‘Sweet sweet victory’: Housemate settles score with cheapskate roommate who refuses to pay the bills by filling up the entire house with bubbles

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Sienna Varady
Apr 2, 2024 10:00 AM EDT

Sometimes the best retaliation comes from the need for playful bantering, not from anger. The story that follows is an account of a frustrated roommate. The Original Poster (OP) lives in an apartment with two housemates. Since OP and the other tenants are all students, they occasionally have to live on a tight budget. That being said, OP was more than happy to shoulder the responsibility when needed, having recognized that each tenant had a unique capacity to contribute. The tenants got along, the house was in order, and everything was going great at first. However, as time went on, the roommates started to take advantage of the situation and grew accustomed to the way things were being handled.

OP, understandably, had had enough and decided to leave his roommates with a lasting lesson. That being said, be sure to read the story below if you're interested in learning what happened between OP and his housemates as well as how OP got even! When you're finished, don't forget to read the story of the client who paid the IT specialist $1000 after giving the administrator password to the entire team!

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    "Karma baby...”
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    Some petty college roommate revenge I still laugh at, decided I'd write it down for others to enjoy.
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    Backstory, When I was a 19m (Now 25m) in college I had 3 assigned roommates. They didn't buy any of the necessities like food, toilet paper, cooking oil, cleaning supplies, paper towels ect. I was buying pretty much everything which I definitely couldn't afford but I wanted to be nice. I said I was fine with them using my things as long as they replaced them. Whenever they
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    used something up low and behold they never replaced it, I'd just find it missing. They would start mentioning we were missing it, and add "we should get more." I would say "then buy some", then they'd change the subject. If they did buy something they put it in their own room. I was being polite but Inside I was burning with a white hot fury infuriated beyond belief. So pretty much a classic story of college dudes. I'm sure there are plenty of people who
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    can relate here. Anyway, Fast forward to an early morning class. I'm getting ready to leave, And my roommate is putting dishes in the dishwasher before he goes to class. The previous night I told him he needed to start doing dishes because he constantly cooked and never cleaned ✓. I was really happy to see it was getting done, he was also getting ready for class. I was grabbing a
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    bite to eat when He said "we need more dishwasher pods." I said "buy them." He paused, then said dish soap would work (also mine). I told him not to and it would sud up and just buy the d In pods. He said to believe him and it would work he proceeded ded to fill the cap, started it and went to shower for class. I proceeded to end the cycle and dump about a cup or more of dishwasher detergent in out of spite then start it again. I went to class
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    munching on a bagel excited for the text he might send. It felt good to think of what he'd find after the shower. Went to class and 40m later (yes he showered for 40m every day) I got a Snapchat of our apartment and I swear to god Reddit there was suds everywhere it was awesome. We could've hosted a bubble run or a nightclub with then bubbles in that apartment. Wish I still had the photo it was insane I didn't realize how many bubbles
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    could be made from one dishwasher I mean I anticipated a lot but it was way more. It was so much it was up to his chest. He had to cancel going to class to clean it and then bought pods. I still laugh about his reaction. He said "holy stI really didn't think it would be that bad" I'd add in yeah man I really thought that was gonna work. Would've been a great life hack to not buy pods. He apologized. Started pitching in more with things.
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    Zoreb1 "If they did buy something they put it in their own room." Then I would have done the same.
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    Impressive Choice857 OP It had me seething, it said so much more then them just not buying things.
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    ChaoticForkingGood 13 hr. ago When my husband was in college, everyone left their clothes detergent labeled with their name in the room with the washer and dryer. Someone kept using his. He got fed up, dumped the rest of his bottle, and refilled it with liquid starch.
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    It wouldn't hurt anyone's clothes, just turn them stiff as a board and require multiple washings to get back to normal. The thief never stole his stuff again!
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    Safe_Caterpillar_209 · 13 hr. ago This happened to my grandmother. I bought her a portable dishwasher for her apartment. She had never used one before. I set her up with a big tub of dishwasher tabs and told her to let me know when they needed replacements. I warned her that regular dish soap would not work. She didn't believe me. My
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    uncle told me they had a hard time rounding up all the bubbles and wiping everything down. My very exhausted grandmother let me know she would need more dishwasher tabs with a sheepish look on her face.
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    imnotk8 · 15 hr. ago Well that bubbled over didn't it?
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    • Grouchy-Ad4338 · 15 hr. ago Hahahaha. Great one. Seems that he was drowning in his sorrows while trying to stay afloat amongst the suds/bubbles. Hope that other roommates had a few of their things a bit affected by the flood of bubbles too :)
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    Thepatrone36 . 9 hr. ago I did that once in my late teens (back when 18 year olds could rent an apartment on their own). I laughed at my stupidity and thought after I was done 'well the kitchen has never been cleaner'
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    Notmykl 12 hr. ago There is a reason why dishwasher detergent is low foaming unlike dishwashing detergent.
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    xXSatanAngelxx . 10 hr. ago That's how I learned at age 7 (27 now)to not accidentally overfill the dishwasher cap (well before dishpods where a thing). Since I was 5 my mom had me help load, start an then unload the dishwasher, she told and showed me the exact line I needed to stop pouring the dishwasher spefic soap at, I on accident over filled
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    because it was a new bottle and it dropped out of my hands (I was 7) since I didn't know any better I just closed the liquid door on the dishwasher and then started the dishwasher because it was a one. I walked away timer style turn as a 7 year old would and came back 30 minutes later for a drink to find the kitchen floor overed in bubbles, I panicked because mom was taking a nap
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    and I didn't want her to be mad at me so I ran to my bathroom (mom had the master room that had bathroom so the hall one was declared mine) grabbed all the towels I had and cleaned up the bubbles and water they created which was hard because the dishwasher was still going and oozing more bubbles as I was trying to clean up the small kitchen floor that was more bubble then floor. I probably would have been more amazed
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    by the bubbles if I wasn't terrified of my mom and her fly swatter if she found the bubbles first, so I was trying to clean up the bubbles and water. I went through all my bathroom towels and ended up using my current shower towel and even the floor towel for my showers and 3 of the kitchen hand towels to clean it up before it stopped oozing bubbles, I had to drag the wet mess of towels across the
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    dinning room to the washer and dryer and get my little step stool (I was a very short kid) to load everything and even started the washer in hopes my mom wouldn't notice. I was 7 so I didn't think about the fact my mom would obviously notice the washing machine going because after I got a drink and went back to my room to keep watching tv 40 minutes later my mom came by and asked why a bunch of my towels where
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    in the washing machine and I panicked and said I accidentally spilled something but cleaned it up, she bought it but still asked where since I had used all my towels. I said in the kitchen why massively avoiding eye contact. She just said okay and that I did good for at least cleaning it up, but the washer was done so I needed to move them to the dryer since they were my load of towels. I don't
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    know if she knew I was lying since I wasn't really a kid to lie because I was terrified of her fly swatter. And before anyone asks why was I was so scared of a fly swatter, my mom was like a ninja with that thing, she pull it outnof thin air and it stung leaveing a red mark and she could s ck you with it why chasing you with it, I wasn't a track kid but I probably could of been with the fuel of my mom wanting to s ck me I f ng booked it
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    running away from her any time she even mentioned grabbing it. If I saw it in her hand I was ab et just gone. So yeah even at 7 I knew I had to clean up a bubble mess before she found it to avoid being s ked an then still having to clean up the mess since it would of been my fault anyway, I rather just clean it up without the pain.
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    Agreeable_Sea3080 9 hr. ago Reminds me of when I was around 9 my mum had taught me to make custard from scratch. She was taking a nap after night shift so I thought I'd make some custard on the stove. I got distracted and burnt the s t out of the pan, panicked, and walked outside, across the road and threw the pan away into the bushes. Mum had no clue and didn't seem to realise she was missing a pot
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