In my apartment we came up with a chore chart - we each have a day where we specifically are in charge of taking out the trash and doing the dishes. It's working out pretty well for the most part - except the other day the dishes were piled high, the trash needed to be taken out and a bunch of crap was left all over the front room and the kitchen. I snapped. I couldn't stand it anymore. I just started cleaning everything - the dishes, the kitchen, the front room, my bed room. I have a low tolerance for messes - especially in my apartment. I can't stand having a messy apartment - it makes me very agitated, I can't focus and it doesn't feel good - the feel of the apartment is different and I don't like it.
When one of my roommates found out that I'd done it, she basically told me that I'm enabling my other roommates to slack off and to not clean. And I need to stop doing that. She said that she shudders to think about what would happen if there were an alcoholic in my family. She said that I would just give them the alcohol if they were having a bad day.
There is a huge difference between cleaning an apartment because your roommates are slobs and encouraging someone in their drinking habits.
