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Dishwasher dilemmas
Dear Robin,
My roommate and I do not have the luxury of owning a dishwasher. I prefer to not even leave my dishes in the sink, but to wash my plate, or knife, or mug as soon as I’m done with it to avoid a lot of work later. However, my roommate will leave her pots, mugs, spatulas, and plates in the sink for ***days. I don’t want to make this a bigger deal than it needs to be, but what is the appropriate amount of time to leave your dirty dishes in the sink and how should I address this problem?
Sincerely,
Slumming with a slob
Hello,
Dishwashers are a luxury; you are not wrong there. I would say like two hours is the maximum amount of time to leave dirty dishes in the sink when you live with someone else. If you live on your own, throw caution to the wind: leave those dishes for days; let that tomato sauce crust the edges of your saucepan so hard that it takes four soapy soaks to get that cleaned up. Anyway, you have two options here: write an anonymous note by the sink telling your roommate to “clean the dishes asap or else…” or you can kick your roommate out and live on your own. Your call. All I’ll say is that my cat and I are living our best lives together.
Robin
A keto tale
Dear Robin,
A couple rows behind me in my GEOG 103 class, a guy always talks about his keto life and how much he works out, and I’m sick of it. How do I tell him to zip his lid on his obnoxious lifestyle rants? Or is there a more clever way to handle this?
Sincerely,
Unhealthy and happy
Hello,
Sometimes with these folks (that some say are the scum of the earth), it’s important to know that people like us can’t stop them. All we can do is make sure they don’t reproduce and pass their keto/workout-constantly/muscular lifestyle down to the next generation, and wait for them to die. So cockblocking this dude in any way possible is the next step for you. Godspeed.
Robin.
