So I have three roommates that I just met this year. In the beginning I told them that I think that everyone should wash there own dishes after they use them to help prevent bugs. later own we came up with a chore plan where we rotate chore’s every week. You only have to do chore once.This week I am suppose to clean the kitchen. Do they think that I am going to wash their dirty dishes? Would it be wrong if I didn’t? Only two of my roommates actually leave dirty dishes in the sink. The other roommate and I only use paper products. What should I do?
Wondering why there are so many threads on cleaning questions this year??? This is at least the fifth one.
So… I think it makes sense for everyone to take care of their own dishes after eating. Not leaving dishes in the sink once the meal is complete. If this isn’t happening, maybe you need to have a non- confrontational suite discussion. Is there a dishwasher? Maybe the kitchen person makes sure the dishwasher is run and emptied every couple of days, but everyone has to get their dishes rinsed and in it. As an aside, it generates a lot of waste for landfills and is expensive to use paper products all the time. Consider switching to real dishes for that reason.
It’s much more efficient to have designated people on cleanup duty rather than trying to have everyone squeeze into the kitchen. That’s why so many co-ops and student houses run it that way.
Are you the first person to clean the kitchen since you guys started assigning people? If not, what did other people do? Did you all agree to do your own dishes right away or did you just suggest it and then no one followed through?
My roommates and I generally did our own dishes, regardless of who was cleaning the kitchen. But really it depends on what you and your roommates want to do. I think it’s reasonable to have everyone do their own dishes. You can leave them there and clean the rest of the kitchen. But if you the dishes aren’t getting washed in a reasonable time frame, then that’s another matter. You can always bring it up with them again to revisit what you all want to do about dishes in the sink.
You just clean the kitchen but not the dishes. Don’t let your roommate get you into the habit of doing their dishes. Leave them a note stating that.
I would go ahead and wash the dishes…at least it will be clean for a bit. You could say “You guys are supposed to wash your dishes the same day…not sure why they were still in the sink.”