How to get your roommate to do dishes?

[MyFartsStink 10+ year member]

sepperate all the dishes into 2, and keep em for you and your roomate, hide them in your guys room. When theres no dishes, he would have no choice but to wash a dish in the sink to use one, then eventually he will start doing what he is supposed to do.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

But when you bring your friends over, especially a lady or something, you don't want them to see a large pile of dishes in the sink.

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

sepperate all the dishes into 2, and keep em for you and your roomate, hide them in your guys room. When theres no dishes, he would have no choice but to wash a dish in the sink to use one, then eventually he will start doing what he is supposed to do.

inconvience yourself not to upset the balance of someone that isnt doing what hes supposed to?

what hes doing is almost as bad as not paying the bills

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

like they said above, put them in his living space and see if he does anything. or get your own set of dishes, and only wash what you use, and whenever they leave dishes around, put them in their respective roomates living spaces.

 

[Jameseypoo 5,000+ posts]

Honestly I don't think there is a way. I'm looking forward to moving this summer.

 

[redrocket 10+ year member]

I have the same problem and I live with my girlfriend and a friend of ours. Sadly, it's my girlfriend who doesn't clean up her dishes. I like to keep things cleaned up and looking nice but I always come back to our apartment after class and see dirty dishes everywhere. I just keep nagging her until she finally does them. Shit gets really annoying fast.

 

[tjbartjr 10+ year member]

Putting the dirty dishes in the roommate's room is a great plan. Just make sure you let your other roommate know, and get that person's support, so you form a unified front, and the lazy roomie can't ***** to the other one.

 

[WhoSayWho? 5,000+ posts]

well granted my roomate is my girlfriend and we have a dishwasher

Redundant.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

kick him out //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

Use paper plates and plastic cups / cutlery.

Problem solved.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

I have friends up at school who literally dont do dishes until they are all used. It is gross. You literally can't use the sink. And it smells gross.

 

[BreakingBad]

Here's an idea:

Install a dishwasher

 

[Grim 10+ year member]

My room mate was like that my first year of college..

I tried alot of things...finally i just quit washing dishes and started using plastic everything that I kept in my room.

We did come up with a solution about 3 months into living together. Alot of our friends were female, they would come over to hang out, be disgusted, and while we were away at class or work, they would clean...it worked nicely, then i moved out and got a dishwasher. But i just divroced her so now im back to square one...

 

[BreakingBad]

some people are just raised with bad hygene. simple as that.

my parents stressed taking showers, brushing your teeth, cleaning up after yourself, washing dishes, etc.

and i turned out decent.

those lame cocksucking ***-wads who are lazy pricks and let shit pile up like that deserve a fast wet smack across their acne riddled sweaty face.

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

easy fix.

find a roommate that will do the dishes, and tell the current one to take his stankin *** down the road

AKA, have him move out