For my amusement.. you might not think it's so funny...

So, I'm posting the conversation mom and I just had on Skype. We refer to the condition of my room when I moved it. Yeah. I'm definitely gonna have to post more on that (you will see in a few minutes, if you actually make it through the dialogue).

J is the woman who is renting rooms in the house. C and B are my two other roommates (though J lives here too... she was just out of town last week).


Justine Derrick: BTW, J. is back
[8:00:42 PM] Patricia Derrick says: bullsh*t
[8:00:45 PM] Justine Derrick says: OHHHHH
[8:00:45 PM] Patricia Derrick says: sorry
[8:00:49 PM] Patricia Derrick says: and?
[8:00:55 PM] Justine Derrick says: you are gonna laugh your a$$ off
[8:00:57 PM] Justine Derrick says: !!!!!!
[8:00:58 PM] Patricia Derrick says: she noticed?
[8:01:02 PM] Justine Derrick says: I got in from work today
[8:01:21 PM] Justine Derrick says: and J said that B had told her the "saga" (her word) of the kitchen cleaning
[8:01:26 PM] Justine Derrick says: she said
[8:01:29 PM] Justine Derrick says: (snort)
[8:01:48 PM] Justine Derrick says: that it was obviously some mystical combination of chemicals that got the floors clean
[8:01:56 PM] Justine Derrick says: because she had never managed to get it that clean
[8:01:57 PM] Patricia Derrick says: no sh*t
[8:02:00 PM] Patricia Derrick says: OMG
[8:02:09 PM] Justine Derrick says: I was like, well, we did get down on our hands and knees and scrub
[8:02:13 PM] Patricia Derrick says: duh
[8:02:13 PM] Justine Derrick says: I think that was what did it
[8:02:21 PM] Justine Derrick says: I couldn't believe it
[8:02:30 PM] Justine Derrick says: I was like,
[8:02:36 PM] Patricia Derrick says: un-freaking-believable
[8:02:37 PM] Justine Derrick says: wait till mom hears THIS one
[8:02:39 PM] Justine Derrick says: no kidding
[8:02:49 PM] Justine Derrick says: now we have to train her to the dishwasher system
[8:02:54 PM] Patricia Derrick says: ?????????????
[8:03:01 PM] Justine Derrick says: where you put the dirty dishes in the DISHWASHER
[8:03:08 PM] Justine Derrick says: she has a dish drying rack
[8:03:17 PM] Patricia Derrick says: and puts them there?
[8:03:22 PM] Justine Derrick says: (tell me if this makes any sense. B, C, and I still don't get it)
[8:03:33 PM] Justine Derrick says: yeah, she rinses the dishes once, then puts them in the rack
[8:03:41 PM] Patricia Derrick says: ???WTF????
[8:03:42 PM] Justine Derrick says: Then, at some future point, she moves them to the dishwasher
[8:03:44 PM] Justine Derrick says: I know
[8:03:47 PM] Justine Derrick says: I know
[8:03:49 PM] Justine Derrick says: I know
[8:03:52 PM] Justine Derrick says: so
[8:03:54 PM] Patricia Derrick says: (ninja)
[8:03:58 PM] Justine Derrick says: we (B, C and I)
[8:04:10 PM] Justine Derrick says: decided that it made more sense to put the DIRTY dishes in the DISHWASHER
[8:04:20 PM] Justine Derrick says: and to just handwash the "rare" dishes
[8:04:24 PM] Justine Derrick says: like the one frying pan
[8:04:26 PM] Patricia Derrick says: yeah, if it's not full of clean dishes
[8:04:29 PM] Justine Derrick says: and put it in the dishrack
[8:04:32 PM] Patricia Derrick says: no sh*t
[8:04:32 PM] Justine Derrick says: so others could use it
[8:04:39 PM] Justine Derrick says: (my idea, actually)
[8:04:43 PM] Patricia Derrick says: that's my child!
[8:04:53 PM] Patricia Derrick says: genius, she is!
[8:04:54 PM] Justine Derrick says: (I kind of feel like I've been fermenting a revolution)
[8:05:01 PM] Patricia Derrick says: and revolutionary!
[8:05:08 PM] Patricia Derrick says: innovative!

[8:06:45 PM] Justine Derrick says: But I feel like it is J's responsibility to make sure the place is clean
[8:06:55 PM] Patricia Derrick says: no sh*t
[8:07:01 PM] Justine Derrick says: she is renting out the rooms
[8:07:06 PM] Patricia Derrick says: righto
[8:07:19 PM] Justine Derrick says: so I feel it her responsibility to make sure the rooms are clean before ppl move in
[8:07:23 PM] Justine Derrick says: she didn't do that
[8:07:32 PM] Patricia Derrick says: I'm surprised there's no inspection process
[8:07:34 PM] Justine Derrick says: (squirrel droppings, no extra charge)
[8:07:39 PM] Patricia Derrick says: yuck
[8:07:42 PM] Patricia Derrick says: shudder
[8:07:47 PM] Justine Derrick says: I wonder if I should mention something to the school
[8:07:52 PM] Justine Derrick says: I mean, they list the house on their website
[8:07:54 PM] Patricia Derrick says: naw
[8:07:57 PM] Justine Derrick says: so they are connected to it
[8:08:01 PM] Justine Derrick says: well, when I leave
[8:08:02 PM] Patricia Derrick says: you're a short-timer
[8:08:06 PM] Patricia Derrick says: maybe
[8:08:10 PM] Justine Derrick says: a little note
[8:08:21 PM] Patricia Derrick says: but you'd think renters would be a little more particular
[8:08:32 PM] Justine Derrick says: I think they have all been young
[8:08:34 PM] Justine Derrick says: college students
[8:08:38 PM] Patricia Derrick says: when they move in (providing they can actually SEE the place, unlike you)\
[8:08:40 PM] Justine Derrick says: so they haven't had experience renting before
[8:08:45 PM] Justine Derrick says: and they don't know what to expect
[8:08:46 PM] Patricia Derrick says: true
[8:08:46 PM] Justine Derrick says: I do
[8:09:12 PM] Patricia Derrick says: I wonder if they sign leases
[8:09:20 PM] Justine Derrick says: I think they do
[8:09:25 PM] Patricia Derrick says: if so, if the condition of the room is mentioned
[8:09:31 PM] Justine Derrick says: there is a rental agreement that she sent me a copy of
[8:09:40 PM] Justine Derrick says: but it.. I have to go back and look at it
[8:09:49 PM] Justine Derrick says: I don't think it mentioned the condition of the room
[8:09:52 PM] Patricia Derrick says: you know, that they have to leave it in a certain condition (which should be the same condition as when they moved in)
[8:10:04 PM] Justine Derrick says: Honestly, I assumed that since it was more or less advertised through the school
[8:10:06 PM] Justine Derrick says: well...
[8:10:07 PM] Justine Derrick says: you know
[8:10:10 PM] Patricia Derrick says: I suppose you could see it that it could be trashed
[8:10:14 PM] Patricia Derrick says: when you moved in AND out
[8:10:18 PM] Justine Derrick says: well
[8:10:25 PM] Justine Derrick says: I don't have any more squirrel droppings
[8:10:28 PM] Patricia Derrick says: good
[8:10:33 PM] Justine Derrick says: suppose I will have to find a substitute
[8:10:40 PM] Justine Derrick says: ewwwww
[8:10:44 PM] Patricia Derrick says: man was not supposed to live with squirrel turds
[8:10:46 PM] Justine Derrick says: don't even wanna go there
[8:10:50 PM] Justine Derrick says: no
[8:10:53 PM] Justine Derrick says: man was not
[8:10:55 PM] Patricia Derrick says: I could send cat sh*t
[8:10:57 PM] Justine Derrick says: nor was I
[8:11:00 PM] Patricia Derrick says: both mammals
[8:11:00 PM] Justine Derrick says: she has a cat
[8:11:08 PM] Justine Derrick says: cat turds look a little different
[8:11:27 PM] Justine Derrick says: (wonder if she would notice, though, if I left a huge cat turd in the corner of the room when I left?)
[8:11:32 PM] Justine Derrick says: now THAT is passive aggressive
[8:11:38 PM] Patricia Derrick says: I'm not sure I'd recognize squirrel turds if I saw them
[8:11:43 PM] Patricia Derrick says: no sh*t (pun)
[8:11:50 PM] Justine Derrick says: well, it helps when you have the squirrel around
[8:11:57 PM] Justine Derrick says: makes identification a little easier
[8:12:19 PM] Patricia Derrick says: literally
[8:12:24 PM] Justine Derrick says: right
[8:12:34 PM] Patricia Derrick says: anyway
[8:12:39 PM] Justine Derrick says: yeah, anyway