My roommates will not wash their own dishes?

we used to put the dirty dishes on the offender's pillow.

Agree with your roommates that the kitchen needs to be clear at all times. Get a cheap plastic pail for each of you so you can keep your dirty dishes in yours room until they you want to wash them. That way everyone can still use the kitchen. If you start running out of clean dishes because they don't bother doing them, buy some cheap ones just for your use only from a thrift store and keep them separated from the common dishes.

I have two rooms I rent out. Each person gets 1 plate, 1 small plate, 1 bowl, etc. and each person has a different color of dishes and glasses and no one can use another person's dishes. That way everyone knows what dishes are their responsibility.

Call a house meeting, and set out "The house rules" together such as;

Residents are responsible for cleaning their rooms and keeping the common areas tidy.

All kitchen appliances and work surfaces and benches should be cleaned after use.

When using cooking utensils, cutlery and crockery they must (underlined) be washed and dried and placed in cupboards ready for thenext tenant to use.

Keep common area's clean, such as lounge, bathroom etc

Cleaning to be done as a team or allocated person twice a week.

Any EMERGENCY SITUATION or maintenance issue, contact the land lord/agent. Emergency repairs include: Burst water service, blocked or broken lavatory, gas leaks, dangerous electrical fault etc.

You could type up something similar to the below and stick it on the fridge.

Your mother is NOT here to clean up after you;

So if you used it then clean/wash it

If you opened it then close it, or put it in a sealed container

If you emptied it then fill it or dispose of it

If you used the last of it, then write it on the shopping list

I would also draw up a roster of duties, so everyone has a turn at cleaning etc.

Tell them that failure to follow these rules, you will have to charge them an extra for a house maid.

Good luck

They probably haven't lived on there own before just give them some time, after all they are now you roommates. You now have to learn to live with their mistakes ,laziness,ect...They will get the hang of it just give it some time. Honestly this will not be your first complaint. Just keep reminding them it will hopefully get better. Good luck

the paper dishes ,plastic cups great idea save on time to clean up and on water washing your friends will love the idea

keep your dishes seperate from theirs. Someplace safe.

Eventually, they will have to wash the dishes, or there will be nothing to eat from.

In my enstranged history, i roomed in a large storage barn. I took on a roomate for a few months till he got by. During that time, he managed to use almost every piece of silverware in the building without washing it. And being since mostly kitchen equipment was stored in the kitchen area.....well...you do the math. It's a LOT of silverware.

I didn't move it in time, before seeing what was happening, and he was to much of an idiot to read a note. I just waited it out and he left in a few weeks.

If I could do it over, I would have hid the stuff except for one place-setting. At the time, I was eating all of my meals at gasoline stations, so I didn't need the silverware.

I went through the same thing two years ago. Ok so this is what i did and it worked. In my case i had 2 roomates and i was the only one washing the dishes. I spoke to them twice and after that i didnt want to cause drama so i just got all of my dishes and put them away in my room. Everytime I wanted to eat i would go in the room, get what i was gonna need, use it, wash it, dry it and put it away. It may seem like a hassle but it really isn't. my roomates didnt even notice i had separated my dishes until they had no dishes left to use. They didnt tell me anything because i never used their dishes. So that worked for me. It only took like 3 days until they ran out of dishes. It didnt only work, It was funny. :)

definitely do what my brother does and buy paper dishes that way you wont have to worry about washing. he says it works wonders and it saves him a bunch of money for not running the dishwasher. if you really want dishes then i suggest getting paper dishes for now and put all the other dishes somewhere else than gradually go back to regular dishes. but you have to also talk to them about this problem. you don't have to say "listen up jerkwads!!" just say "hey guys it'd be a great help for you to wash your own dishes or even all of them just to keep this place nice and neat so when my partner comes over they won't think that we're animals you know?"

something like that. anyways hoped this helped

Tell them we need to make room in our budget to have an exterminator treat our apartment once a month..this way we do not end up with roaches from all of these dirty dishes laying around in the sink all the time...Either that or for thm to make room in thier budget to pay for washing dishes that there will be a minimum of 10.00 each time there are dirty dishes left in the sink and you have to do them..As one person suggested..if the dishes are yours lock them in the your room..

That would irritate me!

Try something new. Slowly hide the dishes in your room ( clean of course), or get rid of excess dishes so that there is not so many that they can just get another plate, or glass when they want. Having less forces them to wash what they use because they will run out.

Might be a good one to try.

You should all split on a dishwasher. It's easy to make dirty dishes disappear, and it actually uses less water and energy, so better for the environment and better for you because the heat will kill any bacteria that could be missed by hand washing.

Perhaps a different sign saying:

Your mother does not live here - so wash up after yourself OR

You moved out of home to prove you can be independent, how about being independent enough to wash your own dishes