September 3, 2026 at 9:46 am

A Roommate Hid His Stuff in Bizarre Places and Called It “Cleaning”—Leaving the Apartment a Complete Disaster

by Matthew Gilligan

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Have you ever lived with someone who, well, just didn’t get it?

I mean you tried to give them the benefit of the doubt, but, for multiple reasons, you just weren’t ever on the same page?

That can be an incredibly frustrating way to live!

And if you’ve been there before, you know I ain’t lying!

In today’s story, a man explained why one of his roommates is driving him NUTS.

Read on, and see what you think.

My roommate keeps pretending he is “deep cleaning” but only moves everyone else’s stuff.

“I live with two other guys and one of them has this habit where every few weeks he randomly decides the apartment needs a “deep clean.”

Sounds great in theory, except he doesn’t actually clean anything.

This is kind of hilarious…

What he does instead is move everyone else’s stuff into weird places and then act like he saved the apartment.

Last week I came home and my air fryer was in the hallway closet behind a vacuum, my protein powder was under the sink, had moved my laptop that I play Ѕtake in, and my clean towels were in a random storage bin on the balcony.

He said he was “organizing shared space” but none of his stuff moved at all. His shoes were still by the door, his dishes were still in the sink, and his mail was still spread across the kitchen table.

Dude…back off…

The part that annoyed me most is he moved half my pantry stuff into the laundry room because he said the kitchen shelves looked “too busy.”

I asked him to stop touching my things and he got all offended like I was being ungrateful.

He keeps saying nobody appreciates how much he does for the apartment, but I feel like making everyone search for their own stuff is not really cleaning.”

Reddit users spoke up.

This person shared their thoughts.

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Another individual weighed in.

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This reader has an idea…

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And this person spoke up.

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This would be enough to get on anyone’s nerves!

I know I wouldn’t be happy about dealing with this.

Yikes!

This guy’s roommate is a real piece of work!

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