Comments on: Houseful of Awful Losers

By: ab

ab — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 21:31:54 +0000

couldn’t have said it better myself..

By: Joshua

Joshua — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:01:18 +0000

I wrote a rant to a friend much like this when I first moved here. People here are wwaaaayyyy to into figuring out every personal detail about you before you move in. It’s kind of obnoxious. I’m looking for an apartment, not a new bestie. Good luck with the search. I’m pretty happy with my place, even though we do have a chore wheel. That’s primarily because some people in our apartment find themselves incapable of chipping in, without being told to by an angry roommate…..

By: CentralCity

CentralCity — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:25:51 +0000

Apparently, you have been so fortunate in life as to completely avoid entitled, lazy room mates. For that, I stand in awe of your great luck.

Why don’t you invite Janebook to live with you? I’m sure you’ll be over-the-moon to change your house rules for the new person, who will then proceed to piss you off because they fuck up the flow.

Also? Her entire rant is stupid, I was just particularly amused by the last line.

By: tk

tk — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:25:01 +0000

Not as far as I know. I mean, God, I hope not.

By: paul d

paul d — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:43:36 +0000

hey. i’m a mission vegan and i think i’m a pretty okay guy

By: Jorge

Jorge — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 02:26:08 +0000

You mean carne asada burritos aren’t vegan?

By: el jeffe

el jeffe — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:42:24 +0000

Youre absolutely right. I’ve lived in a lot of other cities (and some small towns, too) and there are crazy people looking for housemates everywhere you go.

The only differnce here is that there’s less supply and a bit more demand, which just magnifies the situation.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:04:01 +0000

Dad?

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:02:23 +0000

what you dont got any friends? why would you use craigslist for roommates? send out a fucking group text.

By: Cranky Old Mission Guy

Cranky Old Mission Guy — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:24:25 +0000

Yo, ben, try having all the qualities of an amusing Mission Mission commenter without sounding like a huge fucking troll. Not so easy, eh?

By: el buen sabor

el buen sabor — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:09:10 +0000

I would love to hear an equally witty post about how hard it is to find roommates. I’ve lived in my current (extremely desirable) space for under a year and have already lost two of the original roommies to internships elsewhere. It blows trying to find good roommates through craigslist. I prefer to get a little drunk and shoot off random questions and if they answer how I would, then I’m a fan.

By: melissa

melissa — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:23:11 +0000

But isn’t it supposed to be *your* home, too? You shouldn’t be made to feel that you’re intruding on someone else’s life.

By: Cranky Old Mission Guy

Cranky Old Mission Guy — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:05:33 +0000

chonky doodles gets the win, based on hindsight about my experiences with roommates 25 – 35 years ago. But Janebook actually comes close enough to the kind of person I would share with now, if I hadn’t married myself out of the roommate market all those 25 years ago. My apartment (3 bdrm, so they claim) is about $1100 a month TOTAL (’cause I’ve been here forever), and smoking on the back porch is simple enough, and it’s close to BART, and the kitchen is big enough to do double duty as a living room. So keep looking, Janebook; you might find something similar.

And if you have trouble getting chores done without a chore wheel, try getting married.

By: j

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:38:19 +0000

shut up.

By: ben

ben — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:36:44 +0000

But apparently you can’t have all the qualities of a good roommate without being a whiny, entitled, generalizing, attention-seeking, cheap shrew.