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Old 09-05-2007, 12:56 AM
VoraciousReader VoraciousReader is offline
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Default Re: I love my roommate

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See my clarifications. Jim's only chance to bring it up with Bob would be to have called him or left a note, which I think everyone can agree is kind of absurd given that it's a $30 filter, not an expensive TV or something.

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Except, it's never nice to find something of yours broken, regardless of value. In a situation like this, if I expect the other person will be home before I am I would leave a note. That's common courtesy. Also, if I am going to be away from home and I think the person is going to want to use the filter that night, I pick one up on the way home.

I then say, "hey, can we find a better storage place for this new filter than the refrigerator door since I tend to snatch it open and have things fall out?"

It's not about right and wrong or who is to blame, it's about being a reasonably thoughtful roommate, which makes things so much easier in a living situation.