How terrible is this?

[FDF12389]

Good idea.

 

[purbeast0]

wow you sound like an asshole roomate.

 

[zebano]

You obviously don't respect your roommate and she'll probably learn this.

The roast does sound delicious though.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: TecHNooB
Reminds me of the Animaniacs skit

Good Idea. Bad Idea.

More like Mime Time - it's just stupid, and a waste of time.


Ok, so you plan to use your roommate's unused crockpot.

Oh the drama? I guess? It's her thing, ask her if you can use it. Don't use it unless you have permission. Simple as that. Sheesh.

 

[IAteYourMother]

Originally posted by: manowar821

Originally posted by: UNCjigga

Originally posted by: illusion88
The kicker is, she is vegan.

Well it's a dick move if she's religious, as she would then need to buy a new crockpot (yeah I know it sounds silly but that's the way it is.) If she's vegan for health reasons or because it's "hip, cool, enviro-friendly" or whatever, then she really shouldn't care.

Yeah, because religious reasons are MORE respectable, right?

Please. It's a dick move, either way.

well, the other alternative is either because she feels like it or for health reasons. And the health reasons are negligible.

 

[manowar821]

Originally posted by: IAteYourMother

Originally posted by: manowar821

Originally posted by: UNCjigga

Originally posted by: illusion88
The kicker is, she is vegan.

Well it's a dick move if she's religious, as she would then need to buy a new crockpot (yeah I know it sounds silly but that's the way it is.) If she's vegan for health reasons or because it's "hip, cool, enviro-friendly" or whatever, then she really shouldn't care.

Yeah, because religious reasons are MORE respectable, right?

Please. It's a dick move, either way.

well, the other alternative is either because she feels like it or for health reasons. And the health reasons are negligible.

... Why are health reasons negligable, and religious reasons aren't? That's kind of ass-backwards.

 

[oogabooga]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
wow you sound like an asshole roomate.

yea, that is kind of a dick move op.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: UNCjigga

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: UNCjigga

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: jdini76
Would a Crock Pot get hot enough to cook a pot roast. I would never think to use a Crock Pot. Even thought it has the word "pot" in it.

yes. crock pot = slow cooker. it gets the job done.

Exactly. Time matters. Heat doesn't.

heh yeah heat matters.


i love my crock pot. we use it a lot.

Correction, heat matters, but temperature does not. You typically won't cook much above 300F. What's more important is even heat distribution throughout the pot so everything cooks evenly, without hot spots/cold spots.

yeah i was just being a dick =)

but you hit on the important part. get a good crock pot (if you going to use it a lot and try fancy crap). the better ones have better heat distribution wich does help cooking. Also some you can set and leave. the crock pot will keep temps even

 

[PingSpike]

This is wrong. You of course know that if she gets even a trace of delicious savory meat juices in her mouth she goes to vegan hell right? Are you prepared to live with that on your conscience?

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: zebano
You obviously don't respect your roommate and she'll probably learn this.

The roast does sound delicious though.

yeap. sounds like a happy place to live.

 

[imported_Imp]

Just get your own pot. It's not easy, but possible to tell when a pot's been used. And if the roomie's a vegan, make sure she doesn't own a gun. I know a vegan (dude) who had tuna thrown at him, then proceeded to chase down the thrower for a block or so.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Buy her a new pot now. Pretty much a douche bag move.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Imp
Just get your own pot. It's not easy, but possible to tell when a pot's been used. And if the roomie's a vegan, make sure she doesn't own a gun. I know a vegan (dude) who had tuna thrown at him, then proceeded to chase down the thrower for a block or so.

hahah i can picture a skinny guy in glasses running down the street witha meat cleaver with tuna dripping off him chaseing kids down the street.

oh man.



hahah

 

[MustangSVT]

is she hot? pics!!!

vegan = -3 tho

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: Anubis
thats a fucking awsome idea

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: amoeba

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: kranky
How do you justify taking her crockpot when she already told you she wanted to be the first to use it? It's HERS. Yeah, it seems trivial. Yeah, you're not going to damage it. But it's not yours.

You have to respect her property whether she's using it to your satisfaction or not.

I see your point... but your point sucks. I mean, what good is the damn thing sitting in a box? Is there some sort of special taste added to a food when you cook something in it for the first time? No.


If they live in an environment where they share things, what, exactly, is the difference?

so if it was a computer or a car, it would be ok too right?

Point is OP was specifically told not to open it up and decided to anyways.

But it's NOT a computer or a car. Your whole post is a waste.

But let's be a little more realistic here. I don't care how much I share with my roommates, none of them will EVER EVER EVER have permission to drive my car unless I personally hand them the keys or it's an emergency situation. This is because it's a F**CKING CAR, not a $20-$50 crock pot. If they break my crock pot I know they are going to be able to replace it. If they wreck my car, insurance might not cover it at all and lord knows they can't just pull a new car out of their butt for me.

I have no problem with my roommates using my computer, either. They have their own, but for kicks and giggles let's go with this. Say for some reason they REALLY just wanna use my computer. Fine. The situation is still entirely different. I wouldn't buy a computer and just leave it sitting in the box for 3 or 4 months. That'd just be stupid. If I just got home with it, the first thing I'm going to do is turn it on and play around with it, so it's really not a question of if they can get to it first. Let's go back to the breaking it thing. If, by chance, they break my computer, I know it may be a stretch for them but that is something they might be able to pay back. It is well established with my roommates that if you can't afford to or would not replace it, you don't touch it. Not that rough to understand.

 

[rh71]

This is why you can trust nobody but yourself.

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: kranky
My point sucks? My point is this: you don't have the right to use someone else's property without permission. It has nothing to do with whether the crockpot will be damaged or "tainted" or anything else. And the fact she already stated she wanted to be the first one to use it isn't even the main point. It's purely about respecting other people's property. Whether anyone else feels it's a waste to leave it in the box is meaningless.

And the fact that so few posters see anything wrong with using it without permission is surprising to me. Bunch of rationalizing just to excuse inappropriate behavior and a lack of respect.

I seriously doubt all the same people would be fine with people using any of their stuff without permission. And don't bother saying that "it's not the same" because it is the same. You don't take other people's stuff without permission, period, end of story.

AFAIC, if I let you use my stuff then I should be allowed to use your's, right? I get the impression based on the way things were told that the people in this house/apartment/whatever share their equipment. I bet one of them has a TV in the main room and everyone watches it. I bet the same goes for tables, couches, dishes, flatware, etc. If it was a matter of "We all have our own separate stuff and nobody uses each others" then I don't think he would have even touched it. So what's the big freaking deal? If she wants to bitch about "being the first to use it" then maybe she should act like she actually gives a damn about it.

The reason I don't find anything wrong with this is that I'm not an uptight, whiny, selfish, IDIOT that thinks being the first to use something bears any significance to the status of the product. The only person that would even make a big deal out of it shouldn't even be in a living situation with other people because they are an ASS and a CRYBABY.

 

[Wheezer]

If I were her, and I realized that you did this, I would let it slide and not say a word......but you should beware of ANYTHING made in that crock pot by her from this day forward......you never know what it might be.....believe me....payback would be a major b!tch.

 

[jonks]

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: amoeba

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: kranky
How do you justify taking her crockpot when she already told you she wanted to be the first to use it? It's HERS. Yeah, it seems trivial. Yeah, you're not going to damage it. But it's not yours.

You have to respect her property whether she's using it to your satisfaction or not.

I see your point... but your point sucks. I mean, what good is the damn thing sitting in a box? Is there some sort of special taste added to a food when you cook something in it for the first time? No.


If they live in an environment where they share things, what, exactly, is the difference?

so if it was a computer or a car, it would be ok too right?

Point is OP was specifically told not to open it up and decided to anyways.

But it's NOT a computer or a car. Your whole post is a waste.

But let's be a little more realistic here. I don't care how much I share with my roommates, none of them will EVER EVER EVER have permission to drive my car unless I personally hand them the keys or it's an emergency situation. This is because it's a F**CKING CAR, not a $20-$50 crock pot. If they break my crock pot I know they are going to be able to replace it. If they wreck my car, insurance might not cover it at all and lord knows they can't just pull a new car out of their butt for me.

I have no problem with my roommates using my computer, either. They have their own, but for kicks and giggles let's go with this. Say for some reason they REALLY just wanna use my computer. Fine. The situation is still entirely different. I wouldn't buy a computer and just leave it sitting in the box for 3 or 4 months. That'd just be stupid. If I just got home with it, the first thing I'm going to do is turn it on and play around with it, so it's really not a question of if they can get to it first. Let's go back to the breaking it thing. If, by chance, they break my computer, I know it may be a stretch for them but that is something they might be able to pay back. It is well established with my roommates that if you can't afford to or would not replace it, you don't touch it. Not that rough to understand.

And if you specifically asked them not to use your up and running computer, but they did it anyway for no good reason, you'd have no trust issues with them going forward? It's not so much about the pot, it's the request by the roommate that they not touch this particular item of hers that she got as a xmas gift. It was a simple request. They ignored it for the hell of it. I'm thinking if the roomie had never asked them not to touch it they probably wouldn't have used it, but the forbidden fruit of the crock pot called to them. OP even recognizes her position and asks "bad" or "worst". I voted "bad" because OP could've borrowed without permission and wrecked roomie's car. That'd be closer to worst.

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: amoeba

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: kranky
How do you justify taking her crockpot when she already told you she wanted to be the first to use it? It's HERS. Yeah, it seems trivial. Yeah, you're not going to damage it. But it's not yours.

You have to respect her property whether she's using it to your satisfaction or not.

I see your point... but your point sucks. I mean, what good is the damn thing sitting in a box? Is there some sort of special taste added to a food when you cook something in it for the first time? No.


If they live in an environment where they share things, what, exactly, is the difference?

so if it was a computer or a car, it would be ok too right?

Point is OP was specifically told not to open it up and decided to anyways.

But it's NOT a computer or a car. Your whole post is a waste.

But let's be a little more realistic here. I don't care how much I share with my roommates, none of them will EVER EVER EVER have permission to drive my car unless I personally hand them the keys or it's an emergency situation. This is because it's a F**CKING CAR, not a $20-$50 crock pot. If they break my crock pot I know they are going to be able to replace it. If they wreck my car, insurance might not cover it at all and lord knows they can't just pull a new car out of their butt for me.

I have no problem with my roommates using my computer, either. They have their own, but for kicks and giggles let's go with this. Say for some reason they REALLY just wanna use my computer. Fine. The situation is still entirely different. I wouldn't buy a computer and just leave it sitting in the box for 3 or 4 months. That'd just be stupid. If I just got home with it, the first thing I'm going to do is turn it on and play around with it, so it's really not a question of if they can get to it first. Let's go back to the breaking it thing. If, by chance, they break my computer, I know it may be a stretch for them but that is something they might be able to pay back. It is well established with my roommates that if you can't afford to or would not replace it, you don't touch it. Not that rough to understand.

If the OP's roommate had a policy where it's OK to touch her stuff as long as it could be replaced, then I would agree with you. That's clearly not her policy from what the OP said, is it?

How about a situation that's like the one being discussed? You tell your roommates not to use a certain brand-new item of yours. They use it anyway. Is that OK?

 

[sutahz]

Yeah buy your own crock pot. She's a roomate, not a life partner.

 

[jonks]

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: kranky
My point sucks? My point is this: you don't have the right to use someone else's property without permission. It has nothing to do with whether the crockpot will be damaged or "tainted" or anything else. And the fact she already stated she wanted to be the first one to use it isn't even the main point. It's purely about respecting other people's property. Whether anyone else feels it's a waste to leave it in the box is meaningless.

And the fact that so few posters see anything wrong with using it without permission is surprising to me. Bunch of rationalizing just to excuse inappropriate behavior and a lack of respect.

I seriously doubt all the same people would be fine with people using any of their stuff without permission. And don't bother saying that "it's not the same" because it is the same. You don't take other people's stuff without permission, period, end of story.

AFAIC, if I let you use my stuff then I should be allowed to use your's, right? I get the impression based on the way things were told that the people in this house/apartment/whatever share their equipment. I bet one of them has a TV in the main room and everyone watches it. I bet the same goes for tables, couches, dishes, flatware, etc. If it was a matter of "We all have our own separate stuff and nobody uses each others" then I don't think he would have even touched it. So what's the big freaking deal? If she wants to bitch about "being the first to use it" then maybe she should act like she actually gives a damn about it.

The reason I don't find anything wrong with this is that I'm not an uptight, whiny, selfish, IDIOT that thinks being the first to use something bears any significance to the status of the product. The only person that would even make a big deal out of it shouldn't even be in a living situation with other people because they are an ASS and a CRYBABY.

What's your address? I wanna post something on CL.

 

[scott916]

I'd call that pretty funny. If she gets mad, just buy her another one. Although, I'm rather mean and if my roomies did that to me I'd be rather heated.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: sirjonk

Originally posted by: Injury
AFAIC, if I let you use my stuff then I should be allowed to use your's, right? I get the impression based on the way things were told that the people in this house/apartment/whatever share their equipment. I bet one of them has a TV in the main room and everyone watches it. I bet the same goes for tables, couches, dishes, flatware, etc. If it was a matter of "We all have our own separate stuff and nobody uses each others" then I don't think he would have even touched it. So what's the big freaking deal? If she wants to bitch about "being the first to use it" then maybe she should act like she actually gives a damn about it.

The reason I don't find anything wrong with this is that I'm not an uptight, whiny, selfish, IDIOT that thinks being the first to use something bears any significance to the status of the product. The only person that would even make a big deal out of it shouldn't even be in a living situation with other people because they are an ASS and a CRYBABY.

What's your address? I wanna post something on CL.

:laugh:

Dibs on the car, TV, computer, and anything in the garage!