I know that someone not washing something may not necessarily be disrespectful.
I know that some people don't see crockery, demitasse cups, stove-top coffee makers, knives, ramekins, or bake ware as their children...
BUT
I
DO.
I know I shouldn't be that person writing notes in the house (I have never been that person in the house), but I swear to God that if I see someone scrubbing my pans with steel wool, throwing my Wusthof/Trident/Furi knives into the sink or not wash them after using, leaving tomato pips to dry ON THE BLADE, scratching the surface of my tins/cake pans/springform things with the aforementioned knives, throw my cups/ramekins into the sink so they chip, "forget" to at least rinse out the stove-top coffee makers so they don't grow so much mould that I have to name them again, I will seriously either buy a packet of post-it notes and leave instructions on EVERYTHING to piss people off deliberately or revoke everyone's right to use it by hording my belongings in my room and literally sleep with my knives next to my head.
You may notice that I made no mention of my fucking beautiful brandy-balloon wine glasses with the black stem and base which I bought 24 of at a ridiculous steal in some criminal homeware shop a little over a year ago.
That is because I have given up on them because there is only one left.
ONE.
Since when did I live with children?
This may also be a sign of me needing to exit the environment of a sharehouse.
OCD much?
But really, this is proof that I am right, because I am God. At sixteen. With shaving jizzem in my hair.It is also proof that I should never wear prints ever again.
4 comments:
1. Prints are great.
2. My mum often puts my Wusthof knives in the dishwasher. I usually manage to retrieve them before any damage is done though.
I understand. Hehe.
Gasp! I feel your outrage! You could threaten to stab your housemates with your knives if they treat your things badly.... although, if they were smart they would realise that the worse they treat your knives, the blunter they'll be, and the less damage they'll do. Hmmmm.
You are totally correct to protect your precious and expensive tools.
I had a deal with one set of housemates where we could non judgementally BUT FORCEFULLY let each other know about this stuff by prefacing the conversation with "Minor domestic issue ..."
One nearly always hypoglycaemic housemate cried one day when I grabbed her hand cutting a plastic bag with my Wusthof knife, because she said "What am I supposed to cut things with?". I bought some scissors for the kitchen ...
Sarah- I still own that top, and admittedly, still wear it as a dress. I guess my logic is that I am not the one that has to look at myself. As with knives in the dishwasher...I already tackled that dilemma. That, and it doesn't seem a problem when people aren't washing dishes anyways.
Agnes- actually, I think the blunter they are, the more it would hurt. Kind of like a combination of bludgeoning and stabbing.
Zoe- Haha. Scissors. Check. I bought a pack of five when I was in Ikea for that very reason.
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