living with others and things you learn about yourself

[beastieangel01]

so, after a while now of living with a variety of roommates, I've discovered the following about myself:

- I cannot stand a dirty kitchen. A kitchen CANNOT be gross. That's where we make food, keep the thing clean damn it.
- Not soaking a dish with food crap in it irritates me. When it's left out and not soaked, the food stuff gets hard and then trying to chip it off is a pain in the ass. NO.
- Non-kitchen items in the kitchen DRIVES ME INSANE. My current roommate does that and I can't stand it, even though it's not mine I immediately take it out of the kitchen because I can't handle it. For example, shoes being left in the kitchen, or a purse left on the kitchen counter over night... wtf. No.
- I want to be able to walk around barefoot in a house without stepping on anything gross. The bottom of my feet should NOT be dirty after walking around INSIDE a house.
- Stepping over things like an obstacle course to get around the house, and ESPECIALLY the hallway (the only way to get to my room) is so not cool.

And I always feared getting stuck with a clean freak.

Considering all my past roommates and current, turns out that I'M the clean freak! And really, I'm not. Just turns out a shit load of people are messy pigs. I'm pretty lax about it at first. But after a few months I'll want to choke a bitch.

[Bob]

yeah, the not soaking thing kills me too. the best thing to do is wash a dish shortly after using it, before it gets impossible to wash, but i understand if you don't have the time, but how hard is it to put water in it? it's the difference between spending a minute on a dish when it's time to wash it, or spending 20 trying to get all the shit off it. i don't get why people don't do it

[abcdefz]

Roommates who forget phone messages drive me nuts. well, the one who did that drove me nuts. I'd say, "If you can't take a message, won't you just let the machine get it?"

"'Cause it might be for me!" :rolleyes:


Also, if your roommates pay their share on time, be very, very thankful. (y)

[MC Moot]

And I always feared getting stuck with a clean freak.

Considering all my past roommates and current, turns out that I'M the clean freak! And really, I'm not. Just turns out a shit load of people are messy pigs. I'm pretty lax about it at first. But after a few months I'll want to choke a bitch.

ahhhhh,I'm so glad the roomate phase of this life is over and done.... the only way I'll ever share space again is if I'm sharing the bed....you a Virgo?....The stereotype that we're crazy about cleanliness and order to the point of being accused of OCD may be true to my experience.....during my Uni daze I once had a roomate who had a thing for not flushing the toilet...great way to make your morning.....that lasted about a week.....(n)

[Bob]

What annoys me even more is that we have a dish washer and they don't even put the dishes in there, let alone soak them a bit.

one thing that bothers me is when people put all of their faith in the dishwasher to clean every dish to perfection, no matter what it is or how dirty it is. just made mashed potatoes? toss that pot in there, no need to scrub it! any direction will do, it's a dishwasher, it runs on magic!

and they don't even check the dishes as they're putting them away. i found a peanut-butter encrusted knife in the silverware drawer once. how hard would it have been to wash the thing off after using it? how hard is it to notice? it's not hard, i'll tell you

edit: these are my past roommates. my current roommate appears to be as anal about these kinds of things as i am, so it's working well

[MC Moot]

That's fucking disgusting.

To this day a closed toilet seat cover freaks me the fuck out......

[MC Moot]

one thing that bothers me is when people put all of their faith in the dishwasher to clean every dish to perfection, no matter what it is or how dirty it is. just made mashed potatoes? toss that pot in there, no need to scrub it! any direction will do, it's a dishwasher, it runs on magic!

and they don't even check the dishes as they're putting them away. i found a peanut-butter encrusted knife in the silverware drawer once. how hard would it have been to wash the thing off after using it? how hard is it to notice? it's not hard, i'll tell you

edit: these are my past roommates. my current roommate appears to be as anal about these kinds of things as i am, so it's working well

Toooo true....or those who put cast iron pans or my best Henckel in the damned lazy man's machine.....:mad:

[beastieangel01]

and they don't even check the dishes as they're putting them away. i found a peanut-butter encrusted knife in the silverware drawer once.

ugh! YES. I've never been able to trust ANYONE except myself when having roommates to do that properly. I mean, you are going to use these things to EAT. They will be going IN YOUR MOUTH. Don't you want those things to be sanitary?!?!?!?!

I just don't get it.

Also, people who drop food on the floor and don't pick it up, arggggh. My current roommate/best friend has a baby and I understand that babies are messy when they eat. But there's been a few times now that I've literally SLIPPED on yogurt that the baby has spilled because she didn't clean it up after. And she lets him walk around with food in his hand and he ends up dropping large crumbs everwhere in the living room then people walk around and it gets smashed in the carpet and aghaghaghaghagh

I need to talk to her about this because it's getting really bad and it's driving me up the wall. I despise, DESPISE walking around IN a house and thinking "ew wtf did I just step on." That's just really gross.

Oh and I'm a scoprio/sag cusp.

[Parkey]

I discovered that I have NO tolerance for people eating loudly. None.

[abcdefz]

Your birthday is almost the same as mine.

I'm not a tidy person at all, but however messy things get, it's still hygenic. I can't stand stuff like when roommates get the tub all nasty and don't wash it, leaving clots of hair in there or whatever.

[Junker]

Ha ha yeah my siblings leave the dirty plates in the sink un-soaked. Starts to stink sometimes too, eugh.

I also hate it when the kitchen scissors are somewhere else, like in my sisters room.

Your sister's hot???

[Junker]

Ha ha what? I'm not one to say ha ha.

Post some pics of her then on the family album thread and I'll tell ya. (y)


Back on topic. I have this same 'problem' crystal. I hate dirty things or things out of their original place. Kinda neurotic.

[Junker]

Did I imply she was hot?

Nope!

[jabumbo]

i am the same way with most stuff in the kitchen.

things that bother me the most are:

1- loading the dishwasher haphazardly (maybe because i'm a tech minded person, and things need to be efficient, but would it pain you to be able to fit all of our dishes in one load?)

2- using the dishwasher for EVERYTHING (like pots, mixing spoons/cooking utencils, and my good knives)


i also walk around barefoot all the time, and the worst is in the kitchen because stuff gets dropped and even if its picked up, its not wiped down enough so it ends upstaying sticky and its pretty foul

[HEIRESS]

Do americans wear their shoes inside the house alot?

[abcdefz]

I'd say most probably do.

[HEIRESS]

yeah, Ive kinda noticed that

quit the gross practice, thankfully Ive never been in a Canadian household where people wore their shoes inside

ever.

[abcdefz]

Really? When I was in Vancouver, I only went in one home where people didn't wear shoes. :confused:

[MC Moot]

quit the gross practice, thankfully Ive never been in a Canadian household where people wore their shoes inside.

Agreed it's rude from a hygenic stance and a cultural stance to me.....you know that when the Clinton's went to the Taj Mahal,Hillary tried to refuse taking off her shoes?.....I was there at the time and the Indian public went nutz....

[HEIRESS]

Its just not the norm around here, except maybe at someone's cabin but then everyone is just in flipflops then anyways

[MC Moot]

Really? When I was in Vancouver, I only went in one home where people didn't wear shoes. :confused:

Surrey is not Vancouver....:D

[abcdefz]

Hey! :mad:


I did go to church in Surrey one time, though. :)

I think. :confused:

[HEIRESS]

ok to make you feel better next time I visit my brother in Vancouver Ill tromp all over his carpeting in my shoes

[abcdefz]

No no no -- it might just be my bad memory.

The first time I was ever asked to take my shoes off when entering a home was my sophomore year in high school.

[ET]

- Not soaking a dish with food crap in it irritates me. When it's left out and not soaked, the food stuff gets hard and then trying to chip it off is a pain in the ass. NO.

That's what the little hose device on the sink is for. It's a habit of mine.

[DandyFop]

Crystal you would hate living with me, I'm a total slob.

Somebody will get stuck with me someday :D

[SB00774]

during my Uni daze I once had a roomate who had a thing for not flushing the toilet...great way to make your morning.....that lasted about a week.....(n)


My roomies loo "thing" lasted a day. I filled a large pop bottle with water, and showed her how much water we saved by having it in the tank when we flushed. I explained that was a compromise - she could always flush, knowing we weren't wasting floods of water, and the other's were unknowingly conserving more water than they ever would if she outright asked them too.







The shoe thing: I love Canada for it. I have a phobia of the bottoms of shoes and I feel like my parents moved here anticipating that! I have finally rid my house of all textile flooring so I can mop to my hearts content. Most of the houses in C that won't ask you to take shoes off are students or recent grads who haven't yet bought.

[skra75]

lol you're turning into your father

[ET]

OH SHI-

[abcdefz]

My roomies loo "thing" lasted a day. I filled a large pop bottle with water, and showed her how much water we saved by having it in the tank when we flushed. I explained that was a compromise - she could always flush, knowing we weren't wasting floods of water, and the other's were unknowingly conserving more water than they ever would if she outright asked them too.







I had a roommate who was totally into the "If it's brown, flush it down; if it's yellow, let it mellow" thing. To which I promptly said "No fucking way."

[MC Moot]

I had a roommate who was totally into the "If it's brown, flush it down; if it's yellow, let it mellow" thing. To which I promptly said "No fucking way."


I went to bash at frat house near UBC many years ago,where the pledges took polaroids of their movements and stuck them on the fridge...I remember thinking that everything I despised about Fraternity's was true,through and through.....I sold them nerds as acid,and split,so I felt a little better.....

[beastieangel01]

lol you're turning into your father

I'll kill you :mad:

and haha maybe in some ways but I think they are legitimate complaints. It's not like I care about someones personal room, do whatever you want I don't give a shit.

But shared areas, and when I am saying OUCH from stepping on something on the floor because the hallway is a complete cluttered mess (and the hallway is on the way to my room, the ONLY way to my room), or slipping on things in the kitchen and catching myself on the corner of the wall and hurting myself (and if I didn't catch the corner, I would have split my head open on the tile floor)... that's not acceptable. Just sayin!