5/16/05

Communication Breakdown

My Japanese roommate has had her friend visiting with us for about 2 weeks now. This time amount doesn't bother me, but her friend does. She is incredibly dirty. She has no sense of germs or dirt, and its not even her house. i have asked her over and over again to clean up her own messes. do not leave a sink full of dirty dishes toppling over themselves in the sink overnight, do not cook without opening the balcony door (our apt. is small, and odors stay a long time), don't stack garbage on top of itself until it spills over, and then leave it there, don't spill stuff and leave it behind to cake up, etc........ she nods her head says yes yes, and apologizes, but no real actions. its driving me crazy because i would never think of going to someone's house and dirtying it as if it were my own. i told my roommate when she moved in about my anal "monica-like" cleanliness, and she could keep her room and bath how she saw fit (as long as it didn't attract bugs), but the rest of the shared areas must be clean. i feel like she has never had experience cleaning before or something. this shit is driving me crazy.