mostly one of my roommates and I that cleaned everything and after our junior year was up, we all found different living arrangements. I’m pretty sure I would’ve hurt somebody if I had to keep dealing with it.
That would drive me up the fucking wall. Those dishes would be thrown, with all possible force, into the offender’s room.
Okay, I’m not perfect and I sometimes leave my dishes on the counter, but you know what? I’m the only who cleans this place and it gets done every day!
@Roadlesstaken - Fruit flies and roaches–roaches on a massive level.
I really hate, hate, hate messy people. I opted to stay living at home whilst I’m at college, simply because I know that it’ll be difficult to find students who aren’t messy. My own siblings are bad enough and do much the same as above, leaving plates and whatever else all over the kitchen, expecting someone else to clean it up like we have a maid service here or something. Too annoying!
@Roadlesstaken - Haha. =)
I can’t live with messy people. I’d die! haha
@ALovingAdversary - Yeah, no idea why it’s in the kitchen haha
@livexlovexlaughter - I wish it was that easy to kick the offenders out of my place!
@ange_lae - I’m actually fine if they leave it occasionally, but when dishes are left out for days upon days hogging up sink space that is when I get annoyed
@SliverLines - We need to segregate all the messy people out and have them live with one another haha
@Luna - It makes me wonder if they were spoiled by their parents or something growing up, or perhaps they never were taught those manners.
@jennfaceee - That’s a pretty bad reaction to messes haha
@Roadlesstaken - because it’s dirty, of course.
ugh I hate messy roommates, when I lived in a dorm sharing ONE kitchen with over 3,000 people, it was still relatively cleaner than me moving out with ONE roommate and it was so bad that I ended up having to throw away my trash can…yeah…imagine that. The trash can was too revolting to use. What sucked worst was that I was the only one cleaning everything, living room, dining room, kitchen, stoves, her dishes (or my dishes that she used), and I thank my lucky stars we don’t share bathrooms. I’d probably fight her if we did lol hmmm solutions? try leaving a camara there and catch the culprit, then all you cleannies go after em! xD
@Lesonja - I’m trying to convince my landlord to go through with the camera idea over the sink! Let’s catch them in the act!
Nothing and I mean NOTHING gets on my nerves like dirtiness and people who don’t pick up after themselves!! It’s so %$#*&@! hard to find clean roommates! The new guy who moved in recently is like this (decent guy otherwise), I have been patience and asked politely but I am getting to the point where if I have to come home to dirty dishes in the sink again I am going make him wash the dishes while I stand there watch him finish and then punch him in the face! I also hate it when it’s their turn to clean they half ass it, put some effort into it f&@%#ing lazy bum!
It would be sooooooo great to living with people that’s on the same level of tidiness as I am!
Lol, these pictures make me feel bad about my habits. I only live with one girl, so we’re ok with each other, and we clean each other’s dishes and take out the trash together. But…12 people? I can’t imagine the horror of trying to wash through that mucky brown water…
Looks like you’re stuck =P. Some people are just that way, and it won’t really change. At least they haven’t abruptly left and stopped paying rent! =). Oh, the silver lining. But, I’m sorry you have to put up with that kind of crap. You’d think adults would be more considerate =P.
Unfortunately, there seems to be only two ways to deal with messy people: accept them or don’t live with them.
@Trigger821 - You know, I kinda got the hint you like clean people after reading your ad for a roommate haha. I’ve made a note to myself never to be messy around you.
@xxthatsmexx - From living here, I’ve definitely learn that it takes certain people a lot longer to behave like mature adults haha
@christao408 - How about destroy them?
I usually get annoyed, but then i’m also pretty obsessive when it comes to my sense of clean (which is by no means clean lol) So I think i’d just end up cleaning everyones dishes if i were in your situation….just because they’d do it wrong any way
@BFB1131 - I could do that, but then I feel like I’m their housekeeper which I’m not!
omgosh. haha. there would be so many housing violations after a while. i’m pretty sure the roaches would move in.
I like this idea. I was amused by the actual site that you linked. Hopefully it works out for you.
@pkyslw - There’s a part of me that kinda hopes that the messes continue so I can keep on adding material to that blog haha
LOLOLOL I want a rock that points to dirty stuff
@ShimmerBodyCream - Still trying to figure out where that came from. I haven’t seen it before that day!
Oh yeah, time to vent! I’m not going to lie, I’m messy, but… I clean up when I need to and try to keep things acceptable.
Last semester my roomate hardly ever cleaned. It almost felt like I did most of the cleaning. So throughout the semester I pretty much didn’t care to try and clean anymore. A few times he’d leave a few pans and dishes… for over 3 to 4 week maybe a month. I would just wait to see when he’ll do it. During most of the semester our table would be dirty full of glasses,beerbottles, random caps, food. sometimes he couldn’t even take food back to the trash to throw it away. like seriously, you’re that lazy? LOL fortunately… I didn’t lose it.
Its all good though. I won’t be rooming with him again! Hes actually rooming with my other lady friend. puahah well see how she deals with his habits. Hopefully, my other new roomates won’t be so bad. If it gets messy, I might try to get creative on making them clean sh**.
@Roadlesstaken - Well exactly it’s certianly not a solution to do it for them.
But what you could do is get their e-mail addresses and send them a weekly newsletter from the blog
@Roadlesstaken - I forgot I already have a Tumblr!
@H0Eass - Yeah, after a while you get to the point where you feel like you’re being taken advantage of if you keep on cleaning their stuff. Good thing you won’t be living with him no more.
@PineappleLurve - Haha, I guess you don’t use it much.
@Roadlesstaken - Party every night!
That’s such a good idea! Maybe you should leave those pictures lying around.. hopefully they’ll get the hint? haha
I’m currently staying with my bf at his apartment this summer. He leaves his dirty clothes lying around and I do the dishes most of the time. I guess you can say I have a dirty housemate LOL. But he works long hours… gets up early and gets home late, so I understand he doesn’t have time to clean and I don’t mind cleaning up after him since he pays for everything and I love him
@xkthily - Seems like a fair deal!
This happened to me when I was living in the dorm. There were maggots crawling everywhere. =((( I didn’t want to clean it for them so yeah. Thank goodness I moved back home.
@SillyHelena - thank goodness I have no maggots here! (yet)
great idea. i’ve been pretty lucky. i remember sharing a two bedroom apt with one of my best friends. he was so neat. he and kept everything neatly in specific dresser drawers. he even folded his underwear. haha.
I recently moved out of my future mother-in-law’s house, which was not clean. Our house is so much better, but it isn’t the cleanest, either. We don’t have a working dishwasher, so the sink gets a pile every couple days before we wash it (part of it is I’m not going to fill the sink with soapy water to wash two glasses and a plate of my own, that seems rather wasteful). We’ve already vacuumed more here in two weeks than B did in six months, though, lol.
@TheSutraDude - More people should be neat like that!
@randaness - You can always use just a dab of soap to wash fewer plates. That’s what I do.
@Roadlesstaken - Yeah, I could, I get easily frustrated with that because I can never seem to get the soapiness to stay on the plate long enough for me to consider it clean. Maybe if I practice, though. Also, it would be easier to do dishes once we get a drying rack :p
Getting to this post brings back memories of the time in 1980, when I finally washed my housemate’s dishes, after he left them in the sink for TWO WEEKS. He got so angry, he left two days later. Then after another three weeks, he came back and got what I owed him for back utilities, bringing a thug with him for good measure, though I had the cash ready and just handed it to him, with a smile.
@RighteousBruin - A thug? Why did he get angry that you cleaned his dishes? That’s like doing him a favor haha.
@Roadlesstaken - He just had the brain fart that I was “bossing him around”. There was MOLD growing on the plates. Go figure- I’ve never met anyone like that, before or since.
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