Today, I had to try to convince my roommate that, yes, you do need to use dish soap when you hand wash dishes because of bacteria in old food. She still won't believe me, insisting that, "There's no such thing as bacteria in food." FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I had to tell my 28-year-old roommate she needs to wash her hands after using the bathroom. She then said she’d try, as long as I try to put my dishes in the dishwasher. Those aren’t even on the same level. FML
Today, I had to yet again explain to the guy I live with that just because you can't see dirt, it doesn't mean it's clean. And so letting his dog lick the plates is NOT the same thing as washing up. He won't listen to me, and he uses my plates. FML
Today, my roommate yelled at me yet again for using the dishwasher because it's "unsanitary." This is all while a mountain of her dishes were going mouldy in the sink. FML
Today, my wife bitched at me for not washing my hands before handling the dishes. The dirty dishes. That were sitting in a sink of hot soapy water. According to her, the dirt from my hands was gonna make the dirty dishes even dirtier. Huh? FML
Today, I learned that my roommate, the one in charge of the cooking, never washes her hands beforehand. According to her, it boosts her immune system. FML
Today, I found out my mother cleans the dishes with bathroom cleaning chemicals. She doesn't see anything wrong with this. FML
Today, my roommate said that whoever was doing the dishes was doing it wrong. I've been doing the dishes for weeks. So much for being a clean roommate. FML
Today, I found out that my best friend doesn't wash her hands after going to the bathroom, even if she changes her pad. I then remembered all the times she's handed food to me, and teased me when I tried to wash my hands first. FML
Today, I watched as my girlfriend washed the last of the dishes with a dishcloth, then used that same dishcloth to wipe down the counters. I now understand why we always have bugs. FML
Today, my husband told me that he never washes his hands after using the bathroom because he thinks it's only for "paranoid people". FML
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Top comments
rivimatt 20
Make them a special dinner with raw chicken and eggs
LilMissCanadian 22
How did your roommate get into the school?
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Comments (88)
HollyQuinn 21
Sometimes I don't understand how some people can be so stupid.
jennipink 11
my roomate does the same thing , I don't let her use my dishes anymore ??
Genea 8
New roommate time! Who else knows what else is getting cleaned!
chiguy_98 8
As others have said - soap loosens grease. Hot water kills bacteria. Still no excuse for not using soap.
chosha_fml 27
Dish soap makes it easier to get food and oil off the dishes. If you can achieve that with hot water, it wouldn't matter about not using the dish soap. But FYL for having to room with someone so stupid as to think bacteria don't exist on food.
Ichiya 29
Oil doesnt mix with water. The soap helps remove the food bits that are too small to see. If food is left on the dish new bacteria will grow regardless lf how hot the water you used to wash it was.
emokitty91 12
if you don't use dish soap how would she expect dishes ever to get clean
smoothies14 32
Yogurt containers usually say something about having "good bacteria" in it or you could bring her to the microbiology lab and see if the professor will let you grow some on a TSA plate.
Lalala579121 28
Feed her raw chicken and we'll see how long she keeps thinking that.
Ellie Rogers 9
Yeeeeah, that's disgusting. Let a sink of dishes with stuck on food sit in water for maybe twelve hours (even less, depending on what kind of food it is) and see if that changes her mind. The smell and general grossness of it surely will.
EyRaB 17
There's an idiot born every day ...