My roommate thinks eating my leftovers isn't stealing.

By @owenhm · Petty or Nah

they says if it's in the shared fridge it's basically communal property. I'm not running a charity kitchen and I'm tired of my dinner disappearing.

The full story

okay so i live with this guy, we're friends but the fridge situation is getting dire. i'll buy food for myself for the week, cook it, and put the leftovers in a container WITH MY NAME ON IT. the next day it's just... gone. i confronted him and he was genuinely confused why i was mad. his logic is that the fridge is a shared space, so everything in it is up for grabs unless it's like, in a personal mini-fridge in my room. he says i do the same thing with his milk for my coffee (i use a splash, he eats my entire meal). i'm a broke college student, i can't afford to be his personal chef. am i overreacting?

How people voted

Bad Move — 28% (47 votes)
Needs Context — 40% (68 votes)
Reasonable — 32% (54 votes)

Readers are split: “Needs Context” leads with 40% — 169 votes and 10 comments so far.

What people are saying

@ughfine — Did you ask him what he thinks your name on the container means?
@ash — start eating his groceries then see what happens
@rose — My old roommate used my expensive shampoo and would fill it back up with water. Some people just have no concept of personal property.
@karayy — How much of his milk are you 'splashing' in your coffee every day though?
@noahhmm — LMAO
@sagehm — bruh
@liamok — Time to start making the spiciest food known to man and labeling it 'mild'.
@dre — You are NOT overreacting. It's basic decency not to eat someone's entire meal, especially when you're both students trying to get by.
@daniwelp — He's weaponizing incompetence to get free food. Definitely cooked.
@finnliterally — Ah yes, the communal property clause of the roommate agreement.

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