that was oddly cathartic to write up

[kaydeefalls]

So I have a roommate. It is very much her apartment, I just happen to live in it too. This is fine. Her house, her rules. There are many rules. I follow them all without argument. The apartment is nice and the rent is cheap, whatever, I can deal. I'm both quiet and clean, and I keep shared spaces tidy by nature, because that's just common courtesy

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[pocky_slash]

Knocked the kitchen sink strainer thingy against the inside of the garbage can to knock all the tiny food bits out

Wait, but.....how else are you supposed to get it out??

Also, um, no, you're not wrong. This person would murder me in my sleep. Yikes. D:

[kaydeefalls]

Scrape it out with a paper towel, of course! DUH.

It's kind of funny, actually, because after she told me that one, I had a total lightbulb moment of OH! THAT'S WHY WE BURN THROUGH PAPER TOWELS SO FUCKING FAST. Because she's using one after every single time she washes dishes! Which I think is wasteful as hell, but whatever. (I still knock it against the garbage can when I know she's not home.)

[liviapenn]

AHA. I was wondering too. I was like "... so when you're done with the dishes you scrape it out using a clean fork and then you have to wash that fork, or WHAT?" Or whether her issue was that it gets garbage on the inside of the garbage can, or who knows what.

I agree with you, that is super wasteful. (And hypocritical, if she's going to jump on you for leaving your lights on, or accidentally throwing away one tiny thing that might have been recyclable.)

[kaydeefalls]

It's super hypocritical. Among other things.

[irisbleufic]

...okay, your flatmate cannot possibly be human. And not in a good way :-P

[kaydeefalls]

THANK YOU, christ. I was seriously starting to think that I must secretly be the messiest person ever or something.

[tardis_stowaway]

Am I completely crazy in thinking this is just a wee bit anal?

The only crazy part of your thought process here is adding "just a wee bit." This person is A LOT anal. You must have the patience of a saint and truly superior cleanliness and memory skills to be maintaining any sort of roommate relationship. I wouldn't last a week.

Some things on that list are just really stupidly particular, but others are completely divorced from logic. Getting mad at you because you bought dish soap and put a new bag in the bin? What the hell.

[kaydeefalls]

Most of the time she doesn't get mad, per se. And most of the time she's polite about her requests. But they really build up after a while.

[sheldrake]

RUN. RUN AS FAST AND AS FAR AS YOU CAN.

[kaydeefalls]

Run WHERE? Another round of horrible apartment-hunting in an expensive city?

[sheldrake]

No, I know it's not as easy as that, I wasn't being entirely serious. Does sound a bit godawful though. :( Mind you, I've lived on my own for several years now and the thought of sharing my space again with anyone makes me shudder a bit.

[counteragent]

That is crazypants

[kaydeefalls]

Wacky fun times, let me tell you.