[personpissedoffathousem8s]

anyone thats lived in a shared house, or uni halls etc will know what a pain in the arse it is when ppl dont clean up after themselves..
im currently living with 2 other ppl who i have been friends with for a while. we don't usually have arguments but i have been getting pretty peeved at there lack of cleanliness in the shared areas of the house e.g. the kitchen. they dont clean up after themselves once they cooked (fair enough not all of us clean up straight away once we've cooked...but once u've eaten u shud tidy ur crap away..or at least wipe the damn surfaces so others can use it..even if u tidy it up later that day...at least dont leave it ther for like a week!!!!) or even other things like the bins...when the bin is full..take it out! why put another fakn binbag next to it? and then when that one gets full...another bag goes next to it.

during the second term i was starting to get quite annoyed that i was the only one cleaning. every friday or saturday i would hoover the downstairs, the kitchen, bathroom, mop up, take bins out and clean the cooker. not just because it needs doing but because i thort ''ah well..theyll know ive done so they can just do it next week''...next week comes..no one bothers to tidy...we have 2 bathrooms..i use one..they use the other...both brand new bathrooms.. (btw, my dad is the landlord of the house but all 3 of us pay rent for the house and the landlord doesnt live here) ..so if they are new bathroom suites they should bloody well look after it. o no..not only do they not clean any of the downstairs..they dont even hooved up upstairs or clean theyre own bathroom. they use my shower because it has a better water pressure...but i dont ask them to clean my bathroom do i?..i just ask that they clean theyre own and tidy up after themselves.!!!! that is too much to ask is it?

so anyway..after the bollocks of them not tidying up during second term..i decided to put up a cleaning rota for the 3rd term. they obv werent very pleased..they actually had an arguement with me because they thought ''u shud consult us before u do that, u can talk to us about it.........wee arreee all friends here u know'' and that pissed me off.. yes we are all friends..but then friends dont laze about and do fuck all in the house and just allow there 'friends' to always tidy there shit away do they? i always have said to em..''o can u clean ur bathroom''..or ''can u hoover up'' but why should i always be the one to tell them what to do.. he said to me (when i put the rota up and he saw me cleaning) ..''if u had asked me i wuda just done it..i wouldnt have said no''...yes thats true...but since its mostly his fakn mess im cleaning, he shudnt need to be asked to do it..he just help...or say...''dw..ill take the bin'' or ''ill clean the cooker - u done it last time'' and they KNOW full-well i do most of the cleaning..because when they hear the hoover going off on weekends..they know that im doing some form of tidying up - they could at that point just come and help..no..instead they wait until they hear me go in my room and close the door..and then they come out of there rooms (and no joke - its pretty much as soon as im in my room..they crawl out from under the wood workk...and im not imagining it..ive cleaned up on too many w/e's to be able to see the same pattern each week...)

so anyway..now its the 3rd term and the rota is up....they have mostly kept to it and there has been a difference in the cleanliness - in the kitchen esp. i now feel that everyone has got an equal amount of responsibility each week for their share of the cleaning.
BUT..this week we have had exams... and they havent bothered to do ANYTHING. and i mean they actually have done NOTHING.. it was my turn too hoover up midweek..so i did. i also took out 2 bins (that we're left - as usual - next to the main bin which is full of rubbish) and also cleared out all the recycling. (at this point i thought, ive done my bit...now someone will take out the 3rd main bin... yeh right...no instead...some dickhead put an empty carrier bag next to it again) how fucking annoying. now its the weekend. and ive done my cleaning job of cleaning the cooker...but looky here...they havent done a single one of their cleaning jobs.. o and that 3rd bin is still there...and this morning i took out TWO bags full of rubbish that was on the side of the main bin. and if i could have left it - i would have...but the fact is that the bins are now smelling...the floor is manky and dirty because of the rubbish bags they put there..and its just gross. im not touching that 3rd bin - i dont fakn care

the landlord (my dad) came on the weekend too. he wanted to know why theres so much rubbish that hasnt been taken out..i told him i done my share. and i now refuse to do more than that. he then went up to see the girl (i didnt ask him to have a go at her or anything and i was pretty mortiifed that he actually did go off on one at her) and now the girl isnt talking to me..

at the end of the day...whatever he said to her wasn't because i asked him to. its because as landlord..if bins dont get cleared out because ppl arent pulling there weight...then we will start getting rats in the house or worse..and the girl of alll ppl will be the first to say that she is not responsible and will not pay for any costs towards sorting the problem out.

so now she is ignoring me...when i said hi to her the kitchen the next morning (at this point i didnt realise she was even annoyed at me) she completely ignored me and gave me a dirty look. so fine..she can fuck off. im not gona run around after her saying sorry for something that isnt my fault. i totally back my dad on this one. he is right. and she has only got her back up about it because she knows she hasnt done fuck all to clean up this week.

ERGH im really very annoyed - i should be the one thats angry - i have exams too..its not like i have time either to clean up. BUT thats what the rota is for...its the BARE MINIMUM that everyone SHOULD be doing so that the mess doesnt pile up like it now has. im sick of them taking the piss..and just EXPECTING that someone else will do it for them and using the excuse of exams to try and get out of it. and you know whats worse...?...the girl is fakn married and is much older than me..one would THINK you learn a little about responsibility and looking after yourself by that ppoint in your life. and yes we are all friends here - but if u treat a house with that much disrespect that u dont even care when others have been tidying up around you and you havent even lifted a finger to help..than im sorry those ppl lose my respect for them. that is not friends. friends work togather to get things done and friends help each other. friends dont sit around arrogantly and say ''well i dont care cause i dont have time..im not bothered..''

and to be honest its not like the rota has a MASS number of cleaning jobs. its simple. hoover..mop...cooker cleaning..recycling.. - everyone has one/two jobs each and it alternates every week between all of us.. ITS NOT FAKN ROCKET SCIENCE...each job takes possibly 15mins each and even that is if ur really slow at it too.

AND its not like ive ever asked them to clean the day before they have an exam either...like me and the girl had an exam on saturday morning..of course we're not gonna clean the night before..or on that morning. BUT it could have been done when she got back? or at least on sunday...but OOO NOOOO..because my dad said something to her..she is now ignoring me and is on strike from doing any cleaning at all..so basically she's just being her normal self with the added edge of being a fakn bitch about it at the same time..well she can fuck off cause from now on..im only doing my own cleaning jobs..if they wana do theirs they can...if not..then they can live in a fucking tip. im not living with her next yr..(thank fuck for that) so ive only got 2 weeks left to put up with her. good riddance to old rubbish..literally.

[Elina]

You sound a bit anal retentive. It's only cleaning...

Besides, no point or need to make a song and dance about it. Why didn't you talk to people sharing the place and sit down together to make a cleaning rota? I've found that talking and negotiating is far more efficient than barking instructions or imposing a self made schedule. Kinda like being in the army, no? You shall clean! You shall clean NOW!

Chill

[personpissedoffathousem8s]

yes of course - talking to them would help - and i have done that in the past..many many times..and i never have given them ''instructions'' to do anything.. i feel it is mostly common sense, manners and respectful to people u live with to tidy up after urself. im pretty sure if they were in my place they wouldnt say ''its only cleaning''

i have to say tho - having a rant definately helps!!

[stekins]

Been in the same situation myself mate and living with lazy pigs doesn't half piss you off especially when it causes friction cause they're your mates.

Bloody goody rant as well!!!