for "Kelso/JS"
Just some reminders about the house...
1. You are not the only person living in the house. There are other people who live there too. This might be a good time to discuss public and private spaces. Public spaces are those used by EVERYONE in the house, ie, the living room, the dining room, the kitchen. Private spaces are those used by only one person, ie the bedrooms.
2. YOUR bedroom - This is your own space. What you do in this space is your business. The only time we will enter this area is when we need to access the storage space that is only accessible by going through your space.
3. OUR bedrooms - please refrain from going in our bedrooms. This is our own personal space. There is nothing from there that you need. STAY OUT!
4. The entry way - this is a public area. Anyone coming, or leaving, the house must go through this area
the most important thing to remember: LOCK THE DOOR!!!!!!!!! This is for both when you leave, and when you come in. You may be thinking "well, I'm going to be sitting on the sofa, I'll be able to see anyone who comes in" and yes, that may be true, but what about when you leave the living room??
the above rule (LOCK THE DOOR!) actually applies to ALL the doors in the house. Also, if you are not going to bother locking the door, please make sure that the door is actually shut all the way!
overall, good rule to go by: if you unlocked and opened a door, close it and lock it! Really, it's not all that difficult.
5. The living room - this is a communal space. Please be aware that this is not your own private domain.
When sitting on the sofa, it might be nice if you didn't sit in the exact center. This only leaves the chair as an open seating.
Do not leave glasses with liquid in them on the coffee table when you leave. As you should be aware (as they have done it when you have been in the room) the cats will try and drink out of the glass. If no human is around to stop them, they will knock the glass over, spilling whatever may have been in the glass at the time.
When leaving the house or not planning on returning to the living room anytime soon, please turn off the TV if you were the only one in the room. (obviously if someone is sitting there watching TV, you should not turn it off on them.)
When you are done using the computer 1) close any programs that you do not want anyone to have access to. I will not go out of my way to look through your private stuff, but if you leave your bank account information up on the computer, I can't help but take a look. Seriously, just close out of all programs before leaving the computer, or at least minimize the screens. 2) close the laptop. Really, not that difficult. Just one little hand motion will take the laptop from being open to being closed. Why does it matter you may ask, well, maybe it doesn't, but with the cats forever walking around, it might be nice if they weren't walking over all the keys as they are wont to do on occasion. Also, it makes it easier for the next person to use it. 3) when using the desktop computer, log out. You had to log in to use it, log out when you're done. The rest of us do it, I'm sure you can too.
you can pick up the mail. It's truly not hard to spot. It comes in through the slot on the bottom of the door and lays on the floor in pile between the door and stairs. Oddly enough, the only way it makes it way from the floor to the dining room table (or any other surface besides the floor where it lays) is if some physically picks it up and moves it. You seem to be under the delusion that fairies come by and do things around the house. This is not true. Fairies do not exist in the house. Trust me on this.
If you "borrow" someone's movie, please do not leave it in the dvd player. Especially if this person does not live here and is just visiting. Oddly enough they may not check that someone has gone through their stuff, took out the DVD and left in the DVD player. This means that someone must mail them back the movie. Also, just because someone has rented a movie and left it by the TV, this does not necessarily mean that you are free to watch it. A nice step might be to say "hey, do you mind if I watch these movies that you spent your money to check out?"
If you use the phone, hang it back up. If the phone is not working the next time you want to use it, because you forgot to hang it back up, this does not give you the right to go into someone else's room and take their phone. If perchance you do, hang that phone back up. Remember if you don't hang the phones up, they can't recharge and then no one can use them!!
6. The dining room - this is a public space.
please take your mail occasionally, and put in your room. Also, please do not leave the garbage from any packages you may receive in the room. Please throw away or recycle as appropriate.
7. The kitchen - THIS IS A PUBLIC SPACE!!! (I put this in caps, because you seem to have a hard time with this.) Multiple people use this space EVERYDAY! Yes, everyday. Multiple times a day in fact. So if you leave a mess, chances are that someone will need to use that space BEFORE 24 hours has passed.
when done cooking, please clean up after yourself. This includes: wiping off any mess on the stove top (grease splatters); wiping off any mess on the couter top, this includes throwing away any boxes or plastic wrap, wiping up any crumbs, wiping up any drips or drops; putting dirty dishes in the sink or dishwasher; empty out the strainer in the sink when it becomes so filled with food that water no longer passes through it (again, fairies do not exist in the house, it has to be done by an actual human) Also, when you are done cooking, please remember to turn off the stove.
the dishwasher - when putting dirty dishes in the dishwasher step 1 - CHECK THAT THE DISHES IN THE DISHWASHER ARE DIRTY!!! Strangely enough, it's a little irritating to others if you put dirty dishes on top of the dishes they just cleaned. If you are unsure if the dishes are clean or dirty (if their are food particles on the dishes, they are probably dirty. If not, good chance they are clean.) ASK someone!
beer does not magically appear in the fridge. Coke does not magically appear in the fridge. In fact nothing in the fridge magically appears. It all costs money! If, in the words of the Little Red Hen, you didn't help make the bread, you aren't going to help eat the bread. (and FYI, we see your "veiled" attempts at begging for food. We just don't care.)
8. The laundry room - again public space. Even though it is right next to your private space, it is still considered public space.
When your laundry is done, please remove it from the washer and dryer. Chances are someone is going to want to use them. The washer and dryer are not extra storage for you.
If you are going to use the communal detergent, it might be nice if you contributed. Either go buy some and add it to the stash, or pony up some funds for those who do purchase it. (in fact this works for ANY and ALL communal use products: dishwasher detergent, toilet paper, paper towels...)
9. The pets - not necessarily public space, but actually, this was supposed to be your private domain, but you slacked off. Oddly enough, I know this may come as a shock to you, but animals need to be fed EVERYDAY! And they need to have water EVERYDAY! Like people, without food or water, they will die.
Feeding the cats. How do you know if the cats need to be fed? Step 1, assess whether or not they have been fed today. Did you feed them? No, well, might be a good sign that they need to be fed then. Is their bowl of food empty? Yes, well, again, might be a good sign that they need to be fed. Is their water bowl empty? Yes, well, you might want to fill it up then. See, that wasn't too difficult.
But, I have to go check the food and water bowl then everyday. Yes you do. I realize that sometimes it is a pain to have to go all the way down to the basement to check on it, but, it needs to be done.
The litter box needs to be cleaned twice a week. How do you know if it's time to clean it? Well, one way would be to check and see, is it a litter box cleaning day? Yes, then you may want to take care of that. Does the litter box smell? Yes, then hey, you might want to change it. Can you smell the litter box upstairs? Yes, then you might have missed a day. [don't worry, we have since taken over the pets needs and we will be taking the discounted rent for that.]
10. The great outdoors - strange as it seems, this is a public space.
the garbage - kind of an indoor/outdoor thing. The garbage must be taken from inside the house, and put into the large garbage cans outside. Garbage and recycle are collected once a week. This happens EVERY week. 52 weeks a year. Yep, 52 of 'em. Generally, we try to keep the trash to one can if at all possible. Also, the trash can and the recycle bin must be taken to the curb. Again, no fairies in the area. After the trash and recycle have been picked up, the garbage can and recycle bin must be brought back up to the house. Again, this happens every week. Same day every week.
the lawn does not mow itself. I know you know this because you know we mow the lawn. Also weeding needs to be done. This does not happen every week, but does occur once or twice a month. You can assist with this. Again, that was part of your rent agreement. Helping out with the yard work.
the table and chairs - please do not leave your garbage out there. Either throw it in the trash cans 2 feet away, or bring it back into the house throw away. And the pile of shirts you have left sitting out there for months...again, goes back to, do not leave your garbage out there.
11. The car
while permission was granted for the house to have the ability of occasional use of the vehicle, this does not mean that it can become your own. And if you do choose to borrow it, please do not come home without it. If you cannot afford to park it, then it might be best if you found some other way to get to work.
12. Etiquette
when guests are in residence, DO NOT go in their room. If you do, take your clothes with you!!!! Do not leave your dirty clothes on someone else's bed. That's just wrong on so many levels.
do not borrow other peoples stuff with out asking. It's rude. And doesn't really make people like you.
do not continue to talk to people when it's quite apparent they don't want to talk to you.
do not talk during peoples television shows. Especially to ask about what happened last time. First of all, the first 5-10 minutes is a recap of the last show. Second, if you're that interested, watch every show! Or wait until a commercial break and then ask. It's just irritating.
1. You are not the only person living in the house. There are other people who live there too. This might be a good time to discuss public and private spaces. Public spaces are those used by EVERYONE in the house, ie, the living room, the dining room, the kitchen. Private spaces are those used by only one person, ie the bedrooms.
2. YOUR bedroom - This is your own space. What you do in this space is your business. The only time we will enter this area is when we need to access the storage space that is only accessible by going through your space.
3. OUR bedrooms - please refrain from going in our bedrooms. This is our own personal space. There is nothing from there that you need. STAY OUT!
4. The entry way - this is a public area. Anyone coming, or leaving, the house must go through this area
the most important thing to remember: LOCK THE DOOR!!!!!!!!! This is for both when you leave, and when you come in. You may be thinking "well, I'm going to be sitting on the sofa, I'll be able to see anyone who comes in" and yes, that may be true, but what about when you leave the living room??
the above rule (LOCK THE DOOR!) actually applies to ALL the doors in the house. Also, if you are not going to bother locking the door, please make sure that the door is actually shut all the way!
overall, good rule to go by: if you unlocked and opened a door, close it and lock it! Really, it's not all that difficult.
5. The living room - this is a communal space. Please be aware that this is not your own private domain.
When sitting on the sofa, it might be nice if you didn't sit in the exact center. This only leaves the chair as an open seating.
Do not leave glasses with liquid in them on the coffee table when you leave. As you should be aware (as they have done it when you have been in the room) the cats will try and drink out of the glass. If no human is around to stop them, they will knock the glass over, spilling whatever may have been in the glass at the time.
When leaving the house or not planning on returning to the living room anytime soon, please turn off the TV if you were the only one in the room. (obviously if someone is sitting there watching TV, you should not turn it off on them.)
When you are done using the computer 1) close any programs that you do not want anyone to have access to. I will not go out of my way to look through your private stuff, but if you leave your bank account information up on the computer, I can't help but take a look. Seriously, just close out of all programs before leaving the computer, or at least minimize the screens. 2) close the laptop. Really, not that difficult. Just one little hand motion will take the laptop from being open to being closed. Why does it matter you may ask, well, maybe it doesn't, but with the cats forever walking around, it might be nice if they weren't walking over all the keys as they are wont to do on occasion. Also, it makes it easier for the next person to use it. 3) when using the desktop computer, log out. You had to log in to use it, log out when you're done. The rest of us do it, I'm sure you can too.
you can pick up the mail. It's truly not hard to spot. It comes in through the slot on the bottom of the door and lays on the floor in pile between the door and stairs. Oddly enough, the only way it makes it way from the floor to the dining room table (or any other surface besides the floor where it lays) is if some physically picks it up and moves it. You seem to be under the delusion that fairies come by and do things around the house. This is not true. Fairies do not exist in the house. Trust me on this.
If you "borrow" someone's movie, please do not leave it in the dvd player. Especially if this person does not live here and is just visiting. Oddly enough they may not check that someone has gone through their stuff, took out the DVD and left in the DVD player. This means that someone must mail them back the movie. Also, just because someone has rented a movie and left it by the TV, this does not necessarily mean that you are free to watch it. A nice step might be to say "hey, do you mind if I watch these movies that you spent your money to check out?"
If you use the phone, hang it back up. If the phone is not working the next time you want to use it, because you forgot to hang it back up, this does not give you the right to go into someone else's room and take their phone. If perchance you do, hang that phone back up. Remember if you don't hang the phones up, they can't recharge and then no one can use them!!
6. The dining room - this is a public space.
please take your mail occasionally, and put in your room. Also, please do not leave the garbage from any packages you may receive in the room. Please throw away or recycle as appropriate.
7. The kitchen - THIS IS A PUBLIC SPACE!!! (I put this in caps, because you seem to have a hard time with this.) Multiple people use this space EVERYDAY! Yes, everyday. Multiple times a day in fact. So if you leave a mess, chances are that someone will need to use that space BEFORE 24 hours has passed.
when done cooking, please clean up after yourself. This includes: wiping off any mess on the stove top (grease splatters); wiping off any mess on the couter top, this includes throwing away any boxes or plastic wrap, wiping up any crumbs, wiping up any drips or drops; putting dirty dishes in the sink or dishwasher; empty out the strainer in the sink when it becomes so filled with food that water no longer passes through it (again, fairies do not exist in the house, it has to be done by an actual human) Also, when you are done cooking, please remember to turn off the stove.
the dishwasher - when putting dirty dishes in the dishwasher step 1 - CHECK THAT THE DISHES IN THE DISHWASHER ARE DIRTY!!! Strangely enough, it's a little irritating to others if you put dirty dishes on top of the dishes they just cleaned. If you are unsure if the dishes are clean or dirty (if their are food particles on the dishes, they are probably dirty. If not, good chance they are clean.) ASK someone!
beer does not magically appear in the fridge. Coke does not magically appear in the fridge. In fact nothing in the fridge magically appears. It all costs money! If, in the words of the Little Red Hen, you didn't help make the bread, you aren't going to help eat the bread. (and FYI, we see your "veiled" attempts at begging for food. We just don't care.)
8. The laundry room - again public space. Even though it is right next to your private space, it is still considered public space.
When your laundry is done, please remove it from the washer and dryer. Chances are someone is going to want to use them. The washer and dryer are not extra storage for you.
If you are going to use the communal detergent, it might be nice if you contributed. Either go buy some and add it to the stash, or pony up some funds for those who do purchase it. (in fact this works for ANY and ALL communal use products: dishwasher detergent, toilet paper, paper towels...)
9. The pets - not necessarily public space, but actually, this was supposed to be your private domain, but you slacked off. Oddly enough, I know this may come as a shock to you, but animals need to be fed EVERYDAY! And they need to have water EVERYDAY! Like people, without food or water, they will die.
Feeding the cats. How do you know if the cats need to be fed? Step 1, assess whether or not they have been fed today. Did you feed them? No, well, might be a good sign that they need to be fed then. Is their bowl of food empty? Yes, well, again, might be a good sign that they need to be fed. Is their water bowl empty? Yes, well, you might want to fill it up then. See, that wasn't too difficult.
But, I have to go check the food and water bowl then everyday. Yes you do. I realize that sometimes it is a pain to have to go all the way down to the basement to check on it, but, it needs to be done.
The litter box needs to be cleaned twice a week. How do you know if it's time to clean it? Well, one way would be to check and see, is it a litter box cleaning day? Yes, then you may want to take care of that. Does the litter box smell? Yes, then hey, you might want to change it. Can you smell the litter box upstairs? Yes, then you might have missed a day. [don't worry, we have since taken over the pets needs and we will be taking the discounted rent for that.]
10. The great outdoors - strange as it seems, this is a public space.
the garbage - kind of an indoor/outdoor thing. The garbage must be taken from inside the house, and put into the large garbage cans outside. Garbage and recycle are collected once a week. This happens EVERY week. 52 weeks a year. Yep, 52 of 'em. Generally, we try to keep the trash to one can if at all possible. Also, the trash can and the recycle bin must be taken to the curb. Again, no fairies in the area. After the trash and recycle have been picked up, the garbage can and recycle bin must be brought back up to the house. Again, this happens every week. Same day every week.
the lawn does not mow itself. I know you know this because you know we mow the lawn. Also weeding needs to be done. This does not happen every week, but does occur once or twice a month. You can assist with this. Again, that was part of your rent agreement. Helping out with the yard work.
the table and chairs - please do not leave your garbage out there. Either throw it in the trash cans 2 feet away, or bring it back into the house throw away. And the pile of shirts you have left sitting out there for months...again, goes back to, do not leave your garbage out there.
11. The car
while permission was granted for the house to have the ability of occasional use of the vehicle, this does not mean that it can become your own. And if you do choose to borrow it, please do not come home without it. If you cannot afford to park it, then it might be best if you found some other way to get to work.
12. Etiquette
when guests are in residence, DO NOT go in their room. If you do, take your clothes with you!!!! Do not leave your dirty clothes on someone else's bed. That's just wrong on so many levels.
do not borrow other peoples stuff with out asking. It's rude. And doesn't really make people like you.
do not continue to talk to people when it's quite apparent they don't want to talk to you.
do not talk during peoples television shows. Especially to ask about what happened last time. First of all, the first 5-10 minutes is a recap of the last show. Second, if you're that interested, watch every show! Or wait until a commercial break and then ask. It's just irritating.
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