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quote:Originally posted by Hotpants Helen:
Say "Wash your dirty pots"
quote:Originally posted by tupps:
put them in her bed...
quote:Originally posted by Deegs:quote:Originally posted by tupps:
put them in her bed...
HOW do you always manage to read my mind?
I was gonna say that, but I got side-tracked by Helen's advice
quote:Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
Tupps, Deegs.... you two are harsh!!!! Surely she gets a verbal warning first. Not straight to 'pots in bed' action surely?
quote:Originally posted by tupps:quote:Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
Tupps, Deegs.... you two are harsh!!!! Surely she gets a verbal warning first. Not straight to 'pots in bed' action surely?
Oh no.. softly softly in the flatmate department doesn't work. You have to go straight to def-con one.
ok... that'll be where I went wrong then... flatmates n lodgers are only slightly better than mothers in law in my experience!quote:Originally posted by tupps:
def-con one.
quote:Originally posted by tupps:quote:Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
Tupps, Deegs.... you two are harsh!!!! Surely she gets a verbal warning first. Not straight to 'pots in bed' action surely?
Oh no.. softly softly in the flatmate department doesn't work. You have to go straight to def-con one.
quote:Originally posted by Deegs:quote:Originally posted by tupps:quote:Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
Tupps, Deegs.... you two are harsh!!!! Surely she gets a verbal warning first. Not straight to 'pots in bed' action surely?
Oh no.. softly softly in the flatmate department doesn't work. You have to go straight to def-con one.
yeah....wot she said ^^^^^^
Except I'd be more considerate and lay newspaper down on the bed, before dumping the dirty pots on it
quote:Originally posted by Poolshark:
She's only 17 and I feel like sometimes she is using that "I'm just a young naive kid thing" to make me feel guilty. If it were a bloke I wouldn't be so suprised at lazyness and untidyness, but from a female I expected better.
quote:Originally posted by Poolshark:
She's only 17 and I feel like sometimes she is using that "I'm just a young naive kid thing" to make me feel guilty. If it were a bloke I wouldn't be so suprised at lazyness and untidyness, but from a female I expected better.
quote:Originally posted by Poolshark:
If it were a bloke I wouldn't be so suprised at lazyness and untidyness, but from a female I expected better.
quote:Originally posted by Deegs:quote:Originally posted by Hotpants Helen:
Say "Wash your dirty pots"
That's outrageous!!
quote:Originally posted by tupps:quote:Originally posted by Poolshark:
She's only 17 and I feel like sometimes she is using that "I'm just a young naive kid thing" to make me feel guilty. If it were a bloke I wouldn't be so suprised at lazyness and untidyness, but from a female I expected better.
She's living away from home. She has use of her hands and a sink etc. She's capable of washing a pan.
Go on pool.. get mediaeval on her arse.
(and probably illegal!)quote:Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:quote:Originally posted by tupps:quote:Originally posted by Poolshark:
She's only 17 and I feel like sometimes she is using that "I'm just a young naive kid thing" to make me feel guilty. If it were a bloke I wouldn't be so suprised at lazyness and untidyness, but from a female I expected better.
She's living away from home. She has use of her hands and a sink etc. She's capable of washing a pan.
Go on pool.. get mediaeval on her arse.
Now that is harsh!!
quote:Originally posted by Poolshark:
Right I'm gonna tell her tonight, just give me the opening line!
quote:Originally posted by Poolshark:
Right I'm gonna tell her tonight, just give me the opening line!
quote:Originally posted by Hotpants Helen:quote:Originally posted by Poolshark:
Right I'm gonna tell her tonight, just give me the opening line!
Wash ya pots ya dirty cah
*wonders how many flatmates Helen got through* I had the same issue with a lodger last year. Luckily she had her own dishes and pots and pans, but it was still gross to have to look at them for days on end. And being the only one taking the bin out made me mad! I addressed the bin issue by suggesting a rota for taking out the bin out, which got the message across. I didn't address the dishes issue, I was too chicken. Although I did once put her dishes in a bowl and covered it with one of her tea towels - wasn't a pretty sight while eating breakfast! That didn't get the message across though. 
quote:Originally posted by SazBomb:
See, this is why I dont live with people
quote:Originally posted by Girlrider29:
Urrggh this makes me angry!
As regards an opening line I would say something like "Listen, can we discuss cleaning arrangements?" and then go from there. I wouldn't be accusatory, but just explain things from your perspective. If you don't address it, it will fester and then become unbearable.
I went onto msn and ranted at one flatmate about how the other never cleaned up after herself and how it was driving me mad, and making me want to move out ( the other flatmate IS moving out thank god love her to pieces but cant spend another year living with the tramp- and luckily the girl I was ranting at (our landlord as well) doesnt want me to move out) word must have got round, because as I went on strike, the tramp started cleaning 
