'Suddeny I snapped' : Man takes petty revenge on entitled messy roommates via malicious compliance

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    Product - Oh you just cleaned the house because you're the only one that does it? We'll clean up too! Context: my friends and I house- shared with the worst people ever (a couple). They were loud, messy, gross, they shouted and swore all day and night, they took priority over all communal spaces and made it seem like we weren't welcome in our own home. They also stole from us constantly.
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    Font - Posted by u/hardrocknick_2001 14 hours ago Oh you just cleaned the house because you're the only one that does it? We'll clean up too! M OC
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    Font - Context: my friends and I house- shared with the worst people ever (a couple). They were loud, messy, gross, they shouted and swore all day and night, they took priority over all communal spaces and made it seem like we weren't welcome in our own home. They also stole from us constantly.
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    Font - Here's the kicker, despite all that, they were very very strict on house rules (for us obviously, not them). We would get screamed at if we made any noise whilst they were sleeping. But they could stomp around the house, shouting and swearing, slamming all the doors at 3am as much as they like.
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    Font - Obviously the house wasn't this clean, crisp, haven of peace. It was an 8 person student house, so you can expect a bit of noise and mess. We tried explaining to them that if they can leave their dishes to rot and mould in the kitchen, we could maybe get a bit more slack with what we were allowed to do. (If we left a cup next to
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    Font - the sink over night they would break it). They would try to paint this picture of us being these horrible messy and inconsiderate housemates (we were literally too scared to leave our rooms and lived off takeaway for months so we didn't make any mess).
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    Font - We did everything, the cleaning of the whole house, the bins, cleaning up their mess. Etc. as mentioned above, we stayed in our rooms and would go to each others rooms and didn't cook in the kitchen or go downstairs for anything. So when we stopped cleaning the downstairs (we were
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    Font - never down there so no mess was ours) it started to get messy from their own doing. Empty drink bottles everywhere, cushions thrown around, rubbish all over the floor. One of them decides to tidy their own mess! Before they both left for a few days.
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    Font - We were finally able to relax and chill downstairs, we didn't feel anxious anymore, we went out (they didn't let us leave the house without them). All brilliant and good. Until we get a text message. "Can we make-sure to keep the house tidy as I've just cleaned all of downstairs as it was soo messy! :)".
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    Font - This text changed something in me. Idk if it was the acting like cleaning up your own mess is this amazing favour. Or acting like it wasn't her and her bfs mess she cleaned up, and us disgusting little rats would mess up her beautiful cleaning job instantly.
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    Font - So I decided to clean. I picked up everything in the living room and kitchen thT belonged to them and put it in nice big pile, over their personal hob. (They were only allowed to use the fancy hob).when I say everything, I mean everything. Bits of their rubbish,
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    Font - their mouldy mugs and plates that had insects on them. The man had a whole counter top dedicated to empty spice containers (I wasnt allowed my cup with my cutlery in it on the counter).
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    Font - When they found the pile, they asked me why I didn't throw out the rubbish. I said something along the lines of "you said you cleaned these rooms so I assumed you wanted to keep the mouldy wrappers since they've been here weeks". I honestly just wanted to
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    Font - show them that they also make mess too, a lot more than anyone else here, also that her “impeccable cleaning" missed a few spots.
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    Font - SpiderKnife +3. 13 hr. ago You put up with WAY more than I would have. Vote Reply Share hardrocknick_2001 OP 13 hr. ago I work with old people and kids for one job. Retail for another. I have a lot of patience Vote Reply Share
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    Font - nonamenancy2 11 hr. ago You can't leave the house without them? WTAF Vote Reply Share
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    Font - TheTurtleSwims. 10 hr. ago Good for you for taking a jab at them after all of that but don't ever let people treat you like that again. You were room mates. They didn't own the place. They weren't your parents. They only had the control you gave them.
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    Font - Not knocking you. I've let people push me around more than I should have before. It's something you figure out once you've been through it and think "not putting up with that ever again". They sound totally hellish. Just because someone tells you that you're friends doesn't mean you have to put up with being treated badly. Tell them you're not friends because you treat me like cri
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    Font - hardrocknick_2001 OP 10 hr. ago Honestly I'm happy that it taught me I need to stand up for myself and not be a pushover. Bc, I tried being nice to them. Extra nice just to get them to treat me better. But they still treated me like cr.. So what was the point. I'm a huge people pleaser. But yea. Definitely will not let someone push me around like that again.
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    Font - zangetsuthefirst +3. 12 hr. ago The only thing I would have done differently would have been to break all their mugs before putting them with the rest. Oh I'm sorry, I thought that was the rule since that's what you guys always do to us Vote ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - Dr_StrangeloveGA +2.13 hr. ago WTF? Most of this is on you guys for putting up with that behavior. Couldn't the six of you have just told the other two to get right or get out? I would have made their lives a living hell if they refused to leave. Two can play at that game. ✩ Vote Reply Share

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