r/mildlyinfuriating • u/DiorRoses • 1d ago
I just wanted a hot dog College roomates
None of this is mine
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u/ZombieInWhite 1d ago
I would buy a mini fridge for my room.
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u/MidnightDustBunny 1d ago
The dorm I lived in my freshman year didn’t allow mini fridges in our individual rooms. Woulda been really nice if they did because my roommates were about on this level.
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u/Warm-Replacement-724 1d ago edited 1d ago
That mini fridge would’ve been hiding in the closet or under the bed, but I’m not putting anything I eat or drink inside of that bacteria infested fridge
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u/ZombieInWhite 1d ago
I’d be filing accommodation cause hell nah!
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u/Moezzula 1d ago
Fr, I have OCD and I would just not eat if I had to keep my food in there.
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u/AmbitionSea3858 17h ago
Lost so much weight my first year of uni due to my OCD/unclean housemates. My parents came to pick me up and were really concerned I'd developed an ED.
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u/Moezzula 7h ago
I definitely have ARFID as a symptom of OCD. I lose my appetite so quickly over contamination obsessions. I watched a Monster's Inside Me episode as a kid, and was very intrigued, but quickly developed a fear for flesh eating parasites from meat. It didn't help that I already struggled with the texture and taste of prop or beef. Being a vegetarian wasn't concerning to my psychiatrist, they told my parents a lot of kids go through an "animal livers" phase, and my adults accepted this explanation because Steve Erwin was my childhood idol. They didn't take it seriously when I explained that it was definitely more related to the irrational fear of contamination, and not over thoughts of animal welfare, so I didn't get diagnosed until 5 years ago.
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u/TerranRepublic 20h ago
Sure but even without a chill RA you just throw a blanket over it once a semester or whatever when they announce inspections. ;)
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u/Crayoncandy 1d ago
I had a friend that kept a few things on the outside window sill of their room for the winter, worked just fine.
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u/ImperialViking_ 1d ago
Word of advice: Never, ever do anyone's washing up for them in your shared accommodation. Just yours, leave the rest alone. It may be a bit gross, but if you do it, they'll just keep expecting you to, and it'll get worse.
Yeah, this is pretty much standard for a shared accommodation uni fridge. Sorry, OP 💔
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u/ballbeard 1d ago
My first shared apartment with 2 other dudes in university had what I called 'dish mountain' they each had one half of the kitchen double sink absolutely overflowing with their dirty dishes to the point that I kept 1 plate, 1 bowl 1 fork 1 spoon and 1 knife in my bedroom, and washed them immediately after using or else I'd need to wash one of their dirty dishes to even be able to use anything.
The cupboards stayed bare for the 2 years I lived there, dish mountain was never conquered.
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u/sec_sage 10h ago
What did they eat of?
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u/Eplixious 10h ago
My roommate who seems to collect boxes behind the trash can instead of throwing them out, grabbed an old one that had been sitting there for months and ate his frozen pizza off of it.
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u/Dapper_Ice_2120 1d ago
I have a brother in law who just straight up threw out his roommates dishes if they were in the sink more than two days or so. (College house, dishes were probably a bunch of guys' stuff who had lived there over the however many years it had been a guys college house- nothing matched, most of it probably should have been tossed a few years- think the kinda stuff even goodwill wouldn't take, etc).
He had a cupboard of paper plates and utensils, and he didn't share except with now spouse and me once or twice. Sounds like an act of war, roommates kinda shrugged and no one really noticed/cared.
They got pretty low before the roommates realized there was only 1- 2 of everything and someone had to wash something or no one had anything.
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u/ALDJ0922 1d ago
This is why I bought myself a very nice mini fridge at Costco in my locked bedroom
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u/QuarterAlternative28 1d ago
Respectfully, this isn’t standard, common maybe, but not standard. They do not have to live like that.
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u/Pengin_Master 1d ago
I did that when I was with college roommates.
One time one of them got a cake and left it on the counter for weeks after only eating a single slice.
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u/CartsOfDarkness 4h ago
Psychopaths, wait holy shit.. psychopaths have more self control than me.. wtf.. I could never have just one slice.
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u/Lazy-Substance-5062 1d ago
This fridge, kitchen sink, and the stove is a regular hot mess when i had roommates back then. That was the first and last time i did roommates and been living solo since then
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u/metalmods94 1d ago
while i agree to a certain extent, i feel like doing that will just increase chances of roaches or other pests since roommates will never do anything.
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u/Odd_Cherry64 1d ago
What the fuck. What that green stuff on the bottom.
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u/DiorRoses 1d ago
looks like mold 🤮
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u/beam3475 1d ago
Ok but what WAS it?
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u/AshleyxAffliction 22h ago
If you consider that it might not have been green when it started, it could be anything. Truly horrifying.
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u/ButtersTheChill 1d ago
Science experiment.
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u/Bergison_II 23h ago
It almost looks like trichoderma: the bane of mushroom growers. In any event, I wouldnt recommend cultivating mushrooms anywhere in this household.
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u/TiltedDoge 1d ago
Stop stop stop. How the hell do you keep putting shit in that fridge.
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u/DiorRoses 1d ago
i haven’t even opened the fridge until today i’ve just been eating at dining hall and not keeping food in the room
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u/Stock-Cod-4465 1d ago edited 1d ago
My kid has just started uni in a city 2 hours drive from me. Went to visit him on week 2 to drop off some sustenance supplies since he can't cook and just cos I miss him. The state of their flat's kitchen (with 7 flatmates) was gross already. Fridge wasn't as bad as in the post but was heading in that direction. 8 18-year olds... 🙄🤦♀️😂
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u/notmichaelul 19h ago
Anybody can learn how to cook! YouTube guides, books, literally reading the instructions on the back of the pasta... It's a very simple skill to learn. Hopefully your kid will learn this very necessary skill soon.
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u/Stock-Cod-4465 17h ago
Of course. He's trying. But when going over to see him, as mum, can't help but cook something he likes to make him happy. :)
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u/Pristine_Patient_299 1d ago
Give it time lol
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u/Stock-Cod-4465 1d ago
I'm going back this weekend... That would be 4 weeks since them lot have moved in. Have a feeling I'll see something like in the post. Lol.
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u/Skittle146 16h ago
I really don’t mean to be harsh but ma’am, let your adult son live college life without you. I can’t imagine how stifled I would have been if my mom came up every other week to visit me in college.
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u/SeaworthinessOk6789 17h ago
That's so many people to split one fridge!!
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u/Poetic_Dalmatian 16h ago
And enough people to afford a weekly cleaning service, they can split the cleaner fees evenly
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u/Stock-Cod-4465 3h ago
Agreed. But it was 70% full with finger foods. I don't think anyone cooks there. Seen a 1.5 metre high stash of pizza boxes in the corner, though.
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u/SeaworthinessOk6789 3h ago
Honestly they probably can't store much more than finger foods unless they're cooking group meals. Cooking requires ingredients, which requires more frisge space lol. Not surprised about the pizza tower lol
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u/Stock-Cod-4465 3h ago
Yeah. Don't think there will be group cooking to utilise limited fridge space effectively. Lol. They'll manage.
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u/Saxonite13 1d ago
Let me guess, you went away for a while and assumed your roommates weren't wild animals? Similar thing happened to me in college. I went home for a weekend and came back on a Monday to a sink full of dishes. Not the first time, so I just started cleaning them until I picked up a bowl and there were like 20 maggots under it in another bowl full of some goo-looking shit. Put it all in a trash bag and left it on the floor in their room. Never had to deal with a full sink again.
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u/Cactus_SDK 18h ago
the classic shared accommodation mistake: assuming your housemates would take out the bins, clean up after themselves, won't throw shit at the walls, ect ect while you were away
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u/Remarkable_Rough_649 1d ago
Uh so do they work for a catering company or what's with all the banquet/business convention food
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u/No-Communication9458 21h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/10FHR5A4cXqVrO
i do not regret not livign with roommates
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u/AdnamannyL11 17h ago
This is way more than “mildly” infuriating. This would make me rage and trash every single item in the fridge
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u/shavingskinoffmyface 1d ago
omg… if you have the space in your own room for it, I would start saving for a mini fridge.
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u/Dapper_Ice_2120 1d ago
Second hand they can actually actually pretty inexpensive
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u/shavingskinoffmyface 1d ago
Yes! I got one off FB marketplace for so cheap a while back! Very good investment no matter the price hahaha
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u/Which-Primary3929 1d ago
Time to get a decent sized mini fridge and have it in your locked room.
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u/DiorRoses 1d ago
i live with 3 other girls but we share a bedroom 😭 freshman housing but we all go out sll the time and you would not be able to tell from how they look or how they act
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u/Which-Primary3929 1d ago
Get a mini fridge you can afford and you can buy one of these and add jb weld to the connector on the lock that attaches to the fridge door/wall, jb weld turns into like concrete strength
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u/Impossible_Source195 1d ago
what the fuck is that green stuff on the bottom😭
is that mold
also get yourself a mini fridge if you can ngl and dont bother cleaning theirs for them if you do already
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u/Hopeful-Opposite-255 1d ago
Supposedly adults at this age but most college students are still toddlers
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u/James-Zanny 1d ago
I’m so glad I have had a good couple of roommates. Doesn’t hurt that I have my own mini-fridge.
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u/CakeHoleKing 19h ago
Just keep your own dishes locked away in your room. ANYTHING with mold on it goes in the trash. Plates, knives, cups, food, food NEXT to moldy food etc.
They'll get the message as the entire kitchen starts getting emptier and emptier, but you still have pans, forks, knives and your own food in your room fridge
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u/natural_scientist 1d ago
This is beyond disgusting where did your college roommates grow up in a hoarder’s house and that’s not a joke?
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u/haleakala420 1d ago
i specifically lived further off campus in a shittier apartment so i didn’t have to have roommates. easier to keep a shitty, old apartment clean than a nice, new one that’s filled with irresponsible roommates.
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u/Pretty-Yam-2854 1d ago
My fridge last year was worse. My entire dorm of me and 5 men shared a kitchen. I used on campus dining that was shit at best, and occasionally used the microwave, ate out and had my own mini fridge since day 1. They fucking left shit in that fridge from October/November and it was still there on move out in May. Spills. Cracks. Different kinds of mold growing fighting for territory on the shelving. Smelled like a sewer leak. I told them I didn’t use it once and it’s their responsibility to clean it up. 2 of them left without saying anything and no one did clean it. We all got whacked $75 for a cleanup bill. Fucking SLOBS.
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u/Infinitygoddess1 1d ago
Ugh, I feel your pain. I ended up cleaning out the fridge in the dorm I shared with five other girls. And two of them were CULINARY majors, no less. 🫠
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u/HistoricalPolitician 1d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/PAV3itB5cE2fQ0sQch
Do you work in a biohazard lab??????
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u/GrassBlade619 1d ago
You can almost always find a small/medium sized fridge on Craigslist or offer up for free if you look around.
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u/AWESOMEGAMERSWAGSTAR 1d ago
So you're romnies are super sick rich. I hate them but im glad they can afford food and not starve like some co-eds.
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u/sec_sage 10h ago
I watched it 4 times and still can't make sense of the shelves placement. Or the content...
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u/Germanshepmama99 1d ago
Let me guess. Studying to be Nutritionists? A degree in public health? They are seriously lazy and gross.
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u/DiorRoses 1d ago
one of them is in Aerospace Engineering she’s a genius i have no idea what’s going on with this. she’s also super social ans her side of the room is usually pretty clean too so this is weird
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u/Hizam5 1d ago
Many of the “geniuses” have no idea how to function on a daily basis and they have very little self preservation skills and lack basic life skills. It’s a strange dichotomy
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u/KurtAngus 20h ago
I lived with a very smart auto technician that taught me so much and helped me become the technician I am today. He had a high IQ and mentioned it to me
The house was always a goddamn mess and I got so fucking tired of cleaning up after him, cause he simply wouldn't do it. He actually told me it was annoying how I kept cleaning the house once a month, and that it bothered him
Lmfao, crazy mindset
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u/Hizam5 20h ago
It’s hard to fathom both ends of the spectrum. It’s like their brains are so overactive and so focused on other things, the menial stuff doesn’t is a bore. Except they don’t realize all that stuff is still important
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u/KurtAngus 20h ago
Right? He was hyper focused on buying and flipping cars, and only that. Only cared about getting more money and fixing cars.
Nothing wrong with that, but bro, you can't live in filth. It's just not normal. His bathroom and room were always a mess too
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u/aphaits 1d ago
Sometimes being high stat in some skills means you are hella low stats in the common sense or mundane skills.
Some geniuses cant comprehend how to do laundry or cook a simple ramen for instance.
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u/ThatsNoMoOnx 1d ago
This was all I could find for some reason I just wakes to stand in solidarity with your gif
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u/SalsaFromSpace 1d ago
This is why we bought my brother a mini fridge for his college years. Some people are fucking disgusting
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u/Jacktheforkie 1d ago
That’s something that usually university students, though I’ve not known many college students that live in shared accommodation, most live with their parents or on their own
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u/ConstructionPrize206 1d ago
I'm slow to admit this online, but that's immensely better than our college fridge. I had a personal one in my room for sanitary sanity, but my roommates were Irish trailer trash and the kitchen was a biohazard zone.
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u/ThanksForTheRain 1d ago
You could start by introducing food storage containers into the ecosystem. This will cut down on unnecessary used space
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u/FanBladeFleshlight 1d ago
I will never be able to understand how anyone can look at this and not want to do something about it, aside from some extreme levels of depression, which would warrant intervention.
This is just nasty. Full on biohazard levels of fuckery. Need to start just tossing that shit on their desks or beds or something and force the situation to change.
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u/excusemeumwhat 1d ago
Maybe it would be better is some colleges adopted some military standards. For example, room inspections. They happen randomly and if get enough hits (unsatisfactory results) they get punished or even removed from the room if it's extremely bad.
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u/Which-Break5673 1d ago
Can y’all all get together and have them say who’s responsible for it and they have to clean it. Good idea eating away from all of this !
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u/MasterOutlaw 1d ago
Careful. If Cowboy Bebop has taught me anything, that shit might eventually develop into a mysterious creature bent on attacking anyone it can find.
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u/Wise_Comfortable_587 1d ago
If you do end up being the bigger person and cleaning it, you need to give all your roommates at least 1 slap across the face for the disrespek. Make it a backhand for the fucker who spilled all the green goop
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u/beam3475 1d ago
What is the puddle of green at the bottom? Are those green tacos on the middle shelf? This is quite the science experiment.
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u/Top-Morning-6467 1d ago
If thats actually college yer RA would handle that easily. And you could possibly get a whole multiperson living soace for yer own
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u/Pristine_Patient_299 1d ago
Okay but like someone is going to have to clean this?! This cannot just fester
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u/Wrong-Vacation-6152 1d ago
how i genuinely feel looking at that disgusting fridge