30 Things You’re Doing That You Don’t Realize Are Annoying Your Roommates

30 Things You’re Doing That You Don’t Realize Are Annoying Your Roommates

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3 Not Following Their Cleaning Schedule.

You might think that the dining room rug doesn’t really need vacuuming until the layer of crumbs on it is a millimeter thick, but that doesn’t mean your roommate agrees. “Clean enough” isn’t the same as “clean.” So before your roommate sweeps you to the curb along with the dust bunnies you’ve ignored for months, discuss where each of you draws the line between a home and a pig sty. And when you want to make that mess more bearable, check out these 20 Products That Make Cleaning So Much Easier.

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4 Leaving Your Stuff Out.

Just because your dirty socks didn’t quite make into the hamper doesn’t mean you’re a bad person. If they didn’t even make it out of the living room, however, that does make you a bad roommate. Clean up your act, or the next thing you know, your living room laundry pile might just be keeping your outgoing garbage company.