10 Annoying Things… Housemates Do

We’ve all had those housemates who have made us grit our teeth, scream silently into our pillows or just lose the plot outright. From dirty dishes to blue mould food, there are a number of things we’ve learned to bite our tongue about over the years. Here’s some of our biggest pet peeves from living with others… _______________________________ Cleaning fairies do not exist Those dishes that are starting to grow fungus on them – yeah, we’re not touching them either. There’s only so much of picking up after certain people that we can take before we just leave them to it… and try to suppress our anger more and more every day.There's also the lovely housemate who's "cleaned the whole house" - ie their own room. Food glorious food There’s nothing worse than those housemates who throw out our food (the sell-by date was only yesterday people!) or worse again, when you are super excited to get home and cook up a storm only to realize they’ve taken all your food. Toilet Paper War There’s a reason there is a toilet roll holder in the bathroom. No, not for the empty one to sit there prettily on, but for you to change it and put a new one on… grrr. Stop judging me! We all have those evenings where all we want is a massive pizza and a bottle of wine. There’s nothing worse than the housemate who comes in and remarks, “You’re awful good to yourself” (our translation: you’re a fat cow). Bin time! There’s nothing more frustrating than that housemate who won’t bring out the bins even when it’s their turn and they just sit their… festering. Night time annoyances There’s always one housemate over the years who will rock in at all hours of the night and throw an impromptu house party regardless of the fact that it’s Tuesday and you’re up for work in five hours. No, no, you DO want to hear Wonderwall again. Telly fun! You know those evenings you’re on your way home from work and can’t wait to snuggle up on the sofa and catch up on all those episodes of The Fall (or other favourite TV show) that you have recorded on UPC/Sky? There will always be a housemate that will delete this – before you’ve even had half a chance to watch it. Evening – indeed entire week – ruined. Meet my boyfriend… We don’t begrudge anyone having a significant other in their lives – we really don’t. What we don’t like is when this person basically becomes a lodger in the house, and when the loving couple and are all over each other in the sitting room EVERY night, so you’re stuck in your bedroom again for the evening. Shower habits From hair in the drain to leaving empty bottles in the shower, there are a number of shower annoyances that we could go on and on and on about… We also know that you stole our expensive shampoo… You owe me… So you know all those times you bought toilet paper/milk/bread whatever other relevant piece of household necessity and you never bothered asking for money back… well, there will be always one who will pop up and say “So guys, between the four of ye, you owe me €2.10.” Oh, oh hang on till I ruffle around for my 50 odd cent. NOT. You owe me about €60 for everything else.