Sharing is Not Caring

I'm actually kind of pissed off, so this isn't going to be a nice post. As if any of these are....

Anyway.

Lately a LOT of my shit has gone missing. Mostly food, but also bathroom products. I don't mind some confrontation but I generally try to let things go or find another solution if a confrontation is going to cause unneeded tension. For example: last year I noticed that my face wash was mysteriously evaporating. I've used the same type of face wash for almost four years so I know how quickly I go through it. All the sudden it was like I was using double the amount I normally do. So I began keeping it in the bathroom cabinent rather than the shower. I figured that my roommate(s) were using it out of convenience. It solved the problem and I was happy.

However, quite a while ago I bought a big case of soap. I don't like sharing my soap. I think that's gross. I kept my bar of a soap in the shower b/c where else was I going to put it? Then when I ran out, a bar mysteriously reappeared! I discovered that my roommate has been using my soap! And replacing it with the soap I bought! So I decided to keep my soap in a soap case. I took the new bar of soap and placed it in a soap case. The next day a new bar (out of my stock!) appeared in the shower! WTF!!?!?! This is all my soap! Buy your own damn soap! But at least now I just use the one from my case so there is a little less ick factor. That does not negate the fact that my roommate is using my soap though!

Also: last week my half gallon of milk was gone in 5 days. I pretty much only use milk for cereal and I only eat cereal 3-4 times a week. Someone definitely used my milk. I can forgive this. If the only thing you are out of is milk, I can understand "borrowing" your roommates. However, whenEVER I've had to do this in the past I have always told my roommate: "Hey, I'm really sorry...I ran out of milk and I used a little of yours. Next time I go to the store I'll grab you some!" I drink organic milk. It is fucking expensive. If I offer to buy my roommate milk to replace the bowl's worth that I used, I buy regular. I have never received any returned milk that has been "borrowed" from me. Or even an offer.

This week I bought a case of Cherry Coke Zero. I drank 3 cans and my friends drank 2. There are exactly 2 cans left in that 12 pack. Jesus.

I buy organic 1/2 and 1/2 for my coffee. I had 3/4 of a carton left when I went out of town on Friday. I now have 1/4 of a carton left. Oh, and I do semi-share coffee with my roommates. However, I have bought the last two bags and I am now keeping my coffee in a secret location. That shit ran out WAY too fast last time. They can buy their own or not have coffee at all.

Okay, so that is why I'm annoyed. Now, for the better off born blonde part.

My roommate's parents live about 4.5 hours away. My roommate's computer is broken. As a student we have free access to IT help. And they are SUPER helpful. I've had them help me numerous times and it's all been easy easy easy and FREE FREE FREE! Today my roommate's dad drove down here to see if he can figure out what's wrong with her computer. He has to work tomorrow morning so he's also driving back today. That is 9 hours in the car!!!! What the hell is he thinking? No wonder she is so helpless! My dad is a computer programmer by trade and so when I've had computer issues I've called him to see if he might know if there's an easy fix. If we couldn't figure it out by phone I lugged my giant-ass desktop into the computer place and THEY FIXED IT. Oh, my parents live an hour away. And double Oh, sometimes I didn't even call my dad and just took the computer into the place anyway. It's called being an adult and solving your problems!

At least maybe her dad will take her grocery shopping while he's here so she'll stop stealing my shit!