Money Moral Dilemma: Should my housemate pay me back for my veg he's eaten?

lewisia

Not really a dilemma but just ask him not to take them without asking first.

Augustus_the_Strong

Just tell him, 'stop nicking my vegetables'. If he says they were going off, tell him that's your business not his.

maman

onomatopoeia99 wrote: »

Some people don't like social media so won't register for forums, facebook etc.

So why have they signed up for the newsletter and sent a crazy question in to the mse team?


Probably so they can look on from afar and poke fun at the posters who answer their questions in good faith. Just another form of trolling IMO.:(

hairypitz

Ask your flatnate if they wouldn't mind asking you before taking any of your stuff or sharing the meal he/she has cooked using your produce with you.

primrose_penguin

This must be the daftest question yet!! I suggest you eat your fruit and veg up before the sell by date, why buy it if you nearly always leave it until after the date, at least it is not getting wasted!!

Fireflyaway

How do people get by in life if they need to ask for public opinion on trivial matters such as this?

gaving7095

He should leave your food alone.
Maybe between you, you could have an agreed shelf or area where you each put food that you don't want, or for any reason don't mind the other person eating.

Wings_of_Ambition

Every week, people complain that the question is clearly made up or utterly pointless. Here's an idea - don't read it! You're like a sea of Victor Meldrews - you're not happy unless you're moaning. Take it somewhere else, for goodness sake. I enjoy the MMD, and every week, I have to wade through these numerous miserable posts to find people actually providing an answer. Get off your high horses, and if you really can't stand the content here, there's always the option to do us all a favour and delete your MSE Forums account.

Wings_of_Ambition

Sarcastic replies are fine, but "Omg, MSE are so useless, why can't they come up with better questions", "we've seen this before", "this is a stupid question". Precisely what value does this add? It doesn't... it detracts from the replies - sarcastic or otherwise.

Auntie-Dolly wrote: »

Why do they do this? What is the point?

suejb2 wrote: »

Why do we have these? Surely if I had any advice I would contribute on the original thread.

Money_maker wrote: »

Really? Really?

maman wrote: »

...surely the mse team have better things to do with their time than pass on this sort of nonsense

marich wrote: »

Who dreams these up ? Really , they seem to get worse by the week.

maman wrote: »

So why have they signed up for the newsletter and sent a crazy question in to the mse team?

Probably so they can look on from afar and poke fun at the posters who answer their questions in good faith. Just another form of trolling IMO.:(

primrose_penguin wrote: »

This must be the daftest question yet!!

Fireflyaway wrote: »

How do people get by in life if they need to ask for public opinion on trivial matters such as this?

JillieA

If you share a home with an individual who is separate from you, it can be tricky to maintain a harmonious atmosphere. Neither party should be a 'door-mat' for the sake of peace, but smaller niggles are better dealt with diplomatically because a pleasant home life is nicer and more important for you than a matter of a few veggies. How about getting a separate basket, or container in the fridge, and telling your housemate that if items are too out of date for you, you will put them there and they can then help themselves, but please don't take things from your own basket as you haven't time to shop for two. Asking for payment for veg which are going over seems a bit penny-pinching and mean and it is the inconvenience that seems to be more of an issue for you than the cost. If your house-mate abides by that - hopefully problem solved?