Week 7 Theme

I have this roommate, we'll refer to her as Roommate B. She's soft spoken and is one of those people where she doesn't seem like she has a whole lot to say, but when she finally starts talking and her personality just bursts out. You would think she was shy or something, but no once that girl gets going she has a rough and tough type of attitude. She's the type of person that always says if you have a problem with her to just say it to her face. This is where the problem arises. You see, we've all put in an equal amount of money for cleaning products and a vacuum and we've all had our share of cleaning. All, meaning every one of us but Roommate B. We've tried to solve the lack of effort on her part by simply doing what she told us to do. We would say hey Roommate B can you please wipe up your mess when your done, pick up occasionally, and put your dishes in the dish washer? She'll say yes and do it once and the next time it's like we never asked her anything. It is very annoying to deal with people who say all you need to do is ask, and when you do ask them to do somthing it still does not get done. Consistently asking her over and over to do simple every day chores feels like I'm living with a child. She is 20 years old and should know how to clean up after herself. If there were a better way to confront her about not doing work, I'd hope she would tell us because just confronting her has proven unsuccessful.

Although she is very busy and uses that as an excuse on the daily, we are all busy and we don't want to have to do our chores and then her's on top of that. I do not think that simple cleaning tasks is too much to ask especially when she is the most messy out of all of us. I wish she would actually come off how she say's she is and do what is asked of her because we all do what is needed around the apartment. It is only fair that we all put in an equal effort, but that cannot happen until she joins in. If she was the type to just solve a problem about a certain issue (like chores) after someone has nicely asked she would be more apt to continue to help out around the house. However, she is actually very passive-aggressive and does not solve issues like that at all. So, I do have an occasional problem with people, like Roommate B who do not complete simple tasks when asked and people that falsely represent themselves and say they are a certain way when they are in fact not.