Wednesday, March 3, 2010

My roommate keeps eating my food and using my bath products?

What should I do about this? It's very rude and disrespectful. All she does is smile when I ask her to please stop it. When I actually show anger is when she grins the most and says ';too damn bad.'; How should I handle this?





Thank you.My roommate keeps eating my food and using my bath products?
Well, it sounds like you've made an effort to get her to stop, but I would recommend one more time, pulling her aside in a quiet area with no distractions. Telling her sincerely that this upsets you and is a problem.





If that last attempt at civility fails, you need to take other measures to ensure you are not mistreated.





I don't know your specific living situation, but if you live in a dorm room it sounds like it's time to contact the RA. If you live in an apartment with her and you're trapped by the lease, you might have to go so far as locking your things up until you can get away from this person.





I would not recommend stooping to her level as it sounds like you're a respectful human being who knows how to live with another person. Don't give that up because you're living with a child.My roommate keeps eating my food and using my bath products?
Short term: Lock everything up in your room.


Medium term: Either move out or kick her out.


Long term: learn a lesson from this and learn to screen your room mates better.
Get a new roommate -- seriously. If she's that disrespectful and then laughs when you try to talk to her about it, it's not worth the emotional energy.





I'm assuming you're in an apartment. In the meantime, set aside a part of the kitchen that's yours and get a lock for the cabinet. Keep your bath products in a little basket in your room and lock your bedroom door.





If you're in a dorm, talk to the resident advisor. Having a roommate who steals your things is an honor code violation in most colleges. She may just need a stern talking to by someone with muscle.
You need to part ways. What else of yours is she helping herself to? I know someone who had a roommate. He came home %26amp; EVERYTHING was gone. Beware. Trust is a big word here. She's victimizing you twice by being disrespectful too.
wow that sucks!


1. hide your stuff or keep it away from her. well bath stuff


2. get a lock for the fridge and you keep the key if she says she wants to use it say too damn bad!


3. kick her out if possible and get someone new!


4. go through her stuff and use what ever you want!


5. steal her gas!


6. stop paying rent and say oh my bad! oops you got it right!


7. play the music loud when she wants to sleep!





now if you do all the mean stuff tell her you will stop soon as she respects your stuff and stops say too damn bad~!
Make some brownies and mix a laxative in them. Leave them out but don't tell her she can have some because she may think somethings up. Also put in a drink or in whatever you make. I would say get a small frig with a lock on it and lock your cabinets.





For the bath products leave them in your drawer or in your room. Get a lock on your door or be an evil genius and empty your bath gel and put alcohol, dish soap and a cleaning a solution in it.
For stuff like milk, I would always drink from the container infront of my roommate, which put a promt end to them drinking mine





I hide my TP and detergent.
If that's her attitude, then you need to find another roommate, whatever that takes. The only alternative might be to adopt some disgusting habits, such as spitting into food containers, but I don't think that you're that sort of person.
Get yourself an inexpensive filing cabinet with a lock. Don't put any files in it--and keep all of your bath products in there. Also keep your dry foods in there in containers with lids. She sounds like a complete idiot--have you tryed noshing down on her stuff?
Food - Just grin and bear it. Keep telling her not to but just let it go. Not a perfect solution but it is the best. It will keep peace in the living area. Otherwise you have to do all sorts of things like lock up, move out, pick up a fight, eat HER food (if she keeps any), kick her out etc... It is downright ugly. It is, after all, food. This food is a word that starts with 'F'. And, it is not the f-ing big deal either. It is annoying and inconvenient. I agree.





As for your bath products? Well, take it with you and lock them up in your dresser after you finish taking shower.





It could be worse: She could be wearing your underwear without your knowledge. Thank God, that's not happening (or, does it?)
For sanity's sake, consider moving out or finding a new roomie.
Get rid of your roommate.
Lock up your stuff, and look into getting a new roommate.





I'd say start using her stuff... but it sounds like she doesn't have much of anything worth taking.
Start using a lock.
I don't know what type of living situation you are in. If you have your own bedroom, lock all your stuff in it. (Talk to the landlord about putting a lock on your bedroom door if you don't already have one.)





If you live in a dorm, first, talk to the RA. You may have to go so far as to spit in your food and label it with your name. As for your bath products, label those too with your name. Slide them way back under your bed. If she still does it to mess with you, you can always tell her you peed in the shampoo bottle. You don't even have to really do it. The fact that you may have will still get to her.
If you are stuck, just start using her stuff too, then it will all be equal.
You are just going to have to start locking up your possessions in your room. It sounds ridiculous but until you can find a better solution or a new roommate this may be your only choice.
If you've already asked politely, just put them somewhere she cant find them after using them.
Lock up your bath products, if it means putting them in a bin and keeping them in your closet, just get them away from her and she'll more than get the hint and it won't be so ';damn bad'; funny anymore.





About your food: you need to also lock your food up somehow. At least the dry goods, you can keep them in your room or closet as well.





This is mean, but do leave her all the spoiled food in the fridge and tell her she's free to drink all the clabbered milk she wants, and eat all the eggs and mayonnaise that may give her salmonella. I usually don't like to 'go there' with these kinds of people, but short of finding a new roommate and moving out, or until you do, you have to fight fire with fire.


Then you'll be the one who is grinning. I know you'll have to keep some stuff in the fridge that she'll be able to get to, but just try not to buy a lot of goodies that go in the fridge or buy yourself a little ice chest and keep your perishables in there.





In other words, take control of the situation, as much control as you can get, sweetie. Right now, she's taking advantage of you and even though you are confronting her about it, there are no consequences to her actions other than ticking you off.
If you rent from her, consider moving out. If she rents from you, start charging her more rent or threaten to evict her.
i get her out of my ******* house.

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