A personal experience with a roommate that made me say ‘Wow, seriously?’
My ex roommate and I shared a place for 2 years. She was filthy rich, entitled and selfish. We bought common kitchen utensils, an IKEA side table and a Black & Decker blender. She wanted to move out to her own place and was packing all her stuff( I decided to stay at the same apartment) On the day of the move out I wasn’t at the apartment, when I came back the entire unit was so dirty with trash all over. I had noticed that she hadn’t returned the mail box key and so I messaged her asking for it. Her reply stands fresh in my mind ‘Pay me my share of the used items and take the mail box key.’
I read it twice and replied ‘You can take whatever you want but I am not paying you back your share. You have used the items for two years. I hope you understand how depreciation works.’
She was adamant and said she had contributed to the items and wants her 50% back. I was patient and said ‘You paid 50% and used it for two years. How do you think you will get back the money from IKEA if you return it now? Do you understand that the item isn’t gold that appreciates in value?’
She sent me a hate message in CAPITAL LETTERS saying how narcissistic I was and how God would take care of me. I informed my building management about the key and they were understanding of the situation as her name was also on the lease.
Finally, KAREN returned the mail box key to the management and sent me long text which I didn’t bother to read and ended up blocking her.
Edit: A lot of negative comments here. I don’t understand why so much hatred. Anyways, breaking down the situation for better clarity. Firstly, when you buy a blender worth $50 two years ago and split the cost ($25 each) and use it for two years, would you pay your roommate’s share of $25 back to her and have the blender to yourself? No way! Instead, I offered her the blender, take it and don’t pay me anything. How do people think that I need to pay her $25 back? All she wanted was money! Imagine you rent a car for $40/day and when you return do you ask the $40 back because you’ve used the car and no more need it?
I have offered her to take anything and everything she wanted but I am not paying her the money. I have people calling me the ‘freeloading Karen’ here. I am disabling comments since I have respectfully responded and explained myself. Not going to explain further or tolerate any disrespect. Thanks