Difficult roommate... and you can't tell them?

Philippines
February 15, 2012 12:20am CST
I have a problem. I have 6 roommates, and 1 of them is just... ugh... should I say incorrigible (is that a word we use towards human)? My problem, or should I say our problem, is his way of using the bathroom. Every day, for the the last few weeks, I would need to wipe the bathroom floor dry twice, sometimes even thrice. We couldn't figure out how the bathroom floor literally gets swamped with water and an impossible amount of hair (seriously, where does he get those hair on a daily basis?). I know it's the bathroom, but we do have a bath tub, so everything wet can be, well, contained in the tub. And honestly, I don't care how he takes a bath for as long as he keeps the floor dry so I wouldn't have to dry them everytime. At first, my intention when cleaning the bathroom is that so that the next person who's going to use it would find it clean and tidy. Now, my only intention is to keep it clean so when I use it, it is clean. Unfortunately, this person uses it. In the morning before I take a bath, it is wet. When I come home from work, it is wet again. And it is always me who keeps drying it. Others feel icky about it they don't want to do it themselves. At first it was understandable, because he said that he thought someone was paid to clean it, but then we clarified that it was among us, his roommates who keeps it clean. But then, the behavior didn't stop, as if he wasn't told. My challenge is keeping my cool and not bursting in rage when I tell him about it. None of my other roommates wants to talk to him about it. Ugh! Do you have a difficult roommate you can't manage?
4 responses
• Philippines
24 Feb 12
Hello housemate Bong, I think I know who this guy is. Let me talk to him to clear things up. Although I cannot guarantee that he will change. Some people just don't care no matter how many times they told them to do or change something. I appreciate your hard work in cleaning the restroom. I will talk to Mark as well to clean the restroom.
• Philippines
24 Feb 12
Hi Dan. Haha! You got me nervous there for a sec. Thanks though. We sort of solved the issue and we're just seeing how long it will stick. For now it is working and it has been two days since we posted a note on the bathroom door, and it's been clean ever since.
@hazel02 (16)
• Philippines
24 Feb 12
This reminds me of my old friend. She was my room mate when we were in college. She has this attitude of being so childish and she thinks that she's always right. She wasn't aware if she's on the right track to say somethings to our other room mates.
@Java09 (3075)
• United States
17 Feb 12
It sounds like he probably don't care ,and he's just a slob.I'm glad I don't have a room mate like that. I think someone has to tell him , he's sloppy in the bathroom.Sounds like he really floods it out.I wish you good luck in one you's telling him.
@cyclopz (251)
• Sydney, Australia
16 Feb 12
Actually i could really relate to your situation and i am experiencing exactly the same thing as you currently are. I think its because each of us have been brought up differently by our families and that there are also sometimes that we also have bad habits that are hard to break. But although we were all brought up differently from another doesn't give us a reason to be inconsiderate about other people's feelings. I know there are really people who are very inconsiderate and would not mind doing little things that could make the task of cleaning up the room a little lighter. I don'd mind if the people i stay with won't care cleaning up the room as long as they clean up their own mess that would be enough already. I also don't like to clean other people's mess but if i see that the people i live with also try their best to clean their mess then i won't mind even cleaning up the whole room myself. Sometimes when i see that the place is quite messy especially the restroom, it seems like i don't feel like using it anymore. Well, all i can say each one should also try to be sensitive and considerate about other people's feelings and just do a little to help out with maintaining the place clean.