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By quixjote on Jan 12, 2011 | In Uncategorized | 1 feedback »
So this topic really has nothing to do with chicken, but everything to do with blatantly not taking care of your own stuff. When you are on your own, people generally do not notice as much, unless you have company. When you live in a group setting though: Take care of your stuff.
At my house, the common area of contempt is the Kitchen. I myself have gotten a LOT better at making sure the pots and pans get cleaned up right after use. I forget sometimes, but someone usually at least reminds me of this fact and I take care of it. There are other things with my kitchen though that needs attention, like Fried Chicken containers, that get left out for over a week by their owner... Stupid chicken. The container cannot walk itself to the trash, it's purchaser ate all the legs!
Anyway, somewhat back on track: There are things around my house I know I need to do. I generally take care of them in chunks rather than each little item at once. Recently I just fixed 4 kitchen tiles that had fallen off the edge (Poor initial adhesion, but all is good now). Other times it is learning the quirks of items; Like my washer/dryer.
Whenever my dryer is not working as well as it should, I remember when a friend of mine worked in Apartment Management and one of the tenants Dryer would stop working correctly. Turns out that the tenant never cleared the lint trap. Stupid Chicken!
Those of you that live in communal living situations... How do you handle things? How do you divide things like Kitchen, cleaning, trash, etc?
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My wife and I have a standing agreement: She dirties the dishes and I clean them. (By dirties the dishes, I mean she does most of the cooking.) It works, since she's the better cook and I don't mind cleaning the dishes as much.
There's numerous other household tasks we've divvied up. When one is too busy or tired or just wants a change, the other helps out. In a situation where everyone involved is willing to play their part, I've found it can help to give some jobs to the people best suited for them. It hasn't always worked perfectly for us, but it has worked.
Given that roommate situations are not a marriage, this won't work equally in every household. Even when some of the divvying's been done ahead of time, it's important for everyone to clean up after themselves and pitch in where they see it's needed, especially in the common areas.
It takes a measure of willingness and graciousness. In situations where members are unwilling to help maintain the common areas, even when asked, or are inordinately temperamental about it, there's bound to be problems.
Now, if anyone finds a way for the cat to help out where there's no barn full of mice, please let me know.
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