Persuading Your Roommate to Stop Leaving Food Out to Spoil
Have you ever had that roommate that leaves the kitchen in a mess after making a simple sandwich? I have three simple points that will persuade your roommate to put food away and keep the kitchen clean after he is finished. These are simple points that are easy to understand but still are valiant in an argument. The three points are as follow: 1. Leaving food out will attract ants and other unwanted guest into the house, 2. Food left out unattended will spoil and if consumed will lead to someone getting sick, and 3. Food that has spoiled will get thrown away and funds will be spent to replace it. Leaving food out will attract ants and other bugs into the house. The last thing anyone would want is to have bugs crawling all over their home. If you would to leave food out in the kitchen, you are basically ringing the dinner bell to all rodents and bugs within ten mile radius. Many items in the kitchen such as peanut butter or syrup are a very beloved items in the house by all. If you were to leave this out in the kitchen don’t be surprised if you find guests napping inside the jar the next day. To prevent this from ever happening to you, just simply close the container that you are using when you are finished and place it back in the fridge or cabinet.
Food left out unattended will spoil and if consumed will lead to someone getting sick. Spoiled food is not very good in flavor once it has sat out and spoiled. For the many that either don’t have a good sense of taste or just eat it down so fast they can’t taste it, the after effects are not fun. For many people if you consumed a spoiled item you would ended up with a upset stomach or various other illness that ended up in the spoiled food from any bugs that crawled on it. According to an assistant professor of nutrition, Nadine Zeeni, meat is a big culprit that can house numerous harmful bacteria such as salmonella (Gatten, 2012). Worst case scenario, you take out the jar of mayonnaise and make yourself that sandwich that dwarfs all sandwiches that you made that week. If you use that mayonnaise and get sick, all your plans for the next days are placed on hold. I don’t like it when I get sick when I have been waiting for a long time to do something.
Food that has spoiled will get thrown away and funds will be spent to replace it. The food budget in most homes each month is very strict and to the point. Ideally, you want to get items that would last you for a long time to reduce trips to the market. If you leave food sitting out in the open it will spoil and all spoiled food gets thrown away in the trash. Growing up I have always been told spoiled food equals to throwing away money into the trash. If you live in a household that lives on tight budget, spoiled food is frowned against and various punishments would be executed. As a messy roommate, you don’t want to waste money by spoiling food. The worst case scenario, your rent would be increased for the next month, you could be told that you have a number amount of days to find a new place to live, or you might be looking for a new roommate to help you pay the bills.
No matter which way to look at it, a messy roommate is not someone you want to be living with you. The points that I have said are just few of so many that can be said. Those points were 1. Leaving food out will attract ants and other unwanted guest into the house, 2. Food left out unattended will spoil and if consumed will lead to someone getting sick, and 3. Food that has spoiled will get thrown away and funds will be spent to replace it. If you are living with a messy roommate that spoils the monthly food supply or you are that roommate. I hope this paper will help persuade you or help you persuade your roommate to rethink his actions in the kitchen the next time he goes to make a sandwich.

References:

1. Gatten, Emma. "How dangerous is spoiled food produce?" The Daily Star. N.P., N.D. Web. 23 Mar. 2012. .