15. Dramatic Move-Out
My ex-roommate had a full-on tantrum in the dollar store checkout line because I had bought a new shower curtain and said I would hang it up when she finished cleaning the bathroom before she moved out. She didn’t think she had to clean before moving. I wasn’t expecting a deep clean, just like… sweep the floor, cleaning the toilet, or wiping the toothpaste off the mirror? Just tidy up. She then asked if I expected her to clean the whole house and I said I expected her room cleaned out and the common areas tidied up. She could ignore my messes and I didn’t mind if she didn’t clean the stove or shower, but I did expect her to vacuum the carpets because she owned a cat.
This led to her telling her parents I was making her suicidal by pressuring her to move out early by being pushy (I was pressuring her to start packing because she had to move out in 2 weeks) and withholding her damage deposit, as well as forcing her to do unfair cleaning. Her parents arrived and trashed the house when she moved out. While her mom was yelling at me she mentioned things like how unfair it was that I was charging a $100 cleaning fee, still expecting her to clean, and still keeping the deposit. I wasn’t charging a fee for anything and I wasn’t intending to keep her deposit. I was threatened, things of mine were damaged, it was awful.
The new shower curtain was lovely though.