The Rootmate Rant Topic

[Cronos]

Why wouldn't you guys just split the cost of the groceries anytime you go shopping?

Mainly because I eat a lot more than he does and he doesn't have as much time to go grocery shopping as I do. I weigh about 200 and eat 3 meals a day, very regularly. He weighs somewhere around a buck-thirty and eats maybe once or twice a day. I buy a lot of things he wouldn't eat, he buys a lot of things I wouldn't eat. It's too complicated, at least I think it is to really find any kind of solution. It also comes down to different philosophies and appetites about food: if I see something like bread or cheese is out, I want to go and get it(a Schnucks is literally just down the street a block or two). If he saw that the bread or cheese were out, he just wouldn't eat lunch that day.

[cardinalkarp]

Why wouldn't you guys just split the cost of the groceries anytime you go shopping?

Some eat more than others. Some have more expensive items than others.

It's better just to buy separate food and leave each other's crap alone.

That's what I always did when I had roommates but he said they share the food (but I agree it doesn't always work well that way). I've tried both and buying your own groceries is best as long as your other roommate doesn't think if he's out of food he can just raid yours.

[JCShutout]

Why wouldn't you guys just split the cost of the groceries anytime you go shopping?

Some eat more than others. Some have more expensive items than others.

It's better just to buy separate food and leave each other's crap alone.

That's what I always did when I had roommates but he said they share the food (but I agree it doesn't always work well that way). I've tried both and buying your own groceries is best as long as your other roommate doesn't think if he's out of food he can just raid yours.

++ I tried this with my sister and her fiance, but they buy stuff I don't like, and vice versa. Plus, I'm trying to eat healthy, and he always stocks up on yummy, but incredibly unhealthy frozen pizzas and burrittos and stuff like that. We buy our own stuff, and trade/share if stuff is going to go bad before we're done eating it.

My bro in law is very messy. He doesn't work consistently yet (trying to find a career type job) but still has stuff in boxes all over the house. I've been completely moved in for months while working 50 hours a week and being a full time grad student. Get off the computer and spend a day and a half putting stuff away man! (If it wasn't for me sacrificing a weekend that they were away - 5 months ago, to organize my and a bunch of their stuff and putting it away and arranging the furniture, the house would suck!)

Doesn't bother me too much though. Atleast I'm not being nagged to clean when I don't think things are dirty. I'm pretty self-motivated, so when I think its dirty, I clean.

[Molly]

Girls must be different. My best friend and I were roommates for 7 years and had no problems. She was not as neat as I was but just kept her bedroom door closed.

**Kyle, make sure the lint filter on the dryer is cleaned especially if you use dryer sheets. Apparently there is a wax build up that can form on the lint screen from dryer sheets. Also there is some wire brush thingy you can purchase to get down into the slot where the lint filter goes. Cleaning out all the lint will prolong the life of your dryer.

**Words of wisdom from a housewife

[cardinalkarp]

I never really had any major problems w/ my roommates. Its just certain things get under your skin. Some things you can live w/ others piss you off bad enough that you have to come out and say something.

Kyle did you guys ever confront the lazy turd? (I'm guessing this is the same roommate that passes out in the living room and who's buddies come over and hang out w/o him being home)

[Bo Hart]

Popeye, I'm glad you brought up the sink thing.

Chad refuses to put things into the dishwasher. It's like completely out of laziness, too.

I don't do dishes at all. The vast, vast majority of the stuff I eat requires no silverware / plates at all (pop tarts, hot dogs, pizza, etc), and so I have one bowl that I use for cereal, one spoon, and one cup that I use for water. Any time I use one of those (not very often), I wash it when I'm done.

Kody and Chad go at it, though. Kody likes to keep our place clean, and Chad just cannot comply with that. Anytime he's done with a dish or whatever, he puts it into the sink (instead of the dishwasher). It's unbelievable how lazy he is. For example, just today, I looked in the sink and saw:
- a plate caked with a mound of ranch (why the hell would you not scrape that off first!?), and,
- a HANDFUL-SIZED chunk of spaghetti sitting at the bottom of the sink

Chad is simply too lazy to load stuff into the dishwasher. His reasoning is always that he wants to "let stuff soak." OK, that's acceptable for some things, but that doesn't explain why you do that for every single thing you use!

This aspect doesn't really bother me that much since I don't get involved with the dishwashing / the sink, but it helps give you an idea of what he's like.


Karp, yes, you're correct -- this is the same guy. And yes, we have confronted him... One of my later rant entries will help paint a clearer picture.

[cardinalkarp]

I'm assuming its not an option to give this guy the boot and look for a different roommate. Is this guy your friend at all or has living w/ him basically deteriorated any type of friendly relationship you guys had before the living situation?

[Bo Hart]

I'm assuming its not an option to give this guy the boot and look for a different roommate. Is this guy your friend at all or has living w/ him basically deteriorated any type of friendly relationship you guys had before the living situation?

I knew I was going to put up with stuff like this in advance. Why did I live with him? Well... his dad owns the duplex we live in. It's a top-bottom duplex; his parents live upstairs, we live downstairs. As a result, we're getting insanely cheap rent: it's $500 split 3-ways.

I am barely scraping by now. If I had to pay the rent most people had to, I just wouldn't be able to afford it.

[thrill]

I'm assuming its not an option to give this guy the boot and look for a different roommate. Is this guy your friend at all or has living w/ him basically deteriorated any type of friendly relationship you guys had before the living situation?

I knew I was going to put up with stuff like this in advance. Why did I live with him? Well... his dad owns the duplex we live in. It's a top-bottom duplex; his parents live upstairs, we live downstairs. As a result, we're getting insanely cheap rent: it's $500 split 3-ways.

I am barely scraping by now. If I had to pay the rent most people had to, I just wouldn't be able to afford it.

That's a sweet deal. I'd stay on that gravy train and just keep my sanity in my room.

[Popeye_Card]

I'm assuming its not an option to give this guy the boot and look for a different roommate. Is this guy your friend at all or has living w/ him basically deteriorated any type of friendly relationship you guys had before the living situation?

I knew I was going to put up with stuff like this in advance. Why did I live with him? Well... his dad owns the duplex we live in. It's a top-bottom duplex; his parents live upstairs, we live downstairs. As a result, we're getting insanely cheap rent: it's $500 split 3-ways.

I am barely scraping by now. If I had to pay the rent most people had to, I just wouldn't be able to afford it.

You can put up with a lot of crap for cheap rent. I know I have in the past.

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