To Whom It may concern:
When you move out of your parents house (as I somewhat consider myself) you need to learn to grow up a little. You need to learn that mommy & daddy aren't going to wash the dishes for you or even put them away once they have dried. You are out on your own for one reason or another, and you are supposed to be a responsible adult. Do what needs to be done for your place to look nice, to smell nice - lets just go with PRESENTABLE to others.
Now when I moved into the dorms I didn't know any of my roommates but they in fact knew each other. At least sort of. I've got three roommates, two are cheerleaders, andone is in a sorority (she moved out). Two of them were also roommates last year so they kind of knew what to expect from one another. How clean they would make the place look, what they might be providing to brighten up the place, and make it look better.
The housing office made us sign a Roommate agreement at the beginning of the first semester, and look over it again and resign it at the beginning of this semester. What was included was, agreeing to have some sort of rotational system when it comes to taking out the trash, providing trash bags, and buying things such as hand soap or dish soap. We all signed, and agreed and carried on as we were.
...the problem was that every so often the sink would fill up with dishes or there would be lots of dirty pots on the stove over a matter of days. And you know I don't completely mind having lots of dishes in the sink, but when we are limited on silverware and such (as we were the first month when we literally had 4 forks) someone needs to wash dishes a little more and realize that we ONLY HAVE 4 FORKS!
That is to say if there is something I had wanted to use and had to wash it before I used it, it was a little annoying. And I'll be honest here, I didn't always want to wash the dishes I had just used. I wanted food to settle, but I also didn't wait until the weekend to do it either. I also tried to be courteous, and when I left to go home for the weekend I made sure that the dishes I had used during the week were all clean before I left. Not everyone else did, which kind of put me in a funk.
I am cleaning up after myself, and sometimes doing a little extra cleaning. I didn't understand why they couldn't finish the cleaning I had started for them.
A Quote/Scene from Veronica Mars happens to come to mind, although I couldn't find the exact wording, so bare with me:
"This place is a mess. People don't walk in and say this nice little clean area over here is Dick's and this messy area is Logan's. No..." -Dick to Logan
Now I don't want to be that roommate who has to say a this or a that to get my roommates to clean up, I just wish our shared living area didn't always look like a mess (mostly the kitchen).
Think of this. The place where you live is supposed to be a reflection of who you are, and while I don't have lots of people come to my dorm or stuff like that I'd still like it to look nice.
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To those potentially thinking about moving out. Remember this. Think about it. And if you have problems do talk to your roommates. It isn't fair to all of you. Remember to look back at the roommate agreement if you do have one, because I'm sure on there, there is something like cleaning up within a timely manner, rotating trash, and pitching in to make the shared living place look nice. Communication needs to happen to keep the roommate peace, if you are having problems talk them out don't keep things bottled up and try at all costs to avoid roommates. That is not a happy situation, at ALL.
**I'm sorry if this happens to be an angry/rude post. I just needed to vent a little, talk it out, share with others so that they don't make the same mistake. Thank you.
Now when I moved into the dorms I didn't know any of my roommates but they in fact knew each other. At least sort of. I've got three roommates, two are cheerleaders, and
The housing office made us sign a Roommate agreement at the beginning of the first semester, and look over it again and resign it at the beginning of this semester. What was included was, agreeing to have some sort of rotational system when it comes to taking out the trash, providing trash bags, and buying things such as hand soap or dish soap. We all signed, and agreed and carried on as we were.
...the problem was that every so often the sink would fill up with dishes or there would be lots of dirty pots on the stove over a matter of days. And you know I don't completely mind having lots of dishes in the sink, but when we are limited on silverware and such (as we were the first month when we literally had 4 forks) someone needs to wash dishes a little more and realize that we ONLY HAVE 4 FORKS!
That is to say if there is something I had wanted to use and had to wash it before I used it, it was a little annoying. And I'll be honest here, I didn't always want to wash the dishes I had just used. I wanted food to settle, but I also didn't wait until the weekend to do it either. I also tried to be courteous, and when I left to go home for the weekend I made sure that the dishes I had used during the week were all clean before I left. Not everyone else did, which kind of put me in a funk.
I am cleaning up after myself, and sometimes doing a little extra cleaning. I didn't understand why they couldn't finish the cleaning I had started for them.
A Quote/Scene from Veronica Mars happens to come to mind, although I couldn't find the exact wording, so bare with me:
"This place is a mess. People don't walk in and say this nice little clean area over here is Dick's and this messy area is Logan's. No..." -Dick to Logan
Now I don't want to be that roommate who has to say a this or a that to get my roommates to clean up, I just wish our shared living area didn't always look like a mess (mostly the kitchen).
Think of this. The place where you live is supposed to be a reflection of who you are, and while I don't have lots of people come to my dorm or stuff like that I'd still like it to look nice.
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To those potentially thinking about moving out. Remember this. Think about it. And if you have problems do talk to your roommates. It isn't fair to all of you. Remember to look back at the roommate agreement if you do have one, because I'm sure on there, there is something like cleaning up within a timely manner, rotating trash, and pitching in to make the shared living place look nice. Communication needs to happen to keep the roommate peace, if you are having problems talk them out don't keep things bottled up and try at all costs to avoid roommates. That is not a happy situation, at ALL.
**I'm sorry if this happens to be an angry/rude post. I just needed to vent a little, talk it out, share with others so that they don't make the same mistake. Thank you.
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