These Posts Of Horrendous Roommates Should Prevent You From Ever Living With People Again
Living with another person under the same roof requires compromise. After all, everyone wants their home to be an oasis from the stresses of the outside world. Not to mention all the responsibilities you have to share to keep everything in order, such as bills, chores, and other maintenance tasks that demand mutual understanding and cooperation.
But apparently, that's too much to ask from some people. There's a subreddit called 'Bad Roommates' and it's full of tales about the gross, the annoying, and the psychotic. So we at Bored Panda decided to compile some of the most memorable ones to remind you just how important it is to find someone that you can get along with. Otherwise, you might end up in a situation that seriously tests your patience and sanity.
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Maybe I Should Try This
I saw the sequel tweet! It did not work and he received a d!ck pic
Load More Replies...Only works once per profile...might get "lucky" a few times!
Load More Replies...Person lives with roommate, roommate won't clean. Person pretends to be hot girl on tinder, says coming over so that roommate cleans
Load More Replies...OP needs to tell roommate he's on the same site and just found someone PERFECT for them!
When my son moved out and started living with roommates. He told them that the place had to be clean... "girlfriend coming over clean" is how he defined it... His two roommates were gobsmacked but did comply!
I Have A Dream
I overheard my roommate say if he left the dishes long enough I would clean them, that I was just like his mom. I let his dirty dishes pile up for a year, keeping a single set in my room that I cleaned after using. When we moved out I found $63 in change mixed with the trash in his room. When he asked, I told him we didn't get the damage deposit back. (I got it back after 3 days of cleaning WE did not)
When you smoke too much and spoons start to blend like in matrix and start giving advices as you are arguing with your mother.
Load More Replies...Keep a set of dishes and cutlery in your room, and just let them rot in their filth.
By living alone, I take all the credit and all the blame. It can get intense.
Family Member Has Cancer And No Immune System, And Is Largely Bed-Ridden. We Sanitized Her Whole House A Few Days Ago. Came To Pick Her Up And Found This. Told Her Roommate To Move The F Out, Immediately
At least she had backup. In response to my getting cancer, the scumlord had his friend move in, solely to make living there unbearable. She wouldn't wash her dishes, she left POOLS of oil on the stove, and burned sage. Every. Damned. Day. Not to mention almost burning down the house and destroying my microwave. She left way before I did.
Are you in remission? If so, congratulations! And either way f**k cancer!
Load More Replies...I’m not gonna lie, me and my mom have been guilty of this more than once, but if someone lived with us and they had cancer, or if we lived with them especially, there ain’t no f*****g way we’d be that inconsiderate. But in the privacy of our own home with just us 2 we have had our fair share of lazy days, and would take me a bit of time to get my a*s in gear; I still have that problem, just not as bad/often. But again, when it concerns someone with a disease, and little to no immune system, that’s the time to step up to the plate for them.
atleast you're admitting and acknowledging your personal flaws,many don't or ever do
Load More Replies...Look, I mean, if it was a single day of dishes after they've cooked, that's understandable. I personally (as a former Oncology nurse) would be more concerned with random (or otherwise, many) people visiting.
I was looking at it trying to figure out just how many days they'd been stacking up. It's hard to tell because of how chaotic they are. I might go a couple days without washing dishes because I'm cooking for one. But even then my dishes are stacked relatively neatly and I can actually use the sink... unlike this mess.
Load More Replies...Bummer! Roommate probably thought they just hit the jackpot and u guys were going to start doing all the cleaning!
I wonder what was written on the chalkboard? Some airborne pathogen is in the air?
The first time any roommate of mine left the kitchen like that, would be the last time. Ever. I have no roommate now, and I like it like that.
Thought You Guys Might Enjoy This
That really is a whole new level. There must be something more going on. I mean, the amount of TIME, energy and grossness that goes into this
Yeah I agree. Who would do such a thing without a really good reason. Maybe it's the bad roommate that's gone and the trash sorter is just feed up with their BS,
Load More Replies...Nah, start looking for separate accommodations. That roommate needs to be an ex-roommate ASAP
Load More Replies...she literally wasted her time picking her trash instead of ALL of the trash? wadahaul
This makes sense if you have to carry your trash up to the roof for the garbage angels to pick it up and the building is 32 stories and you only have one leg and live on the 3rd floor. Otherwise, you're a psychopath.
And So It Continues
Went to the original post on Reddit. The OP didn't really get a chance to comment on the situation because all the comments were about the font which is apparently useful for dyslexia.
Load More Replies...Too bad the person didn't bother to check into them BEFORE living in with them
When I had two rooms I used to lease out in my house, mostly to grad students at Stanford, I couldn’t stand it when roommates with leave their dishes in the sink for more than two days. So I invented the Peep system. If you left your dishes for more than 24 hours, you would have to eat a peep. The peeps I had were Dusty, OLD, and it’s sitting on top of the microwave at least eight Easters in a row. Turns out, all, but one never went to the next step. The next step would’ve been short, sheeting their bed, and putting all the dishes in their bed. 🤣 thankfully it never came to that.
Saw This On Fb And Thought It Might Help Some People Here!
Nice in theory but in my experience, being passive aggressive with bad flatmates doesn't help at all and makes living with them even more uncomfortable. Either direct but polite conversations work or it's time to look for a new one.
Totally agree, passive aggressive notes only annoy, they never resolve anything.
Load More Replies...Start hiding their items/possessions from them in the couch, under sink and other spots. And keep telling them they are losing their mind. Maybe say you don’t look well everyday and drive them out.
You forgot to suggest hiding their stuff under the dirty dishes
Load More Replies...A Solution I Made In An Old Share House To Solve A Milk Thieving Problem
Drought relief milk means that 10c from every milk sold goes to the drought stricken aussie farmers
Am I the only one who doesn't get how and (most importantly) what he did?!
He cut off an empty milk bottle and drilled holes through it. He then used it to cover and lock the fresh milk bottle.
Load More Replies...I write “Expressed Breast Milk” on my milk in the communal fridge at work. Never gets touched,
It's really bad when you need to lock up your gallon of milk
I couldn't live like that. If it was that bad just get a separate fridge for your room and lock the room door u til you can find someone or somewhere else to live!
Load More Replies...Nice try, but you know if they run out of their own milk they're just going to make a hole in your bottle.
Oh, now I get it... there's another plastic bottom of a milk bottle slid over the top of this one with a lock on it. Thanks to a comment that helped me figure it out. What a way to have to live with roommates... and there's "always one." Or more.
I could not figure out what was going on. Thank for your comment
Load More Replies...Good pair of kitchen scissors could bypass this solution. Just sayin'.
This Was The Only Way To Ward Off My Roommate From Sipping Out Of My Mouthwash Without Me Knowing... She Used 3/4 Of The Bottle, Does She Really Think I Am That Dumb That I Won’t Notice? Hope She Freaks Out
The aggressor sets the rules of engagement. This is more than fair.
Who on earth drinks from the bottle? Pour it in the cap = measuring cap, drink it from there or pour it in the cup, clean the cap. Read.the.instructions.they.are.there.for.a.reason.
Actually, guilty here. Except that I'm the only person who uses it. I don't need to use a cap anymore because I know the amount I need by now. Also tbh I don't see any problem with that at all, it's YOUR bottle of mouthwash, it's not expected to be used by other people and it's their fault if they don't ask whether they can use a product that's not theirs in the first place.
Load More Replies...I googled that and yes it would, if exposed for 30 seconds or more. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7614202/
Load More Replies...Reminds me of the old story of the school cleaner who was sick of girls putting lipstick kisses on the bathroom mirror so he demonstrated how he cleans them- by dipping the squeegee in the toilet first.
Good job! Wouldn’t hurt to do a little fake herpes lesion with some latex and reddish brown paint!
Saw This On Twitter.. Felt It Belonged Here
That’s hardly a bed anymore though is it, the extent of this is mental illness symptomatic
Load More Replies...I am disabled, depressed, and my house is messier than I am comfortable with. Then I see photos like this and I feel so much better. That said, this person may be suffering from mental illness & just not care anymore, so I have more empathy than judgement.
I totally get what you're saying, Crystal. Know that you are a worthy human no matter what your house looks like.
Load More Replies...Ya, clearly they’re off their meds cos they can’t find them. This is sad & unfortunate.
Load More Replies...Call a mental health professional, a cleaning company, an exorcist and then throw the whole roommate away. P.S. Don't forget an exterminator because something is crawling around in there!!!!!
This. I get that the person in the pic is likely mentally unwell. That does NOT mean it's okay to force someone else to live with the symptoms.
Load More Replies...If this person is incapacitated or has mental illnesses I would understand, but if this is by choice… just WHY? 🤢
Ok, I'll be honest, I've really been skirching my household responsibilities. Between depression, anxiety, and work nothing has been getting done. I think I've just found my motivation in this image. As bad as my house is, it's still nowhere near as gross as that. But I think It's time to just buckle down, dig in and get it done, before it gets any worse. I already feel embarrassed to have company as my house is now, I would be beyond humiliated to live like THAT!
Roommate Decided It Was A Good Idea To Put An Incense Cone On The Lid Of My Telescope. Went Right Through And Landed On The Mirror
Stupidity and Carelessness. I lived with this for YEARS. Asperger's Autism and everyone felt sorry for HIM so put me through torture and danger every day for most of my adult life. Finally I said "no more" and moved out. Peace now reigns! And he hasn't burned the house down YET.
Load More Replies...This is NOT acceptable behavior. I'd be keeping anything and everything of his that I could lay my hands on under lock and key until he replaced it.
I Come Home To This Fairly Often
Beyond not good. But sadly better than it being on with no flame and the gas building up to go boom or kill people in sleep
Asked My Former Flatmates Not To Use Metalware In My Nonstick Pot, Was Told I Was Being Unreasonable And That They Wouldn't Scratch It. My Sister's Identical Pot Of The Same Age Pictured For Comparison
it’s why i have silicone, i don’t want my stuff scratched😭
Load More Replies...My husband always forgets how that works so I got cast iron. Scrape away buddy
After having to change my frying pans four times, with an interval of a few months between changes, I decided I will not share my good frying pans, knives or pots. They are welcome to the old, scratched ones, or they can buy their own. I don't care. I keep my good stuff locked.
my old landlord did this....i told her - do not use metal...use plastic or wooden...i literally took the fork out of ther hand and slammed a spatula on the counter...after that i put them in my bedroom.
After 10 years my roommates finally figured out not to use metal on my non-stick pans when I handed them a receipt to pay me for new ones 🤭
Even if I used metal, I would not be able to scratch it that badly. What the hell, monsters. Absolute monsters.
Left My Apartment For About A Month Because Of Covid. Came Back To Find This, The Ac Set To 40 * F, The Sink Running,the Back Door Wide Open And The Roommate Moved Out
There has to be a backstory. This is not something done casually.
Load More Replies...supposedly the other 3 roommates (including OP) left because of covid, and the original 4th roommate subleased the room to another guy (unbeknownst to the apartment complex). so the new 4th guy was alone and left the AC running very high, making the utilities bill go way over the cap. it was over $100 and the other roommates wanted him to pay because none of them were there. so he reluctantly did, but got upset and blocked them, then disappeared. he stole some stuff and made the mess in the picture. but the others can't find him because he was sketchily subleasing from the original 4th roommate (who never got anything in writing) so the apartment complex doesn't have his real name or info. i agree with the other commenters though, this sounds kind of made up
Load More Replies...Here’s the backstory; https://www.reddit.com/r/badroommates/comments/hxko8x/comment/fz9wrnn/
Backstory: so I live in 4x4 with 3 other dudes and the roommate that did the above was staying here off of a sublease another roommate had set up. Now he didn’t go through the proper channels, so he was basically paying rent to the roommate through cash app and the complex had no idea. Everyone else in the apartment had left to their hometowns because of covid except the s**t roommate. I think he did this in retaliation because we ended up getting a utilities bill while everyone was gone except him. Now we usually never go over our utilities cap, and when we do it’s only 5$ or so. The bill we each received was over 100$ and it was because he was running the AC at 60* while no one was there. We asked him to cough up the money because we weren’t there, so why should we? He reluctantly payed us, but afterwards blocked everyone and disappeared. A week later I show up to this beautiful mess. What’s worse is there’s really no way legally I can pin this to him as he only told us his fake name
At least they left you the toilet paper. That was hot when Covid started. I never understood the toilet paper grabs. I mean you can wipe with anything. Or do a quick shower, magazine, pinecone etc... But toilet paper was in demand?!? I don't get it.
I hope you have some big burly friends who might have a "pleasant chat" with your ex-roommate about paying for damages.
#tbt To My College Days
If it came to the point where this person uses the paper plates, it's obviously a problem because it means ALL dishes are dirty
Load More Replies...My roommate refuses to wash a dish. I threw everything away except the silverware and switched to paper plates.
I Was Gone For 1 F**king Weekend!!!!
I'd be inclined to go for another weekend . . . and when I say "weekend" I mean "forever".
And by forever, I mean call the fbs (federal bureau of sanitation) or the dos (department of sanitation) and move to australia
Load More Replies...Actually had this happen to me once. And I didn't even have a roommate!
I had the same experience as a mom. Came back from hospital to something similar. Wasnt happy.
Love this whole topic, can’t relate more to any of these, I’ve had 3 different roommates in my life. NO F*****G MORE. Just when you think they’re clean and perfect, you’re so wrong.
I honestly don't get these "throw the dishes in the sink" ones. I mean if you have a dishwasher isn't it just as easy to put them straight in there? And if you don't then put them on the counter NOT in the sink cos you're just going to have to take the out of the sink to actually wash them. I am not a particular tidy person and I'm pretty lazy and this seems stupid even to me 0_o
Top -> All Time Was Like A Checklist Of Memories I Suppressed
At One Point In Time There Were Close To 20 Cups On The Coffee Table In The Living Room
Even that isn't actually a problem. If they'd just throw them away when they're empty!
Load More Replies...When to help a friends friend move. She wasn't packed and she had spit sunflower seeds into old slurpy cups and now they were growing. And she wanted me to take my shoes off. I cant even see the floor. Noped outta there!!
When Your Housemate Uses The Living Room As His Bedroom
And that's not a bedroom, that's a garbage dump.
Load More Replies...I wonder if this is someone who is paying rent to sleep in the living room. Messed up but could be petty payback.
the chair and the door in the other room looks like they are merged together
My Roommate Occasionally Leaves Careless Messes In The Kitchen. I Started Labeling Them As His Art Projects
Need to something to get him to understand. Although he probably doesn’t care
Load More Replies...Oh no, you should definitely write the name of the 'artist'. Maybe that way they feel embarrassed, especially if they invite someone over who ends up seeing that
My roommates do the same things but they are 7 and 9 so it's a bit different. They are my kids
Woke Up To This Today
Love how they had to use wifi to go on the web to find out wifi is bad for you. Massive dolt.
Its only bad when you are sleeping. Like Rick and Morty's night time family. Hmm this whole thread needs a night Summer tbh.
Load More Replies...Bet they don't believe planes are real, the earth is flat and drinking bleach kills Corona virus.
Don't forget the moon landing was filmed on a stage.
Load More Replies...I LOVE IT when people make decisions about my life/well being when I neither asked them to, nor wanted/care for them to
My Roommate Thinks These Spatulas Are Clean And Still Uses Them To Cook
for real. i thought they were burnt before reading caption 😭
Load More Replies...I got one for you: uuuggggagagaggagaeeeeewwethatssogroooooooss
Load More Replies...Burn Hole I Discovered Hidden Underneath My Roommates Bed After I Kicked Her Out. Pineapple For Scale
o tempora o mores! What monster uses pinapples for scale? Where is the 🍌?
I suppose it depends on what the rug's made of. What frightens me is that it could be a cigarette burn-melt.
Load More Replies...from source link, OP left a comment explaining the burn. "I was out of state for 2 weeks and she was left home alone. Apparently she had the bright idea to fill a holiday cookie tin with pictures of her ex boyfriend and other mementos then she decided to set it on fire... on the floor. I asked her why she did it and if she was under the influence while doing so. She told me she thinks she was sober and she doesn't have a logical explanation for it. She then asked if she could move back in. I think she's a few nuggies short of a ten piece if you know what I mean."
I caused a burn super similar to this in my first apartment. I spilled a thing of C.L.R or something of the like. No idea why that would be under a bed though.
How big is that pineapple?? The pineapple really needs a banana next to it for scale....
Guess You Can’t Expect People To Know About Dryer Lint
I hope this is the landlord because if its a roommate then they are equally guilty and lazy.
I'm going to guess it's a repair person called out because the dryer wouldn't work!
Load More Replies...I think today might be the day I started cutting the washer and dryer off at the breaker box.
I definitely know about that. Daughter NEVER cleans lint filter and then wonders why her clothes won't dry. I'm always having to clean it out before I can dry my stuff.
Accidentally Locked My Roommate Out Of The Bathroom For 2 Minutes, I Promptly Unlocked Once She Notified Me, And Her Natural Reaction Was To Remove The Doorknobs From The Doors In Our House
I'm going to assume you were using the bathroom while she was locked out so what's her problem there?
My bags would be packed and I would be gone ASAP. Totally unreasonable
I'd report the roommate to the LL for vandalism and have them removed, just to protect myself against future charges...
Day 6 Of Living With A Roommate For The First Time. I’m Looking For A New Place
My Boyfriend (22m) And I (21m) Live With A 23f And 28m. I'm Sick Of Constantly Playing Mommy To Them
Yes, that would be the point of the whole list.
Load More Replies...Parents and those that want to b parents, take note! THIS is what happens when u pamper ur babies and don't make them do anything! They don't just magically develop those when they become adults!
I mean, if the dishwasher is connected to a garbage disposal dishes like this (specifically, not more) should be fine, especially if you can turn the heated dry off. That's not always possible and old dishwashers still exist and work and not everyone has a garbage disposal, so like, maybe that's this case. But also, you know you should be checking the trap and filter regularly anyways just in case and cleaning the filter. If your dishwasher is touchy like this (and lots are) running it empty once a week (with soap) can help it continue to run as well as possible for as long as possible.
I would say 99% of UK homes do not have a garbage disposal and most (that I know of) UK dishwashers don't either.
Load More Replies...This is what spitting into the wind or blowing into a cave feels like.
I could understand this if they've never used a dishwasher before. But it should only need to be explained once to "get it".
I Guess My Latino Culture Triggered My Roommate 😔
Congrats, gentrification can now be spread from person to person. "Embrace your new culture"? Jesus, dude
Certain Americans need to look up the word "Freedom." Individual Freedom means a person does not have to conform to White Christian culture.
Well, there goes almost all classic music out the window. Also alot of food. And a lot of stuff. Hmm... the USA is a big country, but without ANY foreign influence I bet it's kind of boring after a while. Most people are worldly and likes music, food and stuff from alot of places. Variations are a fun part of living. 👍😃
Roommate Used My Favorite Turtleneck As A BBQ Rag Last Night :-/
More like a$$ kickin. I’d get a new bf; he’ll never change. Slob material
Load More Replies...Just to play Devil’s advocate, what if OP is constantly leaving her clothes laying around everywhere?
Agreed. Why was said “favorite turtleneck” available to be used as a rag in the first place? I don’t know about you lot but I don’t keep my clothing in the kitchen
Load More Replies...My husband uses my linen kitchen towels to wipe spilled tomato sauce of all things. 😡 I'm keeping grandma's hand vowen linen towels in a different drawer to use when I'm baking.
One would assume all the stains were caused by the roomie. Looks like BBQ sauce and probably cooking oil.
Load More Replies..."But you can wash it." (The offender won't bother, that's the owner's job.)
Think about it, they went in their bedroom closet and took out their favorite shirt.? Or they ate over the person's bedroom closet-dirty laundry basket
Load More Replies...My Roommates Were So Bad That I Finally Said, “Screw It” And Got My Own Place. My Wallet Is Hurting But My Sanity Is Intact
especially when there's a dishwasher right there. (or at least it looks like one, I may be wrong)
Load More Replies...I'm not Hazel the Housekeeper, but this would drive me insane. Not just the dirty dishes, but the disrespect to others! I guess the generation of "Mom does everything" continues.
I once had a roommate who was filthy (also was an RN). She would NEVER wash dishes or take out trash. Once, I decided to not clean up and the apartment began to stink enough to gag. I moved out.
It's Sad That It Was Necessary To Write This. There Was A Time I Bought Pie, The Next Day, I Went To Get A Piece (Hadn't Tried Any Yet), And There Was Only One, Small Sliver Left. There's No One Else That Lives Here, He Ate The Whole Thing Himself. 😐 He Did The Same Thing To My Krispy Kreme, Rip
I'm kind of stereotyping Robert here, but possibly storing treats in the fridge's vegetable bin would stop him finding them.
This made me laugh way too hard. Not because it’s funny, but because at my job I have a coworker who has a lot of stuff get dropped off for him and a note is always written on it that says“for Robert”. And he just leaves them all over his locker. So now I have started leaving him random sticky notes that say “for Robert” just to have a bit of fun.
leave something very tempting out for Robert covered in a laxative of some type..... Robert will think twice in future
If he is living in the same space and has access to your food. You don't want to try this. Otherwise you couldn't be able to store food in fridge anymore.
Load More Replies...I’ve Asked Her To Stop Popping Her Pimples And Sticking The Pus On The Mirror Three Times Already.... This Is Just Embarrassing For Her Now
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I a housecleaner, and I rarely run in to people THIS disgusting. Only a few times. This is right up there with the middle age, married man whose wife was wheelchair bound for 6 months due to an accident. So his wife was unable to clean, and by the time I got there, I had to use a RAZOR BLADE TO SCRAPE THE P*SS OFF THE TOILET! And I couldn't even get it. I threw away every piece of "equipment" I used on that toilet.
Question (that in no way is excusing that behavior): do you think husband was depressed and overwhelmed by everything so the house went to hell? Or do you think he was a slob who used his wife as a maid?
Load More Replies...Why Is Replacing The Toilet Paper Roll So Hard?? The World May Never Know
Each time you find this put it on the roller the "wrong" way round. Hopefully it will annoy them enough to do it the "right" way themselves.
Only if they like the roll the opposite way. I like it to come over the top. My family puts it on to unroll below. I always change it back. LOL!
Load More Replies...I like it on the roll, but I can work with the fact that you at least put it in the bathroom. Way better than realizing too late that they didn't replace it at all.
OMG mine too! I once waited until I couldn't stand it anymore & there were 6 empty rolls on the counter & one on the holder before I had to throw them all away.
Load More Replies...My brother and I share a bathroom and he does this s**t - he puts the roll on the floor, on the counter, on the edge of the bathtub, literally anywhere BUT the holder! Makes me wanna suplex him down a flight of stairs
We don't use the tp dispenser here at this apartment because they installed it so close to the toilet that it's practically in your armpit while you're using the bathroom. Unfortunately it's built into the wall, so we can't just unscrew it and move it farther away.
I was just thinking - my partner of 20 years does this. We’re both in our 40s and she drives me mad but I’ve given up and got rid of the holders and replaced with the “floor spikes” that just hold 5 rolls on top of each other. Eg https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crystals-Stainless-Standing-Bathroom-Dispenser/dp/B07FBPZYWY/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=free+standing+toilet+paper+holder&qid=1690704888&sr=8-3
Load More Replies...I know a lot of people who don't know how to get the spring loaded holder off. This is sadly pretty normal.
Love Trying To Make Myself Breakfast Before Work In My Lovely Kitchen 😍
I think SOME of these pics are after a night of their roommates partying so they most likely go to bed drunk and don't clean up until they sober up the next day. I remember these days having to get up to work and the roommates had partied leaving such messes. However, they would clean them up usually by the time I was back off work.
Load More Replies...Notice that have the mess is alcohol. You live with a raging alcoholic that gets wasted, blacks out, eats "food" over the counter, and then passes out. I would know from previous roommate experience. 😑
Miraculously, the plant(s) is/are still alive, unless they're plastic. Actually, maybe they ARE plastic. ::Sigh::
Real. They're not 'healthy' enough to be plastic.
Load More Replies...I thought that was a pet sleeping next to the dishwasher. It's a plastic grocery bag.
The MD 20/20 says a lot. That stuff is the bottom-of-the-barrel gross. Wine heads drink that c**p.
Went Home During Quarantine, Let My Roommate Use My Room For "Storage", Came Back To This
Throw each piece back into their room and be sure to send the person before and after shots.
And none of the untidyness is old food. Did you come back unannounced before he had quite finished mending his puncture ?
Load More Replies...Not saying this is okay at all but why would you let anyone use the room you sleep in as STORAGE? And why would you come home and not expect to look like a messy garage or tool shed. Both roommates are tool.... sheds. 🤣
Firstly, I can't tell exactly what the roommate is to blame for and what was original mess. If it's just the bike and the stuff on the floor it's literally five minutes to get rid of it. One would assume from the fact he said "let my roommate use my room for storage" that they even asked permission. So it shouldn't even be a surprise. Just ask the roommate to take their stuff out now you're back. Seems pretty fair to me. edit: went to the source and it's a non-event. The poster wasn't even upset, just found it funny.
Load More Replies..."I've seen stuff man !!!" "you weren't there man!!!"
Load More Replies...And I'm sure OP was told that it's not their responsibility to clean (OP's) room
Thought This Would Fit Well Here. Any Brooklyn Roommate Stories Like This?
Yeah, I take these stories with a grain of salt. They are only one side and often omit key details to make themselves look like the good guy no matter what.
Load More Replies...So, assuming that this means the person that was making the general request didn't cause the issue and everyone else did, or one person specific?
That assumption assumes the person being asked actually cleans up after themselves. Majority of the time for these, it's the person asking that does the majority of not all of the cleaning and is just asking for the fair share of house duties, which in a roommate situation is how it's supposed to go.
Load More Replies...Mfw One Of My 5 Roommates Gets A Dog, Without Asking Any Other Of The Roommates 3 Of Which Have Dog Allergies/Asthma, Or The Landlord And Is Forced To Give Up The Dog Or Face Eviction And Then Says He Hates Us For Taking Away His Dog
"No, we don't want you to give up your dog. We want you to be with him. Somewhere else."
Nope, sorry Jestinna, you can just f**k right off with that "emotional support animal" b******t and that is coming from a veterinarian who has dedicated my life to animals. #1 How is that person's need for an ESA more important that the other roommates' asthma & allergies? #2 If this went to court, that person would need to provide medical documentation that there was a need for an ESA, and that the ESA animal increased their well-being (I just had to give testimony as a licensed therapy dog trainer & veterinary specialist in such a case). #3 While landlords do have to accommodate assistance animals, you still MUST obtain the proper documentation. You can't just find a dog & bring it home and call it an ESA🙄 People like you are why people who really need ESA now have to jump through hoops.
Adios. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. And your little dog Toto too.
How do you not read the rental agreement before moving in? Side note: they're pushing to make it illegal for landlords to have "no pets" clauses in their rental agreements here. I don't own any rental properties and am unlikely to ever do so, and I like pets, but I still find that unfair on the owners. It should still be their choice whether a pet is allowed in their property.
Pulled The Foil Off Of This To See What Was In It And It’s Empty!! And Still In The Fridge! What The F**k!?
I was thinking tiredness/drunkeness/stonedness. It's not hard to see someone in any of those situations having a feed, staggering back in and putting it away in the fridge because they're fried.
Load More Replies...A relative did this sort of thing a lot when they lived on my property. Usually they left just the tiniest bit so if confronted they could say something like, "oh, I left some for you" or "I thought you would want that". But sometimes the container was totally empty. Even for things that were disposable containers like half and half. Combination of not wanting to clean / trying to pretend they didn't use up my stuff. Probably the best one was 1. Opens my new cream container (they asked if they "could use a little bit"). 2. about two days later I go to use some for the first time and find it in the fridge completely empty. 3. They try to gaslight me and suggest I'm just too old and don't remember using it. GRRRR! So much stuff stopped disappearing after they moved out. I guess my brain got better - LOL It's been close to three years since they moved out and the problems mentioned completely stopped. :)
Sometimes I do this when my brain just doesn't process that it's empty, I'll take the last of something and then seal it back up and put it back without noticing and then my parents get mad at me
My dad does that sh*t! One of the reason I no longer live with him.
Oh, that's simple. If you eat the last of it, and leave it on the counter, you have to wash it. If you leave it in the fridge, no one notices for a couple of weeks.
The Living Room Was Like This For 4 Months. All From One Person
I shared a house with one guy who smashed a hole in the wall so he could get to the kitchen quicker. He never washed or cleaned as apparently there was a maid at home to do such things. He left food waste all over the floor causing us to have a rodent infestation then complained when I set traps as he was “against killing”. The final straw was when he shot his mouth off in a local pub about the acid he’d scored, bringing the police to the house and causing me to have to get rid of my weed grow which was just about to flower. F**k that guy!
Our ex roommate did this all the time and cried when we demanded $35 for our cat. They lived rent free and didn't pay utilities for 6 months so they could buy a house. They had to find somewhere else to live and didn't have $100 saved.
None of this looks like junk, no empty food boxes or dirty plates. Looks like clothes mostly with some odds and ends. Makes me wonder if they literally don't have much storage space in their room(s)? I could see this happening if someone moved out of a larger space and into a smaller place.
I Bought My Own Separate Coffee Maker Months Ago. I Think This Picture Is Pretty Self-Explanatory As To Why
It's a new life form! I will name it "Bob!"
Load More Replies...extra flavor crystals...with more spicy! *May require trip to ER.
Load More Replies...“Coffee with some of our special ingredient to give it a flavor you will only taste once in your life!”
For some reason my first thought is to make them a coffee with that coffee maker
Break My Stuff And Don't Tell Me About It Why Don't You!!!!! Leave Me To Search The House To Find It In The Recycling 😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠
My old roommate would do stuff like that to irreplaceable or precious items and then couldn't understand why I was angry.
Yeah. But is it strange that the asymmetry of the hole really bothers me?
Load More Replies...https://www.athome.com/search/?q=skeleton+stemless&lang=default
Load More Replies...He Broke The Plunger, Clogged The Toilet Again, Let It Sit For 3 Days And Then Left The State
If the toilet was out of order what was he using and where did he dispose of it?
While my grandmother was in a old folks home, their sewage backed up. Instead of paying to get it fixed, my grandfather decided to continue to use the toilet (that wouldn't flush) over the 3 and a half weeks my grandmother wasn't home. When I discovered this, I nearly puked.
Load More Replies...I had 2 roomates this reminds me of, I went off to work, came home to a clogged toilet. This happens, the plunger we had was cheap and the handle broke. Again, this happens. We live across the street literally from a major store Both have money, but both let it sit. I got home and took care of things. I dont linve there anymore!
Leaning Tower Of Garbage
Then when they finally "take out the trash" theyll leave everything outside the can
Load More Replies...Oh. I'm guilty of this one from time to time! I try not to leave it like that for long.
Doesn't anyone flatten their cardboard and scrunch the plastics these days? - whole lot would fit in then....
Looks more like recycling to me. Clean it out and get a recycling bin! We have 5x the amount of recycling to trash. I hate that it's so hard for some people to recycle!
OK I have to confess, I do this with my old paper. I've got a bag in the kitchen to collect the paper for recycling but for some reason I always let it build up until there's absolutely no way I can cram more paper into it. And the paper garbage bin is just outside my house. BUT I live alone and I do throw my other gatbage out on time.
I noticed that too! How bizarre, but oddly beautiful.
Load More Replies...Honestly, I don't find this awful. Sure it's a bit lazy, but the pizza box probably wouldn't fit in the first place, and the stuff on top looks like recycling not actually rubbish. Looks like you could manage this in a day or two, so it's not even like it's weeks of c**p piled up. Looks like they need a second bin in the kitchen for the recycling.
Never Got To Use My Rice Cooker (-_-;)・・・
Someone's paying for a new rice cooker. Out of their pocket, or their hide.
What in the peanut butter and Spam hill craziness happened here? This is NOT okay!
The Gag Is...she Had Already Eaten All My Hash Browns The Night Before, This Text Was Just An Attempt To Cover Her A*s!
Well, OP waited a whole hour before responding, so is their fault! Should have responded sooner! (Oozing with sarcasm)
Sarcasm or not it's still kinda true! 😂 I mean, if I'm hungry enough, AND I ASK FIRST, if I can have something that isn't mine, I'll only wait so long for an answer before I just take the silence as an "idc". 🤷🏼♀️
Load More Replies...Omg sorry but it's not hashbrowns(fried potatoes for breakfast) it's Hash brownies! There's no chocolate dessert square called a "brown" lol
Update On My Jobless Roommate Who Won’t Do His Dishes. My Latest Invention: The Bad Roommate Box :)
Then go to the original Reddit post. You can get there by clicking the link below the picture, at least in browser. Dunno about app.
Load More Replies...Put all your pots and pans and stuff for the kitchen in your closet. Buy paper plates, bowls and plastic cups. Then, eat meals you do not have to cook, but like ramen, go buy the veggies or extra meat on the night you plan to eat it. This way, no food eating, or no dish stealing and he can wash his own dishes. Another thing is, you can ask the landlord to make a letter for him, came by to change your a/c filter. You are in violation of your lease rules. There are roaches and bugs all over the kitchen, if the kitchen is not cleaned and the dishes washed, I will then give you two weeks to comply or you will be evicted. See what he does then!
Too bad you can't put the roommate in there... & move it out to the trash dumpster!
Found This On Craigslist. Kinda Want To Respond. At Least She’s Honest!!
The words dog sh!t, carpet and bathroom should not all be in the same sentence 🤢
Better "dog s**t +carpet+bathroom" than "dog s**t+carpet+kitchen"
Load More Replies...The area code is an area I used to live in... wonder if i know this "Amy" chick
I feel like the previous roommate said they would try and help find a new renter.
"Must clean dog s**t off your bathroom carpet 3-4 times a week" WTF? 0_o
Asked Roommate To Do His Dishes And He Said ”im Not Allowed To Clean"
Ok, then you're not allowed to live here either. Common thread to all of these-- they need a stint in the Marines.
Everyone's allowed to clean, it's literally important to clean And who told them that they're not allowed to clean?
Don’t Become Roommates With Your Friends
This is the last one and oh holy hell am I glad I never had a roommate!! Omg I would have absolutely snapped!!!! 😳😳😳😳
Remember you're folks telling you, you are known by the company you keep?
And the pig got up and slowly walked away.
Load More Replies...Lived with two very good friends from high school. don't talk to either of them now. don't talk to most people from my high school, also don't feel like I am missing out on much
They’re Not For A Snake, They’re Her Dead Pet Rats That She Kept In Our Fridge. Pet Semetary Maybe??
Lots of pet snakes eat frozen thawed rodents. It's more humane than feeding live and safer for the snake
Load More Replies...We saved one because the stupid thing died in the dead of winter, so we had to wait until the ground thawed to bury it. This had an unintended side benefit: it broke a friend of rummaging through our food when he visited.
Load More Replies...If the power goes off in the kitchen, will any of the other sockets work???
Why are they storing dead rats in the fridge...? Are they a psychopath?
Some people can't deal with the death of their pets and store them, unable to bury them. So their grief is frozen, just like the rats. She should stop buying rats then, they only live for 3 years on the outside. She should get a horse.
Load More Replies...uhm... i kept my fur babies (rats, hamsters, guinnea pigs) in the freezer when they died for the whole 11 years i lived on an apartment. I would bury them in my moms backyard as soon as i visited her. (so i didnt keep them in the freezer for 11 years, to set that straight) My disgusted friends still make jokes about it 20 years later :-D
I assume it was maybe a month or two for each one, and probably no more than 2 at a time. This person seems excessive and definitely not doing what you were.
Load More Replies...Love it when people say the most outrageous, creepy, insane things then follow it up with LOL!
When Your Roommate Pulls The "My Bad! I'll Clean That Up As Soon As I Can." For The 8th Time
Okay, to be fair I can sometimes get brain blanks, and legitaimly forget to do things. If you remind me, I'll do it.
It’s A Small Thing But Really? I Spent So Long Cleaning This Kitchen :(
I Live With My Sister. She Got Engaged Less Than A Week Ago And I Get This Text While I’m Out Of Town
I Once Lived In Company-Provided Housing With Seven Other Women. I Don’t Think I Ever Saw An Empty Sink (Or Counter!) In The Four Months I Lived There
WTF is wrong with people???? I haven't had a roommate since sophomore year of college thankfully - and I never will! My own clutter gives me anxiety, not that there's much of it as I'm kind of a clean freak. Having to deal with someone else's mess would probably drive me over the edge!
A Constant Battle Of Trying To Get My Irresponsible Roommate Not To Leave His Chicken Everywhere. He’s Also Got One On The Kitchen Table Thats Been There For A Few Days. Before You Ask, Yes He Eats Them Throughout The Week
Week-old unrefrigerated chicken is just begging for a fun bout of food poisoning!
Probably never going to stop until they get sick, and even then, it may never stop
Full Disclosure: Not My Roommate, No Explanation/Story, And Found On Twitter. I Thought It Fit Well Here Anyways
Likely an aluminium pan. Those have a low melting point compared to iron.
Load More Replies...My mom accidentally did this when I was a kid. She put a pan of water on to boil, went back to her book (major red flag in our family), and realized she'd let the pan boil dry when there was only an inch left of the pan and the burner was totally destroyed by all the melted metal. It was quite the art project!
Thought You Guys Would Appreciate This Page In My Adult Coloring Book
Thou Shall Never Happen
“I’ll Do It”
One eyed, one horned, flying purple people eater.
Load More Replies...Roomy Just Moved In. No Prior Relationship. Day One And All He’s Unpacked Is This. Making Me A Little Skeptical... Do I Address It?
The [heck] did they do to their toothbrush?! How does one even do that?!
In a sorta joking, haha this is funny but not funny kinda way, yes absolutely address it. Lol
And they still uses it?! Like, come on, just get a new one!
Keep extra new toothbrushes in the bathroom and hope he opens/uses one for your sanity.
Asked Me To Stop Doing Her Dishes. Thought That Meant She Was Gonna Start Doing Her Dishes
Is she waiting until she collects entire sets before she cleans them?
Is she waiting until her dishes magically gets cleaned out of nowhere?
When I’m Happily Chillin At Home Alone And Hear My Roommate Unlock The Door
My room mate is a good guy, clean and tidy but after a 12 hour shift he wants to talk to me! I just want to stare at the TV in silence.
She’s Very Nice But I Want To Sleep At A Reasonable Hour
I suggest learning the saxophone at 3am.
Load More Replies...Hey roomie, guess what? I decided to take up playing the tympani! The bad news is I'm supposed to practice 6 hours a day. I'm sure you'll get used to the sound, eventually.
Load More Replies...Apparently I Have To Be Quiet While Watching Football In My Own Room
Am I Being Unreasonable For This?
My Irresponsible Roommate Is At It Again With The Room Temperature Chicken
Chaw-chee, chaw-chee.... that's what a chicken sounds like. 🤦🏾♀️ (Arrested Development joke)
Load More Replies...Roommate Drank My Vanilla Extract
Only One Bathroom
Not as easy as you'd think! That's just the upper cylinder heads, but it likely weighs upwards of 100 pounds (~45kg).
Load More Replies...I moved out of one place because I got sick of taking buckets of tightie whities out of the tub every morning. I can almost see soaking motorcycle parts, I'd prefer that
Dont Wanna Seem Dramatic But It's Small Stuff Like This That Builds Up Resentment, Why Not Just Fill It Up And Put It Back After Using All The Ice?
Omg I love refilling these, I always fill them super exactly with a really low water pressure and then try to hold them so they don't spill when I'm putting them back in the freezer it's so satisfying and perfect
My roommate did the same damned thing. I would fill up the ice cube tray. But every time I wanted ice, there would be an empty ice tray, sitting in the freezer. I stopped refilling it.
MURDER! I love ice, I don't love people, and I extra don't love people keeping ice from me (international travel can be rough for my addiction lol).
Load More Replies...I think more relationships have ended over this little item than anything else
How It Feels Living With Messy People
my uncle did this to my family. we straightened him out by telling him that we’d send him to the military if he didn’t clean up his act. when he didn’t, my dad (his brother) took him to recruitment and they REJECTED MY UNCLE. MY DAD IS IN THE MILITARY. he cleaned himself up after that.
Every Single Day Since Our Quarantine Started Has Been Like This
Gone For A Week, Just Came Home To This
To b fair, I'll sometimes do something similar to remind me to grab a roll before I sit down again (like running out in the middle of the night or something). But it's always resolved very shortly
Came Home From Work At Midnight To This
What kind of psycho leaves the dish washer and drawers/cabinets open like that????
Wake them up. LOUDLY. Tell them to get their àsses up and CLEAN THAT KITCHEN. If they refuse, then you clean up what suits you. LOUDLY. Haul as much of your kitchenware into your room as possible, and don't let your lazy roommates anywhere near it.
“I’m Just Inviting A Couple Friends Over For A Little Bit” - 5 Hours Ago
The double standards use to pìss me off to no end. I had to be quiet, but it was perfectly acceptable to be making noise outside of MY bedroom when I wanted a nap. Or, better yet, at 11:30 at night--when I had to be up at 5 am.
Day Two...still No Toilet Paper. May The Best Man Win
I have a holder like that. It rips the toilet paper when you put it in and take it out. Also, it's easy for cats to knock over.
Better not get food poisoning from eating left out chicken. Then you will be wishing for some 2 ply.
When Being Passive Aggressive Isn't Working
I feel like I'd be a s**t roommate cause I'm messy as f**k and super forgetful but at least I'd own up to it and try to fix whatever I messed up
Omg, I rented house with 5 other friends. We had one meeting together to agree on rules and how to share cleaning of common space. And except few incidents we had 0 issues. And I brought basically all kitchen appliances and dishes. If someone needed something, he just asked. I'm glad i was this lucky. Where this people in this thread find this audacity to even think that other people should live with them in one space...
You ever let someone move in with you, and they are so aggressive and mean to you that you feel like an abused wife to someone you're not even dating? That was my situation. I learned later in life about what gaslighting was.
I was a bad roommate once. I didn't do my dishes right away. We didn't have a working dishwasher, So I would wait until I had enough to do a load, use the dishwasher as a drying rack. I was told it made me hard to live with. I was the only one with a job. I was the only one paying all of our bills. I was the only one who cleaned the communal spaces. I was the only one who dusted, the only one who cleaned the bathroom, or vacuumed. I was the only one who scooped the yard. I used to get up before work and clean the entire house of beer cans and mess her and my ex left from staying up all night. She removed all the smoke detectors and vaped inside until you couldn't see. She burned so many candles in her room that even though it was freshly painted it was black from soot. She never cleaned her room, not once in years. I'm pretty sure she was sleeping with my boyfriend. But I was definitely the toxic roommate. Just look at that full sink.
Why did you pay all bills? You could live alone at that point.
Load More Replies...I'm afraid this will be my kids. No matter how many times I point out condiments spilled on the counter, food wrapper bits left on the floor, or dishes left all over the house, they seem physically incapable of seeing it. Because they have severe ADHD I can't even tell them all the things. I have to tell them one thing at a time, wait for their brains to return to earth to do the task, then tell them the next thing. Soon I will follow through on my threat to leave their messes on their pillows.
I waited tables and would often take my 1/2 price meal home at the end of the evening to eat the next day. My roommates family would come over, eat what they wanted of it and throw the rest away. I was considered selfish for not sharing with guests.
And my boyfriend wonders why I refuse to move in with him after he buys a house and has his friend move in to help him with the mortgage. I live alone and will never have a roommate again unless it's only a significant other.
I feel like I'd be a s**t roommate cause I'm messy as f**k and super forgetful but at least I'd own up to it and try to fix whatever I messed up
Omg, I rented house with 5 other friends. We had one meeting together to agree on rules and how to share cleaning of common space. And except few incidents we had 0 issues. And I brought basically all kitchen appliances and dishes. If someone needed something, he just asked. I'm glad i was this lucky. Where this people in this thread find this audacity to even think that other people should live with them in one space...
You ever let someone move in with you, and they are so aggressive and mean to you that you feel like an abused wife to someone you're not even dating? That was my situation. I learned later in life about what gaslighting was.
I was a bad roommate once. I didn't do my dishes right away. We didn't have a working dishwasher, So I would wait until I had enough to do a load, use the dishwasher as a drying rack. I was told it made me hard to live with. I was the only one with a job. I was the only one paying all of our bills. I was the only one who cleaned the communal spaces. I was the only one who dusted, the only one who cleaned the bathroom, or vacuumed. I was the only one who scooped the yard. I used to get up before work and clean the entire house of beer cans and mess her and my ex left from staying up all night. She removed all the smoke detectors and vaped inside until you couldn't see. She burned so many candles in her room that even though it was freshly painted it was black from soot. She never cleaned her room, not once in years. I'm pretty sure she was sleeping with my boyfriend. But I was definitely the toxic roommate. Just look at that full sink.
Why did you pay all bills? You could live alone at that point.
Load More Replies...I'm afraid this will be my kids. No matter how many times I point out condiments spilled on the counter, food wrapper bits left on the floor, or dishes left all over the house, they seem physically incapable of seeing it. Because they have severe ADHD I can't even tell them all the things. I have to tell them one thing at a time, wait for their brains to return to earth to do the task, then tell them the next thing. Soon I will follow through on my threat to leave their messes on their pillows.
I waited tables and would often take my 1/2 price meal home at the end of the evening to eat the next day. My roommates family would come over, eat what they wanted of it and throw the rest away. I was considered selfish for not sharing with guests.
And my boyfriend wonders why I refuse to move in with him after he buys a house and has his friend move in to help him with the mortgage. I live alone and will never have a roommate again unless it's only a significant other.
