quote:Originally posted by Trix-ster:
Mine also don't empty the bin- I started to empty it while she was in the room the other day and she was like "oh leave that- M (her boyfriend) will empty it later" I just carried on and came back in saying "I don't need a man to my dirty work for me- I dont expect guests to this house to have to clean themselves a path through it"
did it work Trix?quote:Originally posted by pussycatj:quote:Originally posted by Trix-ster:
Mine also don't empty the bin- I started to empty it while she was in the room the other day and she was like "oh leave that- M (her boyfriend) will empty it later" I just carried on and came back in saying "I don't need a man to my dirty work for me- I dont expect guests to this house to have to clean themselves a path through it"
our other flatmates have been lax on housework recently (but i could forgive them as they are architects and had an important crit last week, so were on the all nighters) but now they are free one of them has been cleaning non stop- in fact I can hear her hoovering now haha 
quote:Originally posted by Poolshark:
She's only been living with us a few weeks now, but already starting to bug me, she made some pasta and a sauce on Friday and the pots are still in the sink and I need to use them this week, but why should I have to wash them up? Also she is leaving the heating on when it does not need to be on, and I have mentioned to her we are down to our last toilet roll and could she get some seeing as I got the last lot.
quote:Originally posted by Lady P:
I am so lucky - I have a lodger who has OCD - the house looks like a show home
quote:Originally posted by Lady P:
I am so lucky - I have a lodger who has OCD - the house looks like a show home
I'm like that, except for in my own room which is a tipquote:Originally posted by bozzimacoo:quote:Originally posted by Lady P:
I am so lucky - I have a lodger who has OCD - the house looks like a show home
sensible head on...
just have a house meeting (with beers) get a rota started for cleaning, including washing own pans, and a 'kitty' for shared things like loo roll etc. failing that.. fight!
quote:Originally posted by Trix-ster:quote:Originally posted by bozzimacoo:quote:Originally posted by Lady P:
I am so lucky - I have a lodger who has OCD - the house looks like a show home
sensible head on...
just have a house meeting (with beers) get a rota started for cleaning, including washing own pans, and a 'kitty' for shared things like loo roll etc. failing that.. fight!
The only problem that comes with a cleaning rota is that sometimes the people that clean already clean and those who dont dont. Same with the kitty- We have a pot which you are supposed to put ÂĢ10 a week into for gas and electricity and house stuff. I'm currently up to date as is the landlady, but the other two are seriously behind (mainly because they didn't put the ÂĢ40 in for over the hols so they started this semester in minus figures
quote:Originally posted by paace:
She probably never had to do any of that stuff before. I bet her mother did everything. She has to realise now to stand on her own two feet and do her own cleaning and tidying.
Still under the impression that there is a magic fairy that picks up dirty washing, washes pots, changes bedding.quote:Originally posted by bozzimacoo:quote:Originally posted by Trix-ster:quote:Originally posted by bozzimacoo:quote:Originally posted by Lady P:
I am so lucky - I have a lodger who has OCD - the house looks like a show home
sensible head on...
just have a house meeting (with beers) get a rota started for cleaning, including washing own pans, and a 'kitty' for shared things like loo roll etc. failing that.. fight!
The only problem that comes with a cleaning rota is that sometimes the people that clean already clean and those who dont dont. Same with the kitty- We have a pot which you are supposed to put ÂĢ10 a week into for gas and electricity and house stuff. I'm currently up to date as is the landlady, but the other two are seriously behind (mainly because they didn't put the ÂĢ40 in for over the hols so they started this semester in minus figures
sounds like a job for super nanny
landlady needs to toughen up.
quote:Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:quote:Originally posted by paace:
She probably never had to do any of that stuff before. I bet her mother did everything. She has to realise now to stand on her own two feet and do her own cleaning and tidying.
that means she goes 10-12 weeks at a time without changing her bed sheets 
quote:Originally posted by Trix-ster:
Two of us changed our bedding yesterday and the tramp came in while we were sorting out the washing machine...she then came out with "Oh I'd love to wash my bedding but I don't have a spare set and it'll take too long to dry" What kind of person doesn't have spare bedding
She's got a bf as well hasn't she? Double quote:Originally posted by paace:
She probably never had to do any of that stuff before. I bet her mother did everything. She has to realise now to stand on her own two feet and do her own cleaning and tidying.
quote:Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:quote:Originally posted by Trix-ster:
Two of us changed our bedding yesterday and the tramp came in while we were sorting out the washing machine...she then came out with "Oh I'd love to wash my bedding but I don't have a spare set and it'll take too long to dry" What kind of person doesn't have spare bedding
quote:Originally posted by Poolshark:
She's only been living with us a few weeks now, but already starting to bug me, she made some pasta and a sauce on Friday and the pots are still in the sink and I need to use them this week, but why should I have to wash them up? Also she is leaving the heating on when it does not need to be on, and I have mentioned to her we are down to our last toilet roll and could she get some seeing as I got the last lot.
quote:Originally posted by The Secretary:
Blimey. Isn't it less stressful to do the pots/take the bins out yourself?
quote:Originally posted by Trix-ster:quote:Originally posted by The Secretary:
Blimey. Isn't it less stressful to do the pots/take the bins out yourself?
after a while you just snap
quote:Originally posted by *Yogi Bear*:
you could try the way my sister asked me when we were both teenagers and living together.... ramming my face into a sink full of water and screaming at me to wash my effing dishes
quote:Originally posted by The Secretary:quote:Originally posted by *Yogi Bear*:
you could try the way my sister asked me when we were both teenagers and living together.... ramming my face into a sink full of water and screaming at me to wash my effing dishes
Subtle!
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.
You cheeky git 
quote:Originally posted by carotino:
Mime.
quote:Originally posted by Scotty:quote:Originally posted by carotino:
Mime.
quote:Originally posted by Templetonpeck: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.
Poor kid house sharing at 17 though...just tell her to wash the pots
