scruffy flat mates

well after reading someone's rant about their flat mate eating their food i thought i may share my story... and ask for advice

currently there are 6 bin bags full of rubbish, some of which has been there for around a week, in the kitchen

this happens all the time, and is mainly down to 1 flat mate, we all do our share of work, i take bin bags out but only have 2 arms... and since i spend 3 days of the week at home i cant stand it when i come back to a pile of bin bags.

the flat mate in question and other flat mate (they r friends) are the dirtiest pigs i've ever met, 1 doesnt shower... like EVER... the other just leaves rotten food all over the flat!

i'd prefer it if i didnt kick off at them but i cant see a way to tell them to get their acts together without kicking off...

i've been cleaning up after them since the start of the year and to be fair im sick of it! oh adding all the noise they make all night...

im kinda hoping since they skive all their lessons that they'll get kicked out soon anyway lol!

Reply 1

BouncyB

1

your doing well coping with it, i would have moved out long ago. Rotting food makes me queezy!!!!!!!
Apart from the mess do you like living there?

Reply 2

gianthead

12

couldn't you have called the topic 'messy flatmates' or 'pigstye flat'. I'm a scruffy dresser but I'm clean and certainly don't leave rotting food or rubbish anywhere
proud to be a scruff :p:

complain to someone about these barbarians and say they aren't fit to live under the same roof as

Reply 3

Multiplexed

18

If you are so bothered about the bin-bags then just throw them away, or throw them into his room. See how he likes it. :smile:

Reply 4

FadeToBlackout

15

Put the bin bags in his bed.

And tell him that you'll do it again whenever he leaves anything equally disgusting around!

Mwahaha...

Reply 5

Tarts_n_Vicars

13

It's not long now til the end of the academic year, if it hasn't sent you over the edge already you'll be ok til then.

People like that just don't get it, and sometimes trying to point it out to them isn't worth the hassle.

Reply 6

L i b

19

I could've written that first post.

With much improved sentence structure, of course...

Reply 7

BBGirl

10

Why don't you just draw up a rota of chores and tell them that it'll make everyones lives easier, especially yours............maybe,possibly, write up a list of 'rules' or 'dos and donts'. Good Luck! :smile:

Reply 8

erk

14

BBGirl

Why don't you just draw up a rota of chores and tell them that it'll make everyones lives easier, especially yours............maybe,possibly, write up a list of 'rules' or 'dos and donts'. Good Luck! :smile:

who is he/she to tell others what to do?

Reply 9

Tarts_n_Vicars

13

erk

who is he/she to tell others what to do?

The OP said the other flatmates are alright though it's just one or two who are the problem. I'm guessing the rest of them wouldn't mind having a rota...especially if it made the messy one get his/her arse in gear.

Reply 10

erk

14

Tarts_n_Vicars

The OP said the other flatmates are alright though it's just one or two who are the problem. I'm guessing the rest of them wouldn't mind having a rota...especially if it made the messy one get his/her arse in gear.

Ultimately it depends on the others, but he/she has no right to 'command' them to do ANYTHING.

Not necessarily, if a rota was made in my flat there'd be uproar haha, saying that, no one's that way inclined to even think of making a rota anyway..

Reply 11

the sand man

2

what is it uni hall if so can the uni get involed just have a chat whith u all about clean ness

Reply 12

ellewoods

10

Tarts_n_Vicars

It's not long now til the end of the academic year, if it hasn't sent you over the edge already you'll be ok til then.

People like that just don't get it, and sometimes trying to point it out to them isn't worth the hassle.

I agree ... 3 of us tried to raise issues with the other 4, and it turned into a year of arguments, bitching and recriminations. It was horrible.

This specific binbag situation happened to us, and our angle was to try and ignore it and let them pile up until the message got across.
Unfortunately when we eventually cracked and moved SIXTEEN binbags, maggots had spilled out underneath and were all in the kitchen carpet. (it was summer and flies had flown in) I have never felt so sick and disgusted :frown:

and it was vile to know that was in the kitchen we were expected to use.

For you own health, safety and sanity, bit your lip and put up with it for another couple of months, and do the binbags yourself.

And make yourself feel better by finding petty little things to do, ie, hiding car keys, tipping away a bit of milk each day so it keeps running out :wink:

Reply 13

Tarts_n_Vicars

13

lol I like your style Ellewoods!

Yeah we've had a few rucks in our flat about it and in the end it's just pointless, all it does is make an already bad situation more uncomfortable. I have one flatmate who cooks the most elaborate dishes involving a zillion saucepans (all of which she burns in the process) and she never ever washes up. In the end one of us will get so sick of the mess of chessey sauce filled saucepans with water floating in them that we just wash them....and then get revenge later lol

Reply 14

ellewoods

10

Inconsiderate flatmates - you know who you are - take this thread as a warning...

We are onto you!! :eek:

And those "annoying little things" that keep happening to you ... that essay you need to hand it and all your printer paper has gone ... your car keys have gone for a walk ... your dinner isn't cooked but you're *sure* you turned the oven on ... your favourite top has fallen off the radiator and hasn't dried in time for that big night out ... no hot water for your shower / bath .... NOT ACCIDENTS!!!!! :cool:

Anyone want to join Tarts_n_Vicars and I in a crusade against inconsiderate brats, feel free to post a petty revenge!! :wink:

*Yes this is gratuitous thread hijack, but I didn't think the OP would mind in the circumstances :rolleyes:

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Reply 15

mademoiselle84

1

ellewoods

Inconsiderate flatmates - you know who you are - take this thread as a warning...

We are onto you!! :eek:

And those "annoying little things" that keep happening to you ... that essay you need to hand it and all your printer paper has gone ... your car keys have gone for a walk ... your dinner isn't cooked but you're *sure* you turned the oven on ... your favourite top has fallen off the radiator and hasn't dried in time for that big night out ... no hot water for your shower / bath .... NOT ACCIDENTS!!!!! :cool:

Anyone want to join Tarts_n_Vicars and I in a crusade against inconsiderate brats, feel free to post a petty revenge!! :wink:

*Yes this is gratuitous thread hijack, but I didn't think the OP would mind in the circumstances :rolleyes:

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i was sick of my flat mate always using my tampax that i kept in the bathroom so once i knew she came on, i took them from the bathroom and hid them in my room... she laughed about it when she saw me and told me she had to use strategic loo roll that day...and that she was sorry for using my tampax and bought me new ones

Reply 16

bluenoxid

13

Cling film on the toilet seat

Wrap up EVERYTHING in their room in newspaper.

Cress Seed :egg:

Oxo Cube in the shower head.

Reply 17

dremmel

OP

lol thanks for your advice... yea i feel bad when i boss them around... like i HATE being bossy to ppl... so when i tell them to tidy up i feel **** but sometimes u just need to... have already started the hiding things plan! but im at home for the weekend after tidying up.... i bet its back to normal on sunday! :-(