Weird Flatmate

Remember the advertisements for that drink that tasted like Scotch Whiskey but wasn't? It was called Claytons and since then the term gets thrown about for a variety of things - like people who clean up but really don't, as this ode from Denise explains...

"My bestfriend/room mate Shari instead of cleaning off the coffee table she would put everything in a pile on the side and put any small thing (change, nail clippers, matches, candy) in my candle holders!! Then the wicks would break, so I would dump everything back out, 10 mins later it's back in there!!! It drove me nuts!" If that happened to me, I'd find a different way of dealing with it rather than letting it happen again and again surely? What would you do?

COMMENT: AUTHOR: nina EMAIL: jraescott@bigpond.com.au DATE: 2006-05-18 14:58:43 There is another type of bad house mate, one that is often overlooked. That is the anal 'obssesive disorder type. The type that is both the martyr and the facist. They assume they are the only one's in the household that ever does anything the right way. the sort of person that aggravates the household because nothing is ever up to their standards. Like the mother in law who inspects the house with a white glove to check for dust. I think house sharing is a contradiction in terms btw. unless people are prepared to be a bit more flexible in their attitudes they should go and live alone.

This entry was posted on May 18, 2006 10:07 AM and is filed under Hygiene.