46 signs that you are Hyde Park’s worst housemate
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Inevitably, your time in Leeds will be shaped by the people you choose (or in some cases, do not choose) to live with. The chances are that whilst you might love your housemates and consider them friends for life, there will equally be moments when you are tempted to push them into oncoming traffic on Headingley Lane or wish that their entire life is as painful as the RPP queue on a Tuesday. And, should you not feel this way, then perhaps you are that housemate. Here are 45 signs that you are Hyde Park’s worst housemate:
1. You never do your washing up
2. You leave your mouldy food in the fridge
3. You have obnoxiously loud sex
4. You leave your cigarette butts on the floor
5. Or worse, you ash on the kitchen floor when there’s an ashtray in reach
6. You steal other people’s bread/milk/anything you can get your hands on
7. You are always in the grumpiest mood
8. You take being the ‘house mum/dad’ way too far
9. You are religious about people following the clean up chart
10. You don’t follow the clean up chart
11. You leave passive aggressive messages about cleaning up (on the group chat or in Post-it note form)
12. You play loud music at unholy hours
13. You spit on the floor (This is a true story)
14. You pee in the sink
15. You cut raw chicken on the counters and don’t clean it up
16. You forget to flush the toilet
17. You never buy toilet paper
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18. And then have the audacity to leave poo on it
19. You always forget your house keys
20. You judge people for leaving/for not leaving the house
21. You talk the entire way through Love Island
22. In fact, you talk the entire way through any TV programme or film
23. And then, you ask what’s going on
24. You borrow things without asking and return them filthy
25. You leave your hair in the drain
26. You leave your pubes in the bathtub
27. You get poo in the bathtub
28. Your partner is at the house so often that they should pay rent
29.You hog the bathroom
30. You never pay for the Uber home (especially after Beaverworks)
31. You want to do everything together
32. You leave all the lights on
33. You practice your electric guitar at 2am
34. You buy a fish (or any pet) and put it in the living room without asking your housemates
35. You host pres at your house without asking and without ever cleaning up
36.You eavesdrop on private conversations
37. You sing in the shower
38.You never take out the rubbish
39. You have half the cutlery drawer in your bedroom
40. You refuse to have the heating on. In Leeds. In Winter.
41. You have the heating on 24/7 for the sake of it
42. You sh*g in the living room
43. You use other people’s toiletries
44. You leave half of your supper in the kitchen sink
45. You leave your washing in the washing machine for far too long
46. And the worst one of all, you sleep with your housemate’s partner.
The truth is living with someone else is never going to be a breeze, but it’s all a part of the Leeds experience.
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