'Passive aggressive? That's just petty': Woman takes microwave away from roommates and hides kitchen supplies while she's away

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
May 10, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

What in the world would possess someone to treat their kitchen appliances this way? 

You don't always get to choose the ideal person to live with. Sometimes you're just a college student seeking a room, or you're new to the area and just need a place to stay for a few months. You agree to live with someone who seems nice… but that's before you know all of their habits. Sure, that woman might seem cool the first time you meet her, but it turns out she never cleans and has her friends over 24/7. Or maybe you decide to live with some guy you're acquaintances with, only to find out he loves blasting metal music at top volume and has never figured out how to do laundry.

 There are plenty of things that can go wrong when two opposite people are forced to share a space. If you're this person, you may discover that your roommate has taken the microwave and wrapped it up so that no one else can use it. Uh… okay then! The sleuths in the comments had some interesting theories about this, which you can check out below. 

Next, read about what happened when an overworked IT employee finally stood up to their manager: "New boss gives me an impossible task." 

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    Crazy flatmate: took her microwave hostage So my flatmate went to her hometown for a month, and before she left, she wrapped her microwave like it's a precious item. I don't even use it, but the
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    way it's been wrapped off is... next level. On top of that, she hid all her cutlery, baking soda, and who knows what else—just to make sure neither I nor our other roommate can use any of it.
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    I totally get not wanting to share your personal items. That's fair. But if the microwave is off-limits, why not just keep it in her room instead of occupying shared kitchen space with something we can't touch? Feels a bit passive- aggressive and honestly just makes the shared space feel weird.
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    roshi Assorted Tea Collection
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    Commenters had some very funny suggestions

    theredhound19 Get a big roll of the shrink wrap for pallets and add a few dozen layers
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    Lord Vondicktens... Take a hair dryer and shrink the plastic super tight on to it
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    laminad28 Buy a new one, place it directly on top of hers
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    De-railled Lol, good idea... put it inside her room... She can't take up shared space with all her private furniture. Counterspace is valuable/s
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    New-Assumption... Idk the only reason I'd care if someone used my microwave is if they get it gross and refuse to clean up after themselves. Are you and your roommate messy?
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    TheLastWord63 Have you guys been using any of her stuff and not cleaning it because that's what a lot of roommates complain about? When roommates complain, a lot of Redditors tell them to put their stuff in their room so the other roommates can't use it.
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    WinterLantern Fly Passive aggressive? Thats just petty.
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    Other people wondered what the original poster could've possibly done to inspire such kitchen pettiness

    kzwj Do you leave the microwave dirty? Or did you break any of their kitchen appliances? Trying to understand their thought process plastic wrapping it.
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    lolplsimdesperate Something tells me yall must not respect her items & she wanted to make sure the disregard & disrespect wouldn't happen while she wasn't there. Lots of context missing here
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    DarthXOmega Man I should be more like this. My roommate has absolutely ruined my expensive knives with scratches and dents. I have no idea what he's doing to them. I should be hiding them
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