Grrrr...room mate rant! Why can't people clean?

[English Chick]

My DD whilst in Uni would call me up and say "mum! please come and clean up the mess".....more fool me off I would go!

 

[beak]

Wait till you have teenagers. they not only leave a mess everywhere but they leave bread out with the bag open, peanut butter with the lid off, lights on, go out to start their car in the winter and leave the door open. My son did that in his boxer shorts. I shut the door and locked it. He had to go back out to his car to get the key.

You have to choose your fights. Just keep your room clean and hang out there. I had a room mate that used my soap and left pubes on it. I had to take my soap in my room after that. Anytime you have more than 1 room mate it's a lost cause. Most people that are in a room mate situation are young and are just spreading their wings. If Mom and Dad made them clean up all the time they might just use the freedom to be slobs. Not much you can do. You'll just drive yourself crazy.

 

[al6517]

Lets face it a gagle of women living together in a confined space, Disaster in the making LOL, come on women are very messy, they love for you to think that we ( men ) are the messy ones, a fine ruse that has been told for centuries. Case in point!! A WOMENS BATHROOM sheeeesh talk about a tornado LOL LOL. OK OK I am ready for all the rebutals, I can feel the claws coming out now hehehe. So come on and fess up and lets hear from all of you messy women, don't be shy, and please do not fib.

 

[mom'sfolly]

You may have to just realize that everyone has different standards and yours are perhaps higher than others. If you're the only one who sees or cares about the mess than it will always be your's to clean up. If it doesn't bother them, why should they feel compelled to clean to your standards? This is the voice of experience; I live with 3 males who can step over a toy or peice of paper 10 times each and never pick it up. Either you can make yourself crazy and resentful, and your roommates hostile or you can clean it yourself.

 

[grundail01]

I have a little trick that you might want to know. With 4 girls I'd bet your tub/showers drain kind of slow, cheap bleach works better then anything you can buy( any thing but Clorox for some reason it doesn't work as well).
Just put a pint down the slow drains at night before you go to bed so it can set and it will dissolve the hair, soap scum, and most kitchen waste that get clogged in the line like grease. It won't harm the sewer pipes and since you can get a gallon at any .99/dollar store cheap it's inexpensive.
There is a down side, you don't want to use this if you have a septic system, the extra bleach will kill the enzymes in you tank.
Just thought i might share a tid bit of knowledge that really works.
Alex

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

Well, I spoke to each one and guess what...the kitchen was CLEAN when I got back. They all seemed to take it very well.

Last semester it got that way at the end just because no one had any time with finals. I was in exactly the same situation and I completely understood. The problem is THEY don't like it just as much I do. It's just a simple case of laziness and for some reason this semester its beginning now instead of May when everyone is running around like mad people.

There's not really a way to avoid cleaning...if I want to use the kitchen I have to clean it...otherwise I would go hungry. I'm not going to use a stove with sauce and noodles spilled all over it because that would just cause a fire.

All four of us do come from different backgrounds, but we all get along very well. One never did anything for herself. She barely even eats because she can't cook for herself worth a dime. Her mom still does her laundry and she goes home every weekend. The other lived in a house with four children and I'm sure they are not as concerned with things like taking off your shoes or wiping down the counters. Like I said, I'm not a clean freak sort of person, but it's a little ridiculous when the bottom of your socks look like you've been walking around outside!

I am an EMT, so when things in an environment pose a health risk it definitely concerns me. Just things like putting raw chicken on the counter and not wiping is down afterwards, not rinsing your spit and tooth paste down the drain...little things that we should all do ourselves and sometimes forget.

Hopefully my conversation with all of them sunk in and we will all be able to make compromises. Already things have gotten better. None of us are little kids anymore and its not like we've just left home. We've been living together for two years now and I have to say we have one of the better living arrangements than most others on campus.

 

[debilorrah]

My dear you sound like you have good head on your shoulders. I hope everything went really well and they all heard you. I also hope you heard them too!

 

[TheOLDNewChick]

 

[Mahonri]

Glad you talked to them first. Now if they misbehave there are ways to change the behavior.

When you get into the shower and the person before you left hair there, be certain to take a piece of paper towel in with you. Remove her hair and put it on her pillow in her bed.

If they leave a dish in the sink unwashed, put it under the covers of her bed.

Behavior should change quickly.

I did it in college.

They got the message real quick and there were no more problems.

Am I mean?
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BTW... when removing hair from the shower or bathroom floor, NEVER flush it down the toilet, it will clog it eventually (been there done that) always put it in the garbage.

 

[bluey]

At least you didn't pull their teeth while they were sleeping!