'I decided to be petty': Guy's roommate keeps eating his food, so he tricks him using expired milk and non-hard boiled eggs

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Sep 22, 2023 2:00 PM EDT

Every roommate relationship requires a constant reestablishing of boundaries. However, no matter what you do to rectify whatever problems you and your roommate are having, there are some people out there who simply don't get it. These special individuals have no concept of boundaries, space, and mutual respect. Furthermore, there's an even more dangerous combination out there, which is the occasional scenario when this kind of roommate also just so happens to be a pathological liar. This means that they might tell you everything you want them to hear, but they will probably do absolutely none of it. Confrontations, therefore, are pretty useless in this case because there really is no solution besides getting out of that apartment as quickly as you can. 

That is unless you decide to get petty, which is exactly what this Redditor did. His roommate kept eating his food without permission and refused to replace what he consumed. So, OP decided it was time for some necessary payback. Keep scrolling below to see exactly how he got away with tricking his roommate with the help of some expired milk and some non-hard boiled eggs. For more stories like this, here is one about a guy who got back at his neighbor by taking over the WiFi.

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    Font - Inconsiderate roommate wouldn't stop eating my food. I had a roommate years ago that always ate the food I purchased. And sometimes the leftover food I made. He always had an excuse, like he was too tired to go to the store but he would replace my food tomorrow. He never replaced my food.
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    Font - So I decided to be petty. I had a half gallon of milk that I left outside for about two weeks. I let it get nice and spoiled, then put it in the fridge. The morning after, my roommate decided to help himself to a bowl of my cereal, and lost it when he poured chunky milk into the bowl. It smelled awful and had the most disgusting texture to it. The entire kitchen and living room smelled rancid. Of course, I was the one to blame because I kept the milk past the expiration date.
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    Font - This one was my favorite. I simply took non-hard boiled eggs and put them in a container labeled "hard boiled eggs." I woke up the next morning to him yelling and cussing, as he stormed into my room and asked why I did that. I asked why it mattered how I labeled my food. He was sitting in the living room and tried to crack a couple eggs at a time on the coffee table. The raw egg got all over his hands, the table and on the rug under it.
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    Font - This didn't stop him from taking my food, but it happened less frequently. I spoke with him several times about this, and he agreed he would stop. But he never did. He just told me what I wanted to hear and ignored it after that.
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    Font - deeeevos 7 hr. ago Make some cookies with laxatives and label them clearly "do not touch". When he has the O you can claim you made them specifically for yourself/someone you know with constipation. 706 Reply Share
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    Font - Gabbz737 6 hr. ago See when people would take my food I'd pride myself in my high spice tolerance. Enjoy that sandwich with ghost pepper sauce with dietz & Watson buffalo cheddar cheese. The cheese alone is enough to make most people back off! But the sauce, that's to punish them for even trying! And trust me it comes out just as hot as it went in! 198 Reply Share
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    Font - SheWho LovesToDraw. 4 hr. ago Buy a mini fridge, put it in your room, put a nice strong lock on your door, and watch your roommate slowly starve because he's incapable of buying his own groceries like an adult.
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    Font - Appropriate-Battle32 3 hr. ago Mini fridge in your room. Store all your food there. Lock on your door. He'd have to ask for anything and you charge him double with immediate payment.
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    Font - Busy-Needleworker-36 OP 3 hr. ago That was my plan, but I ended up moving out. On top of the food he was filthy, loud and always had friends over late at night. That place was a nightmare. I called the cops a few times saying I was the neighbor and made a noise complaint.
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    Font - ultratorrent 4 hr. ago I'd have my own fridge in my room and only stock the "free food" fridge with rancid garbage after a week of dealing with someone like that.
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    Font - Sunlit53 3 hr. ago Time to switch to an all tofu and broccoli diet for a while. Then it's just a matter of endurance until he moves out.
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    Smile - rocketmn69 4 hr. ago Put a lock on the fridge and cupboards. Tell him to get his own fridge
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    Font - Safe Butterscotch239. 2 hr. ago I would have put salt in the cereal.
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    Rectangle - LO . moheagirl 2 hr. ago Put your sandwich in one of those lunch bags printed with mold
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    Font - Busy-Needleworker-36 OP 1 hr. ago I actually tried using wet cat food to make "tuna" for a sandwich. But he caught on and it didn't work.
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    Font - Rumblarr 3 hr. ago Make cookies. Tell him hey contained your toenails after he eats them. (Up to you if this is true or not.) Watch the reaction.
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    Font - recalcitrants 3 hr. ago You definitely lived with my brother. This is him to a T, including saying exactly what you want to hear but never following through. He's the most thoughtless and selfish and lazy person I have ever met.
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    Font - auspandakhan 48 min. ago Cut out a small piece on the inside of a donut and pack it with wasabi, one of those little green packs you get with sushi. He won't trust any of your food again.
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