'I'm officially done': College student refuses to clean up after wild roommates anymore, internet responds

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Feb 27, 2023 2:00 PM EST

The only thing worse than a messy college apartment is when you have to do all the cleaning. Now, in fairness, no one is expecting a perfect spotless apartment when you're 22 and living with four other twentysomethings. Even the original poster herself admits to sometimes being too busy to do the dishes until the end of the day. Perfectly normal! However, when you have one long table that you all use for eating and studying and there's no more room to do either of those things, that's when you have a real issue. 

 

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/EntitledPeople subreddit by u/prisma_angel, and I'll be honest, it's kind of nostalgic to hear this young woman coming to terms with the fact that she lives with slobs. We've all been there. Clearly, based on the wide range of advice and guidance from folks in the comments section, having a messy roommate is a universal experience - unless, that is, you are the messy roommate. Keep scrolling to hear what people had to say. For more stories about entitled folks, check out this post about a choosing beggar who refused to pay an artist properly. 

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    Organism - "I'll never clean up after my roommates again"
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    Font - I'll never clean up after my roommates again M I (22F) live in an apartment with other 5 girls. We are all relatively around the same age group (18 to 25) and usually get along really well. I share a room with one of the girls, let's call her Daphne, and we get along amazingly and understand each others study- work tactics, so we have a big mutual respect. The other 4 girls, on the other hand, not so much.
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    Font - There's only one table in the apartment where we can study/eat outside of our bedrooms. There's no living room, sofas or stuff like that, just that one long table. We used to work from morning to dawn on the table when we had exams and stuff, but since August, that hasn't been possible. Three new roommates moved in and the table is constantly full of stuff. We have found hangers, laptops, old food, a TV, bread, earrings, make- up, nail clippers and so much more just cluttered in our table
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    Font - Daphne refuses to clean up because she doesn't think it's fair that the other girls make the mess and that others have to clean up after them, but I'm a bit of a cleaner when it comes to tables because in my house we also had this problem, so I clean it and organize it from time to time. From August to February, I've cleaned it and organized the stuff constantly, helping whenever I have the time so we can at least sit down and eat.
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    Font - We have told them time and time again to please organize and take their stuff back to their rooms, specially after they bring friends over. But it seems like it has no effect whatsoever, they keep doing it because it's also their space and they also need to put their stuff somewhere. Furthermore, when we're studying they make a lot of noise, even though they see us working; but when they work, we have to respect their space... Daphne calls them entitled, and I have to agree with her on th
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    Font - The girls went out today and left, yet again, so much stuff. Daphne and I have a lot of stuff tomorrow to do, and we knew they wouldn't clean up after themselves when they came back at 4am, so we cleaned it all up (including the dishes they left, food crumbs, the floors and more). We started at 11 PM and finished at 2:30 AM, and after doing so took videos of how we left everything.
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    Font - If we wake up in the morning and find a mess, it is done. Never again will we clean up after them, we'll just leave all their clutter piling up and they'll have to deal with it. I'm officially done.
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    Font - stofge 8 hr. ago 1. Get an appropriate sized container, put it at the end of the table. 2. Get an appropriate sized 2x4 or similar tool. 3. Scrape all the stuff from one end towards the container for an easy clean-up. 4. Let them sort their by themselves. 192 Reply Share
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    Font - Noonoonook 5 hr. ago Done the same, but with a giant trash bag (you know, the black ones). If you leave your stuff around like it is trash, I will treat it as such. Even warned them (there were 5 guys, but same principle) that I will do it. Didn't believe me. They were very surprised when they saw me putting laptop, wallets in the same bag than rotten food :) Never had a problem like that again with them.
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    Font - JeepHammer. 8 hr. ago I did this once. Long, narrow table, just tipped the table into a plastic laundry basket. Since plastic laundry baskets are cheap, when one got full I set it against the wall and used another. When I had enough for everyone leaving that everyone got a basket on their bed. They wound up against the walls in their respective bedrooms. I'm glad I got out of that collective mess. I'd rather live in a tent in the woods than with pigs...
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    Font - (-2) SAM hserontheedge. 8 hr. ago When my husband was in college he shared with three other guys. It got to the point where they had tape on the counter diving it into quadrants. Each roommate had a square - that's where any of their dishes or whatever went. They also each had a cabinet in the kitchen and shelf in the bathrooms. They actually did decent in keeping their stuff within their boundaries - although there were plenty of times when some spots were piled so high you couldn't see
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    Font - prisma_angel OP - 8 hr. ago At this point we'll have to do something like that. The dishes have never been a problem with us, we made an agreement starting in August that sometimes we didn't have time to clean up because of work and studies so we would leave stuff for the end of the day and clean it then; but we clean each others stuff if it's simple. The counter and table on the other hand? Whole other story.
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    Font - Tracy MinOB 9 hr. ago Just shive it all into boxes and put it in their rooms 20 Reply Share prisma_angel OP - 8 hr. ago Would love to! But they keep their rooms locked at all times. Next idea is to leave them in the stairs at this rate.
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    Font - DaniMW 7 hr. ago Leave them in the hallway then, just outside the rooms. Or you can stack them against the wall in the shared space if needed - as long as the table is clear for you to use it for eating and studying, as communal space (and not a big dumping ground for lazy people's
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    Font - cobra93360 6 hr. ago Wait until they are gone and rake everything into one big basket. Set it outside of the apartment. Take pics of basket with a sign of "Free stuff, take all you want" or the like. Send pics to the offenders. Next step is to bring it all back inside and put in common area. Don't actually leave it outside. When they ask, tell them this is your future. Clean up after yourself or lose it.
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    Font - bugscuz 6 hr. ago buy storage tub • put storage tub next to table • sweep everything off table into storage tub • put storage tub outside your door • repeat every time they do this. "Oh sorry, I assumed it was junk since you left it in the common area after repeatedly being told to clean up after yourselves"
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    Font - Cant BelieveThisIsTru 6 hr. ago . Isn't there a landlord, or other who they pay rent to? Have you not told them? It seems there would be someone who can help you. Also, I would record them making all their noise while you are studying, then when they study, replay it for them and show them how distracting they are...let them know, WHEN IT COUNTS hiw disrespectful they really are. But also, the owner/landlord should back you up.
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    Font - safewordispancake. 4 hr. ago Maybe consider "splitting" the table (with tape for example). So they can make a mess out of their part of the table. I'd also make clear that you're gonna throw out or keep whatever is in your space.
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