RANT: The Roommate, Part Deux

neutralizer

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As some of you may recall, I had troubles with one of my roommates. The whole money issue was resolved by deciding to split the bills evenly. However, his spoiledness has not been solved.

As we go shopping for groceries again at Costco, "Dave" goes off to get food that he likes to add to the group shopping cart (i.e. Pringles and Speciality Pasta). Another roommate and I complain because neither of us wants to waste money on it. However, we end up giving in because of his complaining and his not carrying money with him. The problem is that he hasn't really learned the idea of sharing and group food and instead hoards it for himself. He has the delusional idea that because he picked it out, it should be HIS food and no one else's.

For example, the box of Pringles has 6 cans and there's 4 of us. Dave has already ate 2 cans by himself, yet he complains when I open a can because it's his Pringles.

Due to his spoiledness, he doesn't cook either so he ends up eating bread for lunch and dinner. We usually buy two loaves of bread to last us two weeks as lunch, but we end up running into the 2nd loaf half way into the first week because "Dave" keeps making sandwiches to eat while he WoWs because it is convenient.

Fvcking bastard.

/RANT

Cliffs:
1. Sharing is good.
2. Learning to cook ftw so you don't eat all the goddamn instant food.
 

BigJ

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Originally posted by: mchammer
Doesn't your bread get stale by two weeks?

I keep a 2nd loaf in the fridge and it seems fine by the 2nd week.
 

Skunkwourk

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your system for food sucks, stop trying to "share" with someone who doesn't know the meaning...
 

neutralizer

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Originally posted by: Eghck
your system for food sucks, stop trying to "share" with someone who doesn't know the meaning...

I'm inclined to agree. We already said that group food we split, individual food pay for yourself. He didn't want to pay for himself, but refuses to acknowledge that it's food for the group.
 

Zugzwang152

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stop the sharing system.

buy your own food, lock it up, and watch him suffer.

when he decides to stop being a dick, re-evaluate and possibly start again.
 
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You have 1 problem, and 1 problem only. This entire "group food" thing is the most retarded thing I have ever heard. Is this the first time you've lived with roommates? Group food never works out and always pisses off everyone. You all should buy your own food, dice up the fridge & cabnet space.

/thread
 

Skunkwourk

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Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
stop the sharing system.

buy your own food, lock it up, and watch him suffer.

when he decides to stop being a dick, tell him everyone is fine with the way things are.

fixed.
 

neutralizer

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Mike
You have 1 problem, and 1 problem only. This entire "group food" thing is the most retarded thing I have ever heard. Is this the first time you've lived with roommates? Group food never works out and always pisses off everyone. You all should buy your own food, dice up the fridge & cabnet space.

/thread

The thing is that we're all pretty good friends and share similar food tastes so it makes sense to buy cheaper in bulk.
 

Playmaker

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Originally posted by: Mike
You have 1 problem, and 1 problem only. This entire "group food" thing is the most retarded thing I have ever heard. Is this the first time you've lived with roommates? Group food never works out and always pisses off everyone. You all should buy your own food, dice up the fridge & cabnet space.

/thread

QFT, as if this simple of an idea needs to be quoted. When I've lived with roommates no one has ever entertained a "group food" system. That's ridiculous.
 

Skunkwourk

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Originally posted by: neutralizer
Originally posted by: Mike
You have 1 problem, and 1 problem only. This entire "group food" thing is the most retarded thing I have ever heard. Is this the first time you've lived with roommates? Group food never works out and always pisses off everyone. You all should buy your own food, dice up the fridge & cabnet space.

/thread

The thing is that we're all pretty good friends and share similar food tastes so it makes sense to buy cheaper in bulk.

fvck, seriously just lie to him and tell him everyone pays for their own stuff now and continue your group thing without him then. Anything is better than whats going on now...
 
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Originally posted by: neutralizer
Originally posted by: Mike
You have 1 problem, and 1 problem only. This entire "group food" thing is the most retarded thing I have ever heard. Is this the first time you've lived with roommates? Group food never works out and always pisses off everyone. You all should buy your own food, dice up the fridge & cabnet space.

/thread

The thing is that we're all pretty good friends and share similar food tastes so it makes sense to buy cheaper in bulk.

LOL, listen to yourself and what you have to go through...that makes sense?
 

neutralizer

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Mike
Originally posted by: neutralizer
Originally posted by: Mike
You have 1 problem, and 1 problem only. This entire "group food" thing is the most retarded thing I have ever heard. Is this the first time you've lived with roommates? Group food never works out and always pisses off everyone. You all should buy your own food, dice up the fridge & cabnet space.

/thread

The thing is that we're all pretty good friends and share similar food tastes so it makes sense to buy cheaper in bulk.

LOL, listen to yourself and what you have to go through...that makes sense?

Good point. The food situation does really need to get fixed.
 
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Originally posted by: neutralizer
Originally posted by: Mike
Originally posted by: neutralizer
Originally posted by: Mike
You have 1 problem, and 1 problem only. This entire "group food" thing is the most retarded thing I have ever heard. Is this the first time you've lived with roommates? Group food never works out and always pisses off everyone. You all should buy your own food, dice up the fridge & cabnet space.

/thread

The thing is that we're all pretty good friends and share similar food tastes so it makes sense to buy cheaper in bulk.

LOL, listen to yourself and what you have to go through...that makes sense?

Good point. The food situation does really need to get fixed.

Just becuase everyone buys their own food doesn't mean those of you who have the same tastes can't go to Costco and split the bill. What needs to stop is the fact that your food run consists of all of you going to Costco at the same time and splitting the bill, and relying on that food run.

You buy most of your sh!t at Vons ( or where ever) and so does everyone else. Then, once every 2 weeks, you and everyone but Dave can go to Costco to get snack sh!t and other things.

Whatever you do, the whole group food thing needs to stop for there to be peace.

EDIT: Be smart about it though, if the rest of you go to Costco and get a huge fvcking box of cheezits, Dave is going to POed when he has to buy his own but everyone is craming their hand into the Costco box. Buy things you can separate out when you get home.
 

ubercaffeinated

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cut the cancer out. stop bitching. all this politiking over trivial ******, you'd swear you guys were women. oh and at night, find out dave's password and delete his main. that would be nice!
 
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DAve is my roommate's boyfriend. HAhahaha, anyways... Ok, no not the dave you're tlaking about.

Bills should always be split evenly, unless you leave ur dual core dual 7900 GTX rig on 24/7 running Prime 95 and 3D Mark 2006 24/7 so that you eat up 98% of teh electricity bill. I know I leave my computer on a lot and so does my roommate, and we split.

I think you guys should stay away from group food.

It never worked out too well for me in the dorms, and last year it was all individual food. WE would have like 4 gallons of milk in the fridge. Sure some stuff was communal like cooking oil, salt, sugar, aluminum foil, teh basics, but the stuff that can be divided easily is divided.

Even now, my roommate and I talked about shopping for food together but we've never actually done it. I mean I let her use pretty much everything although she's too polite. I tried cooking for her a few times, but she only ate once. That said I do own a good chunk of the cooking stuff so it seems that one would have to use some of my garlic or salt or whatever to cook.
 
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BTW why don't you just split the bill at Costco. You know, the cardowner doesnt need to pay for everything. You can use your ATM card or cash at Costco, or if you're cool like me you would have an AMEX card. Of course the coolest people carry the AMEX TrueEarnings Costco card like me =). However some cashiers are anal and only let one cardmember sponsor 1 other person, so you can't have 1 cardholder + 4 noncostco members...

Anyways, I usually go to Costco with people who have membership also, so it's usually like 4 - 5 people adn amongst us we'll have 2 - 3 members. If you want to come along next time, I can take you on a 99/Costco trip, so you can pay for your share of food or whatever...
 

dafatha00

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Why don't you guys just buy your own food? When I was in college, my roomies and each had a shelf to ourselves in the fridge and knew not to eat each other's food. Much easier that way IMO.
 

neutralizer

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Originally posted by: DLeRium
BTW why don't you just split the bill at Costco. You know, the cardowner doesnt need to pay for everything. You can use your ATM card or cash at Costco, or if you're cool like me you would have an AMEX card. Of course the coolest people carry the AMEX TrueEarnings Costco card like me =). However some cashiers are anal and only let one cardmember sponsor 1 other person, so you can't have 1 cardholder + 4 noncostco members...

Anyways, I usually go to Costco with people who have membership also, so it's usually like 4 - 5 people adn amongst us we'll have 2 - 3 members. If you want to come along next time, I can take you on a 99/Costco trip, so you can pay for your share of food or whatever...

We're thinking about totaling up our bill and at the end of the month splitting it. Paying to whoever did not do their equal share, but I think this system will break down. I do have a Costco card so I may take you up on that offer.
 

BigJ

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Originally posted by: neutralizer
Originally posted by: DLeRium
BTW why don't you just split the bill at Costco. You know, the cardowner doesnt need to pay for everything. You can use your ATM card or cash at Costco, or if you're cool like me you would have an AMEX card. Of course the coolest people carry the AMEX TrueEarnings Costco card like me =). However some cashiers are anal and only let one cardmember sponsor 1 other person, so you can't have 1 cardholder + 4 noncostco members...

Anyways, I usually go to Costco with people who have membership also, so it's usually like 4 - 5 people adn amongst us we'll have 2 - 3 members. If you want to come along next time, I can take you on a 99/Costco trip, so you can pay for your share of food or whatever...

We're thinking about totaling up our bill and at the end of the month splitting it. Paying to whoever did not do their equal share, but I think this system will break down. I do have a Costco card so I may take you up on that offer.

Repeat after me:

"Buying food as a group is a bad idea and is not going to work."
 

neutralizer

Lifer
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Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: neutralizer
Originally posted by: DLeRium
BTW why don't you just split the bill at Costco. You know, the cardowner doesnt need to pay for everything. You can use your ATM card or cash at Costco, or if you're cool like me you would have an AMEX card. Of course the coolest people carry the AMEX TrueEarnings Costco card like me =). However some cashiers are anal and only let one cardmember sponsor 1 other person, so you can't have 1 cardholder + 4 noncostco members...

Anyways, I usually go to Costco with people who have membership also, so it's usually like 4 - 5 people adn amongst us we'll have 2 - 3 members. If you want to come along next time, I can take you on a 99/Costco trip, so you can pay for your share of food or whatever...

We're thinking about totaling up our bill and at the end of the month splitting it. Paying to whoever did not do their equal share, but I think this system will break down. I do have a Costco card so I may take you up on that offer.

Repeat after me:

"Buying food as a group is a bad idea and is not going to work."

*Raises hand* Buying food as a group is a bad idea and is not going to work.

I'm not gonna argue with you about that. I'm more worried about the limited shelf space.