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78 Roommates Who Turned Home Into The Last Place Anyone Wanted To Be
Roommates, almost more than anything else, can make or break one’s housing arrangement. No matter how good the location, amenities or spaciousness, if your roommate is a pain in the rear, there is no getting around it.
So in case you think your living arrangements are annoying, complicated or just downright irritating, we’ve gathered some examples of the worst roommates folks have described across the internet. Get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own examples in the comments below.
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#1
My Roommate Trashed My House To Get To Her Food
Elladine DesIsles 1 day ago
I have a couple of roommates like this! I have to say, they are cleaner and less irritable than my teenager.
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#2
How About “My Body, My Choice”
#3
Roommate Borrowed My Book, Gave It Back Folded Like Origami
Upstaged75 1 day ago
I fold down a page with my own books sometimes (not like this though, just to mark my place), but I would never crease something that I borrowed!
#4
The State My Roommates Leave The Kitchen In. Not One Thing In The Pic Is Mine
#5
I Now Need To Keep My Hygiene Products In A Mini Locker Because My Roommate Is A Klepto
#6
My College Roommate Sets Our Thermostat To 80°F (26°C) Every Single Night
#7
My New Dorm Roommate Sleeps With A Ridiculously Bright Nightlight. Barely Got Any Sleep Last Night Because Of It. This Is What It Looks Like When I Turn The Main Light Off
Upstaged75 1 day ago
You need to have a talk. Living in the dorms means learning to compromise. You're not at home anymore.
#8
Came Back To My College Apartment This Morning With My Roommates Having Done This
#9
My Roommates Girlfriend Has A Habit Of Leaving Her Dirty Panties On Top Of The Faucet After She Showers
#10
Roommate Eats Only The Breadsticks And Leaves The Nutella Untouched
#11
Roommates Who Have A Cute Way Of Paying The Rent Are Fun But Also Infuriating
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 day ago (edited)
This is hilarious in a movie or TV show. It is not funny at all IRL. Even if roommate earned all of this money as a pile of $1 bills, they can go to any bank and have them changed into larger bills. If they didn't want to talk to a teller (hey, I understand) they can use an ATM to deposit all of these $1 bills and withdraw it back out as larger bills. EDIT: My family owns a housecleaning service and occasionally a customer pays in cash, in a pile of $1 bills. We've had customers pay a $220 housecleaning in $1 bills. I had to count it by hand. It is infuriating XD
#12
Roommate Accidentally Bought Paper Towels Instead Of Toilet Paper..so This Was His Solution
Upstaged75 1 day ago
Roommate is going to responsible for the plumber's bill after they wreck the pipes with paper towels!
#13
Roommate Is Throwing Out Dishes Instead Of Washing Them. Not Good
#14
Roommate Left The Water On For 7 Hours
#15
An Absurd Post In A Roommate Finder Group
Upstaged75 1 day ago
Tell me you're too cheap to pay for a caregiver for your son with special needs.....
#16
The Way My Roommates Make Beef Jerky/Dehydrated Beef
#17
Roommate Threw Away A Tub Of My Ice Cream Because There Was “Mold On It”. This Was The Picture He Sends Me
#18
My Roommate Made Himself Dinner Late Last Night, This Is How I Found The Stove This Morning
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 day ago
jfc. I have 6 cats and just looking at this made my insides crawl with fear.
#19
Roommates Rice Cooker Has Turned Into Brain-Like Tissue. He Refuses To Clean It, And Leaves It On The Shared Kitchen Counter
Upstaged75 1 day ago
Throw it out. In a outdoor dumpster so the roommate can't take it out of the trash can.
#20
Roommate Locked Thermostat, Sweating Every Night With No Way Turn It Down
#21
Roommate Is Treating The Common Area As His Own Room
#22
Just Scrubbed The Stove Spotless, Roommate Immediately Does This And Leaves
#23
My Roommate Used Some Of My Veggies And Instead Of Putting The Tomato In A Bag And Sealing Up The Lettuce. She Did This
#24
Our Roommate Moved Out Today…. All Of Those Stains Are Dog Urine
#25
Roommate Using The Air Fryer To Dry Random Sticks And Gumballs 😒
#26
Leaving A Few Doesn’t Make Up For Eating Them All
#27
My Roommate Likes To Put Things In Jars So They Won't Take Too Much Space In The Fridge. At Least She Keeps The Label, I Guess
#28
Props To The New Roommate For Cleaning The Whole Kitchen, But She Scrubbed The Microwave Oven So Hard, All The Ink Came Off The Dials
#29
Roommate Broke The Toilet Seat. No Worries Though. He Replaced It
Beak Hookage 1 day ago
I was house sitting for my parents while they were on holiday and decided to replace their broken toilet seat they'd been meaning to do something about. First option was the wrong size. Took it back to the shop and swapped it for one which did fit, and installed it myself. A few hours after my parents got home my mum was running around yelling "OMG THE TOILET FAIRY CAME!" It was awesome.
#30
This Roommate Is An Alien
#32
My Roommate Uses My Towels To Wipe Her Makeup Off
#33
When You Have To Have This Much Back And Forth About The Toilet Paper, One Of You Is Probably The Bad Roommate
#34
My Roommate Drinks The Brine Leaving The Rest To Dry Out
Janissary35680 1 day ago
Whenever there's leftover or excess pickling brine I save it in another jar for use later. In this case though I'd have to hide the jar.
#35
My Roommate Bites Her Butter Then Drops It On The Pan When She Cooks
#36
How Far Will The Tally Go?
Kabuki Kitsune 1 day ago
At a glance, zooming in... it doesn't look like said pain is actually dirty. To be perfectly fair, not everyone puts pans in cupboards after they're washed out. Especially if it's a pan that is used regularly.
#37
My Roommate Doesn't Put His Leftovers In Containers Either
Daisydaisy 1 day ago
Honestly I would rather live in a small tent in a paddock somewhere than with these disgusting people!
#38
When My Roommates Take Out The Trash, Don't Put A New Lining, And Throw Trash In The Can Anyway
#39
My Roommate Never Finishes A Roll Before Starting Another
#40
It Was My Roommate's Turn To Buy Toilet Paper
#41
How My Roommate Has Been Using The Aluminum Foil For The Last Week
#43
My Ex-Roommate, After 2 Months Of Leaving Piles Of Stuff At My Place, Finally Returns To Pick It Up
#44
Roommate Spray Painted The Toilet Seat And Lid I Don't Know Why
#45
Evict This Person Now
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 day ago
This is a crime against the best peanut butter on the planet. I am outraged >:O (disclaimer: your opinion of peanut butter brands may vary. Jif is what I was raised on, as it's the brand my mom always bought, thus in my opinion it is the food of the gods and the best peanut butter ever to exist.)
#46
Roommate Always Uses Metal Utensils In Non Stick Pans....they're All Ruined
#47
My Roommate Is Making Alcohol In Our Room And It Has A Very Strange Smell
#48
My Roommate Can’t Read
#49
How My Roommates Treated My Handmade Wooden Spoon My Father Made For Me
#50
My Roommate Left Half A Raw Onion In The Fridge Last Night, So Now Guess What Everything Tastes Like
#51
The Way My Roommate Refills Our Ice Trays
Janissary35680 1 day ago
Those look like cubes that have been left at the back of the freezer for a very, very long time.
#52
My Roommate Ate All Of The Peanut Butter Cups Off Of The Cupcakes That Were Made
#53
Got My Favorite Kind Of Ice Cream, A Half Gallon Of Vanilla Bean Blue Bell. I Got One Bowl Out Of It. My Roommates Kids Got Ahold Of It. Came Home, This Is What I Have Left
Upstaged75 1 day ago
They need to replace it for you. And next time hide it inside a bag of frozen veggies so the kid won't find it. 😂
#54
My Roommate Places All Her Trash She Plans To “Recycle” On The Kitchen Floor, Yet Will Leave It There For Weeks Until Someone Else Takes It Out
#55
Facebook Cb Wants Roommate To Pay More Rent Because She Makes More
#56
This Girl Took Her Roommate's Mercedes On An 86+ Hour Roadtrip
Upstaged75 1 day ago
You are a massive a-hole! He should have reported it stolen and had you arrested.
#57
When My Roommate Eats Fruit Snacks He Puts The Empty Wrappers Back In The Box With The Full Ones
#58
The Way My Roommate Can Never Finish A Water
#59
My Side Of The Room vs. My Roommate's Side
Upstaged75 1 day ago
First time at college and has never had to pick up after themselves before. Pathetic.
#60
Roommate Put The Microwave Safe Bowl In The Oven Thinking It Works The Same Way
Nicola Roberts 1 day ago
I think we can put this down to a moment of stupidity rather than psychopathy.
#61
My Roommate Is The Worst Kind Of Person
#62
My Roommate Left Me The Last Piece Of Cake I Made
#63
My Roommate Takes Forever To Do Any Dishes, Despite Us Having A Fully Functioning Dishwasher. The Kitchen Sink Has Looked Like This For Weeks
#65
My Roommate Spent Her Paycheck Too Fast Again, So I Offered To Get Us Liquor. It Devolved Into This
#66
My Roommate Is Perfectly Fine With His Toothbrush Positioned Like This
#67
I Bought A 4 Pack Of Ritz. My Roommate Did This. Seriously?
#68
Was Wondering Why The Soda Was Flat The Morning After I Bought It, Turns Out My Roommate Doesn't Know How To Close Bottles
hannahbahngswife 1 day ago (edited)
My dad does that! Additionally, there's a specific soda sold in my country where the bottle's diameter is too big to fit in the door, and the other part of the fridge does not have space to keep bottles up, so we have to lay it. My dad doesn't close the cap well and it's laying. That's where the "mysterious water" came from once.
#69
How Dirty My Roommate Keeps His Car
#70
My Roommate Leaves Cupboards Like This Every Time
#71
Roommate Left This Here Leading To Some Lemon Scented Eggs
#72
How My Roommate Leaves The Paper Towel Roll. Every. Time
#73
This Is My Roommates Toothpaste. I Have Nothing Else To Say
Silversong 20 hours ago
Unless that's a shared tube you can hush and at least appreciate that they brush their teeth
#74
Roommate Unaware Of The Concept Of Throwing Away His Own Empty Containers/Packaging
#75
My Girlfriends Roommate Refuses To Take Her TV Remote Out Of The Packaging To Preserve The "Value" Of The TV
#76
My Roommate Opened And Used The Butter
#77
Roommate Is Using My Hulu To Watch The Game Making Me Not Able To Watch It, I Never Gave Him The Log In
ABC NoThirteen FUCKCENSORISM! 1 day ago
Change password, disconnect all devices, done. I don't see the problem.
#78
Cb Gets So Mad About Roommate Buying Store Brand Garbage Bags That She Felt The Need To Come To A Fb Group For Advice
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Jennifer Foster 1 day ago
How about " All of the above?" I'd move our for persistent use of any one of those inconsiderate habits.
StumblingThroughLife 1 day ago
78 reasons not to share a room/flat/house with anyone (that are not your spouse/kids, lol).
Nicky Colohan 1 day ago (edited)
I am so glad I live in a nice big 4 bedroom house alone with my dog. Rent and mortgage free too☺
Jennifer Foster 1 day ago
How about " All of the above?" I'd move our for persistent use of any one of those inconsiderate habits.
StumblingThroughLife 1 day ago
78 reasons not to share a room/flat/house with anyone (that are not your spouse/kids, lol).
Nicky Colohan 1 day ago (edited)
I am so glad I live in a nice big 4 bedroom house alone with my dog. Rent and mortgage free too☺
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