A woman has been left fuming after one of her flatmates burnt a saucepan and then tried to hide it from her – and she’s now been forced to take drastic action as a result
Many of us aren’t exactly Michelin-starred chefs, and there’s a fair few who’ve experienced the agony of wrecking a saucepan by letting eggs boil dry or scorching the cabbage.
But one woman’s cooking woes have reached new heights due to her flatmates’ kitchen disasters – they’re a complete nightmare at cooking and don’t even bother cleaning up. She shared that she lives with two others and when she first moved in, they had no kitchen gear whatsoever, so she kindly let them use hers on the condition they clean and replace anything they break or finish.
Yet, after one flatmate charred a saucepan and tried to cover it up, she’s resorted to stashing her cookware in her bedroom and forbidding her pals from using it. Venting on Reddit, she wrote: “I live with two other roommates in a 3 bedroom apartment. When we first moved in, they both had no kitchen things including spices, utensils, pots, plates and cups. I love cooking and food so I already had everything needed for a kitchen.
“At first, I was completely okay with sharing everything so they wouldn’t need to buy double of things and take up storage with the exception of washing their dishes after use or buying things they use up completely.” The frustrated woman revealed the drastic action she took after her lazy flatmates refused to do their fair share of household chores.
She explained online: “It slowly started to creep up that they took forever cleaning dishes and eventually it took me working back to back doubles [to notice] that I was the only one cleaning the kitchen.
“I don’t think I am unreasonable [to ask them to] clean dishes at least a day within, wipe down the countertops or stove, and put away dishes when they’re dry. The kitchen was a mess!” The final straw came when one of her roommates burnt her pot and hid it from her, prompting her to take all her kitchen utensils and hide them in her room.
Her roommate has now branded her “entitled”, but online commenters disagree, saying it’s actually her flatmates who are being spoiled. One person said: “Being entitled means expecting something that isn’t yours. Hilarious that she is calling you entitled. Does she even know what the word means?”
Another added: “They are being entitled by having no respect for your items and refusing to clean them after use. I think it’s time they learn responsibility by having to invest in and clean their own items. Sometimes you have to take a drastic measure to lay down a boundary.”
And another added: “I’ve never understood this, I’m a lazy f**k and even I’ve come to the conclusion in my adult life that it’s just less total work if you wash your dishes immediately after use. As soon as you start letting food petrify on there your work has gone up 400%.”
