35 Times People Called Out Their Roommates For Funny And Mildly Infuriating Fails

Living with roommates is like rolling the dice—you never know if you’re going to hit the jackpot or end up stuck with someone who thinks doing the dishes is an annual event.

Whether it’s the mountain of dirty socks in the living room or their complete disregard for the bathroom’s basic functions, we’ve all had that one roommate who turns simple cohabitation into an Olympic sport of patience.

These funny yet mildly infuriating fails capture the moments when people had enough and decided to call out their roommates in the most relatable way possible.


1. “Roommate throws away dishes so he won’t have to do them (I bought all our dishes and silverware)”

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2. “What my roommate bought for her turn to replace the dishsoap”

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3. “My roommate bites her butter then drops it on the pan when she cooks”

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4. “Roommate using the air fryer to dry random sticks and gumballs”

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5. “Roommate always pays rent in $1 bills”

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6. “My roommate used my new, expensive vacuum to suck up what I’m assuming is his dinner, and then didn’t even clean it after”

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7. “Roommate broke the toilet seat. No worries though. He replaced it.”

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8. “My new roommate takes eggs out at random”

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9. “The way my roommate gives me rent”

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10. “My roommate left my cast iron pan to “soak” for three consecutive days while I was out of town.”

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11. “my roommate doesn’t close things”

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12. “This note my roommate left”

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13. “My roommate used my mouthwash and replaced what he used with water.”

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14. “Roommate offered me some goldfish, needless to say I was appalled at what he had done.”

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15. “Roommates rice cooker has turned into brain-like tissue. He refuses to clean it, and leaves it on the shared kitchen counter.”

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16. “My roommate is a monster.”

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17. “Told my roommate it was his turn to buy toilet paper and he bought two rolls of the THINNEST 1-ply.”

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18. “I asked my roommate to buy some olive oil”

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19. “my roommates are 30+ years old and leave the sink like this every day for hours on end”

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20. “Roommate set this up in the middle of the night (no warning)”

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21. “Every time my roommate changes the toilet paper he puts it in backwards. Why? Is he a psychopath?”

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22. “I bought this box of froot loops and this is how my roommate opened it…”

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23. “All your interests in one place.”

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24. “What my roommate left of the pizza for me in the fridge.”

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25. “The way my roommate places the disc into the case”

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26. “The way my roommate closes his cereal boxes”

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27. “How my roommates leave the trash instead of putting a new bag in”

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28. “I told my roommate to bring me back food and this is what I saw when I opened the box…”

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29. “My roommate stuck the key hook thingy on upside down.”

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30. “Roommate put the microwave safe bowl in the oven thinking it works the same way.”

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31. “How my roommates load the dishwasher”

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32. “Roommate left our shared bathroom like this after i had been gone for a few weeks”

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33. “Roommates constantly leave the kitchen like this. So every time I plan on cooking. I have to move their mess. Making room in the overflowing sink and kitchen counter tops.”

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34. “dumping my roommates trash at the door to his door because HE WON’T FUCKING TAKE IT OUT”

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35. “Came back from vacation and roommates burned my candle down to the bottom”

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h/t: r/MildlyInfuriating

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