What A Day

[giveup]

My husband,my daughter and I have spent over 5 hrs mucking out my grandsons uni digs.First time I've been up to my elbows in a toilet full of bleach and picked up 32 empty toilet roll middles. Where were my grandson and his housemates? They had all gone home,he didn't feel well !!Just putting the third load in the washing machine.Need a large drink.

[Traci66]

Ha, ha Giveup, I'm way ahead of you, I've had a few large drinks ;-)

[sunny-dave]

Why???

Let them lose any deposit they paid - might concentrate their minds next year ...

[craft1948]

The first time I went to the daughter's uni digs (she shared with 3 boys and 1 girl) I thought it looked okay, until I made the bad mistake of asking to use the toilet, which was through the kitchen.
I couldn't believe she could live in such conditions........

[giveup]

I paid the bloody deposit!!!

[gness]

You're a big old softy, Giveup...feet up now and a huge drink...he loves you! x

[sunny-dave]

Ouch ...

[Sparkles62]

You need more than a large drink......you deserve a large medal. X
I hope they all appreciate what you have done.
I think , if he is back next year, monthly visits might be in order, then supervise them doing the cleaning. X

[Jeza]

I got fed up (I'm not desky) of asking my son to put his washing in the basket and not on his bedroom floor. So I decided to leave it there. 2 weeks later and Christmas Eve would you believe he had no clean clothes. Did it teach him a lesson.......Did it F....

[giveup]

His mother was going on a bit until I reminded her of one or two similar incidents when she was his age. (did I mention the mouse droppings, and they had plugged the hole with a brillo pad. I s'pose we'll laugh about it one day.

[petal54]

our drains back-up every few months if too much loopaper goes down & not enough water.

[giveup]

Simple really headwreck. We found these mouse droppings and asked if they had had mice. Oh yes but we plugged the hole up. And when we looked they had literally plugged the hole with a brillo pad. That was the only brillo pad missing from the packet,but they had only been there since last September!!!!!.I must add I shall be contacting the landlord tomorrow about the mice.(don't forget its my money on the line)I must add this is the boy who went for a job as a cook for the summer, and when we reminded him he could not cook,his reply was "How hard can it be"(now a family saying).He lasted 2 days after trying to make a rice pudding with 1packet of brown rice and half a pint of milk.

[giveup]

I still love him to bits though. Off to bed now,Goodnight.

[anneasquith]

now why would you do that giveup,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,because you love him :)

[factor-fiction]

>sunny-dave: "Why??? Let them lose any deposit they paid - might concentrate their minds next year ..."

I have been here too and agree in a way that they won't change quickly if we always clear up for them.

The trouble is though, sunny-dave, is that the deposit will almost certainly have been paid by the parents. The student loan just about covers basic living costs (food, travel, course materials, printing, clothes, laundry) before rent is taken into account. He works one Saturday each week but that's at minimum wage and most of that goes on travel to work. My son's rent in London is £5500 a year plus utility bills so costs us £6000 a year. the deposit is approaching £700 so we have to fork out that.