In this podcast we listen to a misunderstanding between two new roommates. One of the roommates is really angry but doesn’t want to say anything to the other. What should he do?
Misunderstanding
Story
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Addison
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I have just moved in with a new roommate a little while ago named Tony. |
| He is pretty hilarious and a really cool guy but the problem is that he is an absolute pig. | |
| He is the biggest slob I have ever met. | |
| The other day I had cooked dinner for us and he went out as soon as we were finished eating. | |
| I thought that he could at least share with the dishwashing afterwards. | |
| I was getting really tired of this and knew I had to do something. | |
| The problem was that I didn’t really know how to bring this up to him. I didn’t want to seem like one of those guys who is a neat freak or anything but this was getting out of control. | |
| .I decided that I would just come clean with him and tell him what I was thinking the next time I saw him. | |
| I said, “I don’t want to be annoying or anything but would you mind helping me with the cleaning around here?” | |
| He said “oh, I’m so sorry, I didn’t realize you were doing the cleaning, I thought this place came with a maid service”. |
Key vocabulary and phrases that are discussed in the podcast:
Pig/slob – very dirty or messy person
getting really tired of this – the feeling of being annoyed or bothered by something. In this story the roommate was getting annoyed because Tony is a slob.
to bring this up – to talk to someone about something. Here, the roommate wanted to “bring up” the idea that he didn’t like the place to be messy to Tony.
neat freak – someone who really needs things to be neat and organized at all times
getting out of control – was a problem here that was getting larger and larger. Here, the problem was of Tony’s habit of not cleaning anything.
come clean – telling someone the truth and what you are thinking. In this story, the roommate “comes clean” with Tony about his feelings towards Tony’s cleaning habits.
be annoying or anything – this phrase here meant that the roommate didn’t want to annoy Tony or make him feel uncomfortable or bother him.
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