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Things That Disappeared From My House When My Flatmates Moved Out

August 3rd 2008 09:14

*2x bottles of intensive care hair conditioner (I stocked up when they were on special- hey that shits expensive).


*1x almost full bottle of wooden floor cleaner (I mean really, how cheap can you get?)


*1x almost empty bottle of Spray n' Wipe (oh, that cheap!)


*1x replacement head for the mop.


*All my favourite spices from my special spice cupboard (I have two spice cupboards, one is communal and one isn't. They cleaned out the non-communal cupboard- except for a half-full packet of hot paprika, which wasn't even mine to begin with.


The most annoying thing is I didn't discover the missing conditioner until I needed it.


Jerks.





-Ruby

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Comment by tlcorbin

August 3rd 2008 12:04


Coffee Quip
Perhaps they felt that you owed them for some reason.

Why do employees steal from their employers, same empty headed sense of entitlement.

At least in your case, they didn't come back and ask for a second shot at your property or try to sue you because of that sense of entitlement.

Comment by RubySoho

August 3rd 2008 12:22


Music Zone
Thought Zone
Hmmm. Perhaps. They weren't happy about the fact that I wanted them to pay 2/3 of the phone/internet bill. They thought that because they were a couple then they only had to pay half since they shared a computer.

I tried to explain that generally bills get split according to how many people are living in the house, not how many computers are in use. But they wouldn't stop grumbling so I relented and paid half the bill for the three month period they were here, even though there was two of them and only one of me. They are back in Europe now, bless their stingy little hearts.

Never, ever share a house with a couple; they use twice as many resources, make twice as much noise, hog the TV and the bathroom but somehow think the fact that they share a bedroom means they only have to pay the bills of one person.

Jerks.

Comment by Mountain Fog

August 3rd 2008 12:43


Infognito
Screen Trek
QUOTE ME NO QUOTES!
Ruby,

you missed your BIG chance... you should have reported them to the airport authorities as smugglers... and possessing stolen goods... they would have gotten their A Holes probed good and proper, and probably, hopefully, they would have found something besides the usual organic material that substitutes as a great metaphor for their sense of morality!

cheers

fog

Comment by Morgan Bell

August 3rd 2008 13:13


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couples are the worst!

Comment by tlcorbin

August 3rd 2008 13:30


Coffee Quip
My suggestion is to prepare a sublease agreement with house rules and have them initial it before allowing them in.

And, get a deposit to cover their pilfering or unpaid share of the bills. You can return it when the dust settles after they move out.

I had a room mate that stole all of the lamps and wall decorations when he moved out, along with the contents of my change jar containing several hundred bucks.

Fortunately, years later he married my sister and I got my stuff back - how odd is that?

Comment by postmoderncritic

August 3rd 2008 15:51


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Padsoc
Sorry to hear about that, Ruby... I live with my parents so all that gets stolen is bits of my sanity.

Comment by Jason King

August 3rd 2008 21:36


Sydney Table
Salty Popcorn
Total Randomness

I have put them on my karma list Ruby and a good old serve of the big K is on its way to them!!

Comment by Lola Tahlulah

August 4th 2008 02:21


Lola Tahlulah
What a couple of buttheads!

Comment by Cibbuano

August 4th 2008 02:40


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Fat Cult
Techbreak
heh, I live with my girlfriend in a shared flat - yes, we must seem like terrible roommates!

Comment by Johnny Come Lately

August 4th 2008 03:54


Jack's Back
they took shamppo and conditioner? Cheapskates!

Comment by Tracy

August 4th 2008 04:42


Movies and Life
I'm surprised they didn't take your teeth floss!

Comment by alt_ed

August 4th 2008 04:52


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Ruby quit your whining whilst you're ahead! I mean they moved out atleast didn't they?

God, I'd give my first born for my flatmate to pack up and go! haha

Comment by RubySoho

August 4th 2008 07:38


Music Zone
Thought Zone
Thanks for commenting everyone. It was really the pettiness of it all that got me. Why would anyone pinch spices and floor cleaner from their flatmate when they knew they were just going to be leaving the country in a couple of weeks?

I can only conclude they did it to piss me off. Obviously it worked.

Jerks.


Comment by Morgan Bell

August 4th 2008 08:05


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yeah what you take when you leave is an indication of how you feel about the person you were living with and/or your landlord! haha

sometimes i would come back weeks later for final cleanings and inspections and help organise paperwork and replacement tenants for people i liked . . . other times i would lift light bulbs and extension cords and washing line pegs just out of spite!

Comment by The wonderful Peter Yang

August 4th 2008 09:37


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Well...that is life, isn't it?

Cheers


Comment by Deanna B

August 4th 2008 17:11
Having all that stolen from you is frustrating,yes... but all things considered? That's really not too much to pay to discover who you can trust in a world full of many smarmy people! ( As long as the "jerks" go away permanently afterwards !) d(^_*)b
If you live anywhere near Kelowna B.C Canada I'd be happy to pop over with some supplies to help you restock your cupboards.
Cheers!

Comment by RubySoho

August 5th 2008 06:57


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Thought Zone
Yes Peter, that is indeed life.

Hi Deanna, I'm not really that upset about the missing stuff, I just find it amusing and irritating how petty people can be.

I don't live anywhere near Kelowna but I did once date a boy from there many years ago. Thanks for bringing up a few sweet memories!

Comment by Jeff Musall

August 6th 2008 03:57


Secular Humanity
This reminds me of back when I was a young boy, proud of my Tonka truck collection....and waking up the morning after saying goodbye to my nieghbour who I thought was my friend (his family was moving away) and discovering my entire Tonka set was gone...I've tried to imagine what he might look like all these years later, just in case I run into him on the street....lol.

Comment by Winston

August 12th 2008 17:40


Small Thoughts on Big Questions
Next time you have a room mate on the verge of moving out, give all your belongings a good swirl in the toilet. True, anything that isn't stolen from you is now covered in toilet water which is sort of a bummer for you, but the stuff they DO steal.......well, who's laughing now?

Comment by Deanna B

August 12th 2008 18:23
Well I,for one,am laughing Winston! You are FUNNY!!! Though...there is the problem of what to do with the items not taken.Perhaps use those for company you don't really like?

Comment by Winston

August 13th 2008 13:30


Small Thoughts on Big Questions
Deanna, that's one possibility. Or, there's always charitable organizations looking for donated stuff......



Comment by JZ

August 22nd 2008 16:56
If you give someone $20 and never see them again, you got a great deal.
- Anonymous.

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