My roommate is omni. That's cool. I've lived with omnivores and not had any problems. My roommate also lacks an awareness of others. Or maybe she simply has no sense of what is clean and what is dirty. (This extends well beyond the kitchen - she has not once swept since moving in - but I will confine my rant.) I came home around 9:30 last night to a carcass on my cutting board, every dish dirty and strewn across the sink, the steamer basket sitting on top of my only pot with two sticks of butter in a bowl inside of it, and an unidentifiable puddle in my cast iron skillet.
Make meals! Cook! I wish everyone did. Occasional mess while a roommate and her lady are enjoying their meal - totally fine.
BUT. Our kitchen is a disaster every. single. night. On principle, I don't want to do someone else's dishes just so I can use my pots and pans, but this is what happens. Polite requests to keep the kitchen (and house) tidy have failed, and I am not shy about asking roommates to pick up their shit. There's a lot of lip service and no action. "I'll get right on it" = "this will never happen, but I feel awkward that you're asking."
What's a veg*n to do? This one washes as little as possible, consolidates dirty dishes that are not my doing into one of the sink halves, and tries desperately not to engage in passive-aggressive tactics. Never mind that I'd LOVE to take up all the damn dishes and dump them on her bed.
I digress. The dishes were not done this morning, which is also typical. My roommate is also a busy lady, so dishes sit. And sit. And get stinky if I don't do them. Hell, my roommate has even said, "I feel bad - Erica, [Erica's girlfriend], and [roommate's girlfriend] all do more dishes that I do." With that kind of recognition of the situation HOW CAN YOU NOT CLEAN THE FLESH OFF OF MY CUTTING BOARD? Or let bits of skin and stuff adhere to my one nice knife - the present from Mom?
One pot meals tend to be my favorite anyway (laziness, etc), but they're damn near essential if I'm to continue my path of not cleaning what I didn't dirty.
Or is that too passive-aggressive?
3 comments:
I had a roommate who never cleaned. I ended up keeping my own set of dishes in my room. Also, all pots and pans that are yours should go in your room as well.
It's one thing for them to make a mess and not clean. But it is too far when they do so with your things.And carcass... ewww.
I was lucky that my last roommate was vegan. I am intrigued by a bowl sitting around with butter, though. What is it for?
John put all Parker's dirty dishes in a box in front of his bedroom door. He said it worked.
So excited you're mofo-ing!! :D
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