Comments on: My Building Has Genovese Syndrome

By: Bill Gates

Bill Gates — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:13:17 +0000

Cleanliness is next to Godliness!

By: Jeff Croft

Jeff Croft — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Sucker. Those rich assholes knew you would do it if they just waited long enough.

You got pwned.

By: Myles

Myles — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I have the same problem at work: people open tea bags and leave the wrapper lying on the counter — with the trashcan within reach, or they spill coffee on the counter and don’t wipe it up, or do the same with sugar. Drives me nuts.

By: amydot

amydot — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I think that much like “whoever smelt it dealt it”, people think of this as a “whoever cleaned it claimed it” – no one, especially the perpetrator, wanted to be spotted taking care of the mess (especially after it became a real issue of gossip!).

Nicely done on your behalf! :)

By: Daryl Cheng

Daryl Cheng — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The same kind of stuff happens at my school: this jackass can’t be bothered to throw his paper towels in the bin after he’s washed his hands and dumps them next to the sink, leaving a nice array of damp stuff everywhere.

I just end up throwing them away for him…

By: Daniel David

Daniel David — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Good for you. There’s nothing wrong with cleaning up after others once in a while. It helps to regain a sense of normalcy after the all this Newsvine-induced fame and fortune.

However, it is quite a sad commentary on your condo community, perhaps we should have a Mike Industries contest on ways to get back at them for their supreme laziness.

By: DocDave

DocDave — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Glad to see that sort of thing irritates other people than just me. I have the same problem at work with my co-workers. We all share a area of the building where we test equipment and do some research and development. On anyone day I can walk in and find garbage piled up, or test equipment laying around after the person is finished. Ugh!

In the end, I usually breakdown and clean the stuff up, because no-one ever owns up to it.

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Sounds like a perfect example of the SEP field phenomena.

By: Devon Shaw

Devon Shaw — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’m actually dense enough to ignore something like that. Yours truly is prone to things like leaving the dishes until there’s no bowls left or ignoring laundry until there’s four whole loads to do. It’s not that I don’t care… there’s just always a butterfly to be chased.

That being said, I’m usually the first one irritated when my roommate leaves the sink a mess in the morning. Go figure.

By: Jamon Abercrombie

Jamon Abercrombie — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

bravo.

not that it really matters, but anyone who saw you vacuuming the mess will tend to think it was you who made the mess and begin to think of you as the detergent bandit.

of course, all you said was “someone spilled …” you didn’t directly say it wasn’t you … hmmm?
maybe it was the guilt of being too wrapped up in your own life to deal with even 30 seconds of pro-bono energy exertion â€¦

i see conspiracy brewing … =)

By: louis walch

louis walch — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

the exact reason why i could never have a roomate.

also, not to support the dirty scoundral (pun intended), but don’t you have a super or building maintanance person. this is their job to clean up such messes.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Maybe they were just all waiting for the carpet to be replaced?

By: web

web — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Jamon, that would also assume that Mike does his laundry which to this point has NOT yet been proven to be true.

By: John Dowdell

John Dowdell — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

… then again, getting out the door, waiting for the elevator, stepping in, and *then* seeing the detergent on the floor again makes for a hard choice… you’d have to go back to your floor, back to your place, get the vacuum, wait for the elevator again… it’s hard to see someone stopping their elevator routine on an outbound trip. Mike did it the other way, making the decision when returning home, and fortunately he owned a battery-powered vacuum or had, like, a really, really long power cord…. ;-)

(There are some situations where it’s harder to make the right decision… getting into an elevator locks you up more than when you go to the kitchen.)

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

That sounds like the place I live in.

We had 3-4 carts on the parking level that were used to haul up groceries, heavy objects, etc. Yet somehow, they were never to be found. When someone did finally bring them back, they were filled with trash and newspapers – even though the dumpsters were about 15 feet away.

I would only take care of it when I needed a cart. I felt like voluntarily taking care of their mess would reinforce their jackass behavior.

Plus in your situation, the apartment would be responsible for halls and elevators – I would think.