2/20/05

Always Something

So my roommate is cool, especially considering the ones i've had before, and we get along fine. However, there has been this one recurring issue that is bothering the hell out of me now. When she came to interview for the place we talked for like 2 hours that day, and during that talk I told her of the house ways & means if you will. I told her about my level of cleanliness, and how shoes weren't worn inside the house. One reason being the carpet is really light colored, and I hate living in a place with stained carpet throughout. Secondly (but even more importantly) I simply don't agree with wearing shoes inside a carpeted home. I hate the idea of germs, dirt, grime, mud, and all outside elements being ground into the carpet in the house I dwell in everyday. Roommate never had any objections to this, and even said she understood where I was coming from. When she moved in at first she was taking her shoes off, but after a few weeks I noticed she would be all over the house in her shoes. So, I e-mailed her (explaining in the e-mail why I didn't simply approach her because of how strong I come off when you don't know me) just asking her to please remember about the shoes in the house. She agreed, and said that she had forgot about it altogether. Now like 2-3 months later she's doing it again. Cali's having a hell of a rainy season this year. Its crazy nasty here. She's even had non of her guests take their shoes off. One day a male guest of hers wore wet, muddy timb's in the house!!!!! I addressed the shoe issue again, and now she has an attitude. She's not speaking to me (lol), and she stays in her room. This isin't the first time she copped attitude when I asked her about something. I do all, everything pertaining to bills in the house. I collect payment, and mail them out. I spend money on stamps for all this. She never does anything but put the check on the fridge. this month i was really busy so i put the stamped envelope and my check on the fridge for her to send off. she only placed her check on the fridge and didn't bother to mail anything off. as a result the bill was late. when i asked her to write a check she had forgot to write out, she slammed down her laptop, huffed real loud, and snatched the bill of the fridge to look at it. I laughed at her, and asked her if there was a problem. she then went on to say she didn't understand the confusion with the bills. that's when i told her if she wanted to she could do all the bills herself, instead of relying on me to do everything. to that she had no comment..... I hope she can get with the shoe thing if not, she's had plenty of time to speak up about it. the way i see it, she figured she would just do what she wants in that respect, and i wouldn't bother saying anything to her about it. to me that's disrespectful. its like she doesn't respect my comfort level. (excuse the poor spelling and grammar)