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I had to catch a 9am train

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9amTrain · 18/05/2018 08:38

...Is the excuse my housemate gave me as to why she left the toilet in a state.

Which she does every day...

This time I messaged her politely asking her to clean it after herself.

Her actual words were "I had a 9am train". No apology or embarrassment.

AIBU in thinking what the fuck does catching a 9am train have to do with anything?

AIBU in thinking there is never an excuse not to take five seconds to use the toilet brush, no matter how pushed for time you are? (not debating whether we should have one or not Wink )

AIBU to think I shouldn't have to ask a grown woman to not leave a fucking mess in the toilet on a daily basis (so even if the train thing could have been an excuse, what were the reasons for every other day?!)

Sorry it's gross, I'm just pissed off and I'm moving out. She's a piece of shit. She ate my food and when I called her out on it, again no apology or offer to replace, just "I probably got confused".

Anyone else have crappy housemates?

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busybarbara · 28/05/2018 22:03

take five seconds to use the toilet brush

Erm, are you saying if she’d wiped poo over the brush that’d make it alright? Grim.

AnathemaPulsifer · 28/05/2018 22:25

Tell her straight that you have to move out because she doesn't clean up after herself, has ruined the hoover etc.

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9amTrain · 29/05/2018 11:44

@busybarbara - Huh? I'm saying it takes 5 seconds for her to wipe her shit marks away, with a toilet brush. What else?

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9amTrain · 29/05/2018 11:45

What does "wiping poo over the brush" even mean?

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9amTrain · 17/06/2018 15:35

It's official, she is giving me the silent treatment and I'm doing exactly the same in return. Can't stand the bitch. 😂

She also pole dances in the living room. I thought the house was caving in when I heard it upstairs. Fucking annoying.

And now the shower is, again, blocked because of her hairs blocking it every 2 days.

Can't wait to be out.

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PicklingGherkins · 17/06/2018 15:43

I know it literally shit right now but I've been there and honestly you will be laughing in the future about this skank. Some of my best stories came out of my early twenties house shares.

lhastingsmua · 17/06/2018 15:46

A 9am train isn’t even early considering a lot of people get to work FOR 9am.

crispysausagerolls · 17/06/2018 15:54

What happened when you left the toliet brush on the loo? Did she say anything?

I don’t understand why you haven’t confronted her about this and the hair.

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9amTrain · 17/06/2018 16:00

@crispysausagerolls I have confronted her. That's what prompted me to start the thread, her response to it.

She just completely ignored me but there has been an improvement, luckily.

And I'm probably going to mention the hair but seeing as it's beyond awkward here now I didn't want to say another word to her.

She is vermin.

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9amTrain · 17/06/2018 16:02

@lhastingsmua exactly. And she knows I get up at 5 for work! Did she think I'd say "yes in that case... no problem, please keep leaving shit down the toilet"

@PicklingGherkins that's true :) hopefully the next 2 months fly by, that's when I'm going.

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Tara12 · 17/06/2018 16:12

OOOHhh I had a housemate would leave shit all over the porcelain. It's just horrible. I mean, why would you want other people to see and smell your stomach contents? I would be so embarrassed o do that. he also used to cut his nails, colour them with felt tips and leave them on the table.
And grill sausages with no tin foil, let the fat drip down, next day grill more sausages reheating rancid sausage aft etc etc... oh god he was pig.

Tara12 · 17/06/2018 16:12

sorry, had an incoherent flashback then

whyareknickerscalledapair · 17/06/2018 16:15

@Emma198 so did mine! It was my new bloody cordless Dyson too!

crispysausagerolls · 17/06/2018 16:19

Jesus Christ she is shameless

JurassicBark · 17/06/2018 16:22

Charge her.

And cling film the seat, please cling film the seat because it will make my day?

lostincake · 17/06/2018 16:25

Has she ok'd the new flatmate then?

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9amTrain · 17/06/2018 16:40

@lostincake not the one I chose, there was huge drama with that. I told her someone was interested and I could bring them round to meet in advance and she had her friend send me a big dramatic message on her behalf saying are they aware there is a cat who is a "permanent fixture" (the fuck?), That they don't want to live with a stranger and are now having a panic attack.

I just told her to get a grip. She then went behind my back and got her friend to sign without telling me so then I had to look stupid and tell my prospective replacement that it's not possible.

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9amTrain · 17/06/2018 16:40

And I wish I could cling film the seat!

Any ideas on how to legally piss my housesnake off?

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crispysausagerolls · 17/06/2018 16:48

Any ideas on how to legally piss my housesnake off?

When you take her shower hair out of the drain, leave it in a pile on her bed.

You could also go down the “leaving shit all over the toliet” route.

Couple of boarding school tricks eg leaving fresh fish under her mattress so it slowly goes off and stinks. Likewise rotten eggs in the kitchen under counters so they can’t be reached (but only do this just before you leave).

Playing an irritating techno song or similar on repeat for hours whilst you have your earphones in watching something.

Top deck the loo before you go? 😂😂😂

JurassicBark · 17/06/2018 16:52

Does her room have curtain rails in? The hollow ones...

JurassicBark · 17/06/2018 16:54

Stick some bits of fish in the hollow bits of the curtain rails before you go.

Put superglue into the door lock when you leave (make sure she's out as is it's a fire risk if they are in...)

Get a fox as a pet. Or a male Tom cat. Start feeding it now - the place will stink in no time.

JurassicBark · 17/06/2018 16:55

Swap her shampoo for something else - maybe fairy washing up liquid so her hair is a grease ball for a while.

NotARegularPenguin · 17/06/2018 17:17

Take a photo. Post it on fb and tag her in it. Shame her into stopping being so grim.

Charolais · 17/06/2018 20:19

We have a central vac. Three floors of pipes inside the house walls for the sucked-up stuff to make its way down into a giant canister in the basement. My husband vacuumed up a semi-fresh puppy turd years ago. The pup has since died of old age but her turd is still somewhere in the pipe line.

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9amTrain · 11/08/2018 20:43

Oh my god! Less than 3 weeks to go before I can leave.

But she keeps doing little, obscure things to wind me up and messing with my stuff in ways I can't prove is her!

She has started taking my electric shaver out of its holder and just placing it on its side to annoy me. First time I was dubious, but every day this week when it's never been moved before and I know it's her. Who does that?

Fucking sociopath.

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