the_logan•1mo agoProlific Poster

My roommate kept stealing my Tupperware so I started writing my name on every single lid with permanent marker

Last week I found my favorite red container at a party three floors down from my apartment in Seattle. The guy said he got it from our building's communal drying rack. I told Dave straight up he's the one leaving my stuff everywhere and he just shrugged. Has anyone else had to literally inventory their kitchen stuff to keep a roommate from treating it like community property?

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vera_campbell1mo ago

I read somewhere that writing your name on stuff just makes people think it's communal property with a label.

park.robin25d agoMost Upvoted

My sister tried that label trick in her college dorm and it backfired so bad. She wrote her name on all her ramen bowls and the RA found them in the common room during a room inspection because people were like "oh these must be for everyone to use since they're marked." It got to the point where she started putting her stuff inside a locked duffel bag under her bed and just used paper plates for everything. The worst part was when someone stole her colored pencils out of her desk drawer and left a note saying "borrowed these, you won't miss them since you have so many." Some people just have no concept of personal property.

wrenh651mo ago

That "communual property with a label" thing is exactly what happened to my friend Jenna... she was living in a dorm and wrote her name on all her mugs in sparkly pink marker. Next thing she knows, she's finding her favorite unicorn mug in the common room sink with someone else's coffee stains in it. The girl using it just said "oh, I thought since it had a name it was for sharing between the whole floor." Jenna had to hide her mugs in her closet and use a travel tumbler every day.