B!TC# IT OUT!

**Mermaid Momo** · 09-09-2015, 01:55 AM

Originally Posted by Spindrift

Have you said something to them?

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I have

I've sat them both down at the same time and told them that I don't appreciate them mooching off of me and my food without contributing.

Originally Posted by Mermaid Jaffa

Try putting your name on the stuff you buy. Or just tell them straight off, if you want to eat, contribute! If not, then get yer dirty mitts off my food!

I tried putting my name on it (I shouldn't have to, because I'm the only one in the whole room who doesn't buy precooked food haha) and they STILL touch it!

**Mermaid Jaffa** · 09-09-2015, 02:16 AM

Originally Posted by Mermaid Momo

I have

I've sat them both down at the same time and told them that I don't appreciate them mooching off of me and my food without contributing.

I tried putting my name on it (I shouldn't have to, because I'm the only one in the whole room who doesn't buy precooked food haha) and they STILL touch it!

Watch them for awhile, see what kinds of food they don't like to eat. Then save the boxes/packages, and put your food in it. Trick them into thinking YOU like eating stuff that they don't like!

**ShyKaiju** · 09-09-2015, 02:26 AM

I used to do this with my roommate. It really sucks you have to resort to hiding food, but sometimes it can't be help :x!

**Merman_Shawn** · 09-09-2015, 03:58 AM

Originally Posted by Mermaid Momo

here's my bitch:
So I moved back to uni a few weeks ago, and neither of my roommates cook or know how to cook. Now that wouldn't be a problem at all... but they both eat all my food! I wouldn't mind if they helped pay to purchase the food and ingredients but they don't, or if they asked or offered to help me cook, but they don't, just just sit there on their laptops as I cook.
I started to make just enough for only me since it was my food I was cooking and I was the only one cooking but I'd go to the bathroom or somewhere and come back and they've eaten ALL my food, didn't leave anything behind! And usually when I cook, I cook because I'm not going out again to pick up any food, or I was craving it.

So my boyfriend is planning on coming to visit, I bought some ground beef, jalapenos, etc to make hawaiin burgers and jalapeno poppers for us.. I come home and the ground beef is gone, One of my roommates decided to take it to her boyfriend's house to have him make tacos for his roommates! Now I'm debating if I should go and get more ground beef, but I only have $500 and that needs to last me until December! and that money also pays for medication, clothing, doctor visits, etc. I really don't want to stop buying food and cooking since I enjoy it so much but they don't leave me any choice. I can't keep affording to replace the food I buy that I don't even get to eat because of them..

I have lived this nightmare. It's especially hard when they have no remorse about it either.
When you have no choice, but to live with people like this, it's non uncommon to start squirreling away food in your bedroom. I had a roommate so awful that I had to buy a mini-fridge and get a little cabinet(with a lock) as a makeshift pantry for my room. Some people can be talked to and reasoned with, but sometimes you have to go to extremes to ensure you get to eat.

Oh, and don't turn your back on your cooked food. Pretend you're living with cats. We all know the moment you turn your back on a cat, it will be up on the counter eating out of the pot. Same concept.

**CheshireKat** · 09-09-2015, 04:35 AM

You are far kinder than I am. I would have broken out the chocolate ex-lax and started making brownies by now. Or put a lock on the fridge. Probably both.

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**Elodea the Mermaid** · 09-09-2015, 05:00 AM

Originally Posted by Mermaid Momo

I have

I've sat them both down at the same time and told them that I don't appreciate them mooching off of me and my food without contributing.

I tried putting my name on it (I shouldn't have to, because I'm the only one in the whole room who doesn't buy precooked food haha) and they STILL touch it!

This is crazy! Did they give you a reason why they feel so comfortable helping themselves to other people's things? It seems like if you asked them directly, they would have had to give you some explanation for such unbelievable behavior.

**Mermaid Jaffa** · 09-09-2015, 05:11 AM

I second that. Fill their "share" with laxatives. Or chillies.

Even better! Do both!!! Teach them a lesson not to mooch off you.

**SeaMansa** · 09-09-2015, 06:50 AM

I agree. Put them in fear that every time they touch your food, there is a possibility it will be "spiked" with some unsavory ingredients. If they don't like it, tell them not to touch your food or to at the very least ASK!
But sometimes, you have to play the role of the villain to get your respect.

**Mermaid Ciela** · 09-09-2015, 09:06 AM

Momo, I'm honestly SO sorry that your roommates are terrible people without respect for boundaries. Even though it sounds awful, I would be very tempted to put laxatives and really hot chili powder in the next batch of brownies you make and see if that changes anything. Before that, though, are you in a dorm/do you have an RA or any kind of authority figure who could mediate this for/with you? Is there a form you can fill out - along the lines of a roommate dispute to ask for a room change?

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**SeaGlass Siren** · 09-09-2015, 09:42 AM

momo i second everyone else and put laxatives in their portions of food.

**PearlieMae** · 09-09-2015, 09:45 AM

Momo: Soap. Cook something and leave it on the stove but make sure it has a healthy dose of dishsoap.

**Mermaid Ciela** · 09-09-2015, 09:51 AM

Pearlie, that is dastardly and ingenious. I'm impressed.

Other idea: pour dishsoap in their dirty laundry...see what happens when they try to do laundry. (Actually I'm not sure if that would be horrible. But I recently learned from firsthand experience that dishsoap in dishwashers is a not good idea.)

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**PearlieMae** · 09-09-2015, 10:04 AM

Dishsoap in the laundry doesn't address the food problem, and will just make a bigger mess.

Soap in food that you aren't supposed to eat just punishes the thief.

**SeaGlass Siren** · 09-09-2015, 10:04 AM

new idea. put in a strand of pubic hair xD

**Mermaid Mystery** · 09-09-2015, 10:07 AM

YOU ARE EVIL

**SeaGlass Siren** · 09-09-2015, 10:17 AM

Originally Posted by mermaidofthelabyrinth

YOU ARE EVIL

naturally.

**SeaMansa** · 09-09-2015, 10:36 AM

Something weird happened when I first posted this but... anyway, when they take the food, you can stand in the shadows like:

**Mermaid Ciela** · 09-09-2015, 10:40 AM

SeaMage, it looked like it posted the picture three times in a row, but I wouldn't have been surprised if that was intentional! I can just picture someone standing in the shadows, silently cackling and repeating over and over again, "Eat the food... Eat all the food!" Like a real-life gif.

Also, yeah, on reflection, dish soap in dirty laundry is not a good way to deal with them. But I maintain that it's amusing to think about.

Oh, is there anywhere else you can cook, Momo? Do you have any friends who live nearby who wouldn't eat any food you left there? And in exchange for them keeping your food safe (and contributing to your grocery bill), maybe you cook dinner for them a few times a week?

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