Helping Hands

Being in college has it's difficulties, amongst them are roommate issues. If we are all lucky, and I have been so far the present school year, we have roommates that get along, share, and respect one another. However, there is one issue present in my current apartment that I have encountered at others over the last year or so.

For some reason, everyone likes to point the finger when it comes to messes and cleaning. This is understandable, because no one wants to clean the bowl of melted ice cream with goldfish floating along the top, but sometimes it goes to far.  I have literally had someone tell me to avoid doing certain tasks, which are no sweat off of my back, so that another person has to deal with the mess. I am sorry, but stepping 4 extra feet with the vacuum cleaner is not going to kill me, and not doing it probably won't make much of a difference to everyone else.

Being that I am currently couch crashing, I do a little extra cleaning when the stench in the kitchen calls for it. If you see a trash bag overflowing and the person responsible continues to neglect responsibility, go ahead a take it out for the sake of the other individuals living in the apartment. Or, if there are no clean dishes and the washer is full, take out the plates, and if you make it a speed game, you may even trim a few inches off of the arm come summertime. 

My greater point is, we all have hands and some times when they are empty we can use them to finish the work of others. Besides, in the grand scheme of life, the poor girl that doesn't know how to clean up after herself is going to be lonely in a smelly house right? Okay, that was harsh, but you laughed a little. ;)

So roomies all across the globe, stop pointing the finger while you are sitting around doing nothing, which is certainly not going to make the stench of a dirty household disappear. Sure, we are just in college and cleaning up is not a priority, but if that is the case, then complaining about others who don't shouldn't be one either. Lend a hand and do a little extra if you can. Besides, being able to take care of yourself and home is important. Next time you are cleaning up your roomies dishes, put on some pink gloves and don't forget to Winc. ;)