Follow up to PITTM's roommate problem thread

[DMBFan23]

Evan,

to me this depends on a couple of things, in no particular order:

1) the level of obviousness that it's my [censored]. did you grab my heath bar ice cream when you meant to get your chocolate? no big deal. took my tropicana homestyle OJ when you drink florida natural grovestand? BFD. but if you take half of my leftover pepperoni pizza when your ass had chipotle last night, there's some 'splainin to do.

2) The acknowledgement of the event. if I come in and preemptively hear "hey dude sorry I ran out of milk this morning so I ganked some of yours" then it is totally cool. or if even after the fact he's like "yeah, I thought that starbucks mocha thing was mine, I'll pick you up one extra later" then whatever. but if it's like "your what?" or "no that was mine" then I'm slightly peeved.

3) motivation from recent events: do they always have a glass of milk in the morning, or needed some for their cereal, and ran out? ok. But, did we just have some talk about cleaning up or some [censored] and now my guacamole which my roommate usually never eats is missing? it's on like donkey kong.

Etc. I usually never get worked up about it at all - mi casa es su casa - but it can depend.

[MattSuspect]

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Evan,

my point is, life is too short to get all up in arms over something this insignificant.

I've had plenty of roommates, and we've done stuff like this many times. It really isn't a big deal. It all evens out in the end.

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Right, so you're not a retard.

[El Ishmael]

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"hey dude sorry I ran out of milk this morning so I ganked some of yours"

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The minute my roommate says this to me I kill him.

[Evan]

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Evan,

my point is, life is too short to get all up in arms over something this insignificant.

I've had plenty of roommates, and we've done stuff like this many times. It really isn't a big deal. It all evens out in the end.

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I'm confused. First you said it was not okay, now you're saying it is.

[spamuell]

ilk, ketchup, leftover pizza, eggs, peanut butter, bread, popcorn, etc.

I think leftover pizza is in a different category to the rest. In general though, this is fine, the person I share a kitchen with and I do this all the time.

[cdxx]

i grab my roommate's food sometimes, a glass of juice or soda, a few crackers, maybe a granola bar. then i go to a grocery store, buy a whole package and tell her she should feel free to eat those.

[highlife]

this is not a problem if you decide what is acceptable before you move in together. I have always done this with new roomates, even if they were a friend before.

[MrWookie]

I voted not okay, but it's certainly not a big deal. If he told me after the fact, "Hey, I used a couple of your eggs. I hope it's not a problem," I would be perfectly OK. If he never said anything about it, then I'd be a little perturbed, and I'd be watching for him taking more food.

[Black Aces 518]

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Once my roommate ate my schnitzel. With karate I kicked his ass.

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Well it was in there! If it's in there, it's fair game.

[Evan]

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1) the level of obviousness that it's my [censored]. did you grab my heath bar ice cream when you meant to get your chocolate? no big deal. took my tropicana homestyle OJ when you drink florida natural grovestand? BFD. but if you take half of my leftover pepperoni pizza when your ass had chipotle last night, there's some 'splainin to do.

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Way too nitish for me. You sound like you might not be qualified to live with people.

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2) The acknowledgement of the event. if I come in and preemptively hear "hey dude sorry I ran out of milk this morning so I ganked some of yours" then it is totally cool. or if even after the fact he's like "yeah, I thought that starbucks mocha thing was mine, I'll pick you up one extra later" then whatever. but if it's like "your what?" or "no that was mine" then I'm slightly peeved.

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Okay, I agree that it's retarded if he claims it was his. What if he's just like, "yea, I was hungry and I ate a slice of pizza"? That would be fine by me, no need for it to be accidental.

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3) motivation from recent events: do they always have a glass of milk in the morning, or needed some for their cereal, and ran out? ok. But, did we just have some talk about cleaning up or some [censored] and now my guacamole which my roommate usually never eats is missing? it's on like donkey kong.

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Unrleated.