Is the truth in the toilet paper?
As you enter into any new living situation, you wonder if certain incidents represent singular occurrences or dreadful habits. When you are living with a dear friend for the first time, you hope that the things that might bother you are just "one-time things." The problem here lies in the inevitable discrepancy between what you view as "annoying" or "worrisome" behavior, and what your roommate views as such. Things that would never in a million years bother you may annoy the heck out of the other guy or gal and vice-versa.
Which brings us to the toilet paper. The first time I saw the roll left with just a scraggly sheet or two as our "stored-for-guests" roll (being in a more obvious place than the other stash) had been ripped open and left on the counter, I was certain it must have simply been because she had been too frantic in the morning to bother, and that she was in a rush for work. Because who would do such a thing if they were loaded with time? So that moment was worrisome, but forgiven. I was hopeful it was a one-time (or merely occasional) thing. Tonight proved this is not the case, and that sadly, my beloved friend of years and now roommate is crap at dealing with toilet paper (pun intended) =-(.
She got home this evening after work and was well into "relax-and-do-other-stuff" mode when I went in to tinkle. Before I even got to the task at hand I noticed a completely barren roll of toilet paper hanging nakedly on the rack (or whatever it's called). I was mortified. Not because I was in the middle of anything - I had only just walked in - but it became painfully obvious to me that my roommate didn't give a rat's behind about toilet paper etiquette =-(. Because this time she truly had plenty of time to deal with changing the roll....all the time in the world. Ho hum, perhaps it was a habit =-(.
I walked straight out and asked her if she seriously had just left the roll completely stripped and still on the rack like that. My tone was one of horrible confusion - not anger, but certainly a hint of accusation (without being downright bitchy). She smiled and said something like "ooops, sorry." But she then went on to say that she normally just waits until she goes in again to bring in another roll. Obviously she had forgotten she has a roommate now =-(. There was no hint of true concern or care. She must have forgotten that there was another roll stashed away right near the toilet. There was also no moment of "Oh - I'll make sure I do it next time" =-(. Even my brother changes the toilet paper roll. I must say, this incident has me worried. I'm a stewer and someone blatantly ignoring toilet paper etiquette will certainly drive me mad over time. Perhaps that's the plan? Maybe she didn't really want a roommate after all =-p.
Which brings us to the toilet paper. The first time I saw the roll left with just a scraggly sheet or two as our "stored-for-guests" roll (being in a more obvious place than the other stash) had been ripped open and left on the counter, I was certain it must have simply been because she had been too frantic in the morning to bother, and that she was in a rush for work. Because who would do such a thing if they were loaded with time? So that moment was worrisome, but forgiven. I was hopeful it was a one-time (or merely occasional) thing. Tonight proved this is not the case, and that sadly, my beloved friend of years and now roommate is crap at dealing with toilet paper (pun intended) =-(.
She got home this evening after work and was well into "relax-and-do-other-stuff" mode when I went in to tinkle. Before I even got to the task at hand I noticed a completely barren roll of toilet paper hanging nakedly on the rack (or whatever it's called). I was mortified. Not because I was in the middle of anything - I had only just walked in - but it became painfully obvious to me that my roommate didn't give a rat's behind about toilet paper etiquette =-(. Because this time she truly had plenty of time to deal with changing the roll....all the time in the world. Ho hum, perhaps it was a habit =-(.
I walked straight out and asked her if she seriously had just left the roll completely stripped and still on the rack like that. My tone was one of horrible confusion - not anger, but certainly a hint of accusation (without being downright bitchy). She smiled and said something like "ooops, sorry." But she then went on to say that she normally just waits until she goes in again to bring in another roll. Obviously she had forgotten she has a roommate now =-(. There was no hint of true concern or care. She must have forgotten that there was another roll stashed away right near the toilet. There was also no moment of "Oh - I'll make sure I do it next time" =-(. Even my brother changes the toilet paper roll. I must say, this incident has me worried. I'm a stewer and someone blatantly ignoring toilet paper etiquette will certainly drive me mad over time. Perhaps that's the plan? Maybe she didn't really want a roommate after all =-p.
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