How gross is this? (husband, person, brother, roommate)
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If the worst thing your LL does is put dirty cat food plates in the sink, you have it pretty good. There must be something else that's pushing you towards pulling the disgusting card?
I, personally, hate any dishes in the sink; period. But cat dishes wouldn't be anymore annoying to me than other dishes. What grosses me out about cats is that they are constantly walking on the countertops and sink. Now, that is gross!
I have 2 Siamese that one is too FAT to get up on the counter but having been a cat person my entire life I spray my countertops with bleach/water spray. I like Peach Salsa's idea. Does that work with the pate type? One 'meese is an oldie who eats canned for her kidneys.
Fatty eats Iams dry and hates canned ??
Cat/Dog dishes with wet food can be gross though .
Where would you rather they put the dirty cat plates? Leave them on the floor? Set them on the counter?
Just put a squirt of dish soap on them, run some water while you are rinsing your dish, and call it good until they wash them. No biggie.
I just pop open a can of food and set the can out for my girls. They nicely share, often leaving a bit at the bottom for the dog to lick out later. Would that work better for you?
Oh. My cats are not on the counter when I am prepping food for guests. When it's just me, I really don't "prep" anything. However, when I sit on the couch to eat by myself, I do often find myself fending off the girls as they check out what I am eating and grab my hand with the fork or spoon and try to pull it toward them.
Cats don't use toilet paper, they use their tongues. That's right, ladies and gentlemen, the very same tongues that come in contact with those very dishes that are sharing the sink with the bowl you're about to scramble your eggs in and the glass you use to rinse when you brush your teeth. Enjoy your breakfast!
I have 2 Siamese that one is too FAT to get up on the counter but having been a cat person my entire life I spray my countertops with bleach/water spray. I like Peach Salsa's idea. Does that work with the pate type? One 'meese is an oldie who eats canned for her kidneys.
Fatty eats Iams dry and hates canned ??
Cat/Dog dishes with wet food can be gross though .
Please don't give your cats food directly from the can. PeachSalsa has been lucky that her cats did not end up with sliced tongues. It's not a safe way to feed animals, and kind of cruel too. Why should cats have to "take turns" eating? Give them their own dish/bowl!!
ive been a guest at a house, where the homeowners set the plates on the floor and the hungry dogs would lap them clean,,,, and then they tell me they haven't had hot water for a while,,,,and im eating off plates that have been lapped clean by dogs,,,im sure they washed them,,,but not with hot water
But as my brother always told me "A dogs mouth is antiseptic" so don't worry.
Thing is different people simply have different standards of cleanliness and different views on pets.
As many have said, if you can't deal with the way these folks do things in THEIR house, then by all means, leave when your lease is up. It's one of the greatest things about being a renter...you can do that. Otherwise you just don't have a lot of latitude to gripe about it...because it isn't your house. You're just living there for a temporary span of time.
Personally I prefer cats to dogs...and there are some breeds of dogs I really don't like. It offends me that when you are out in a public place that isn't some kind of a dog park, other people think it's fine to let their dogs off leash to run up to people, as long as they say, "She doesn't bite!" I really don't care if the animal is sweet or not, no one is obligated to love your pet as you do. I don't let my cat wander loose outside to poop in other people's yards, I don't appreciate other people's animals being turned loose into my space without my consent.
But see, I would never go into someone's HOME who had a dog and act as though they should put the dog in a room. The dog lives there. I don't. In your case, OP, the original residents and their cats were there before you, and you moved in knowing that. If it bugs you, do something reasonable about it like rinsing or washing or soaking those dishes, but if you don't feel you should have to do that then you're just gonna have to cope until you can move out.
Cats don't use toilet paper, they use their tongues. That's right, ladies and gentlemen, the very same tongues that come in contact with those very dishes that are sharing the sink with the bowl you're about to scramble your eggs in and the glass you use to rinse when you brush your teeth. Enjoy your breakfast!
Does not bother me one iota.
I'd rather live with my 2 cats and my dog than most people.
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