Dear Poor Lucky Me,
My roommate and I get along really well. We’ve lived together for 4 years and it’s worked so well because she does the dishes (which I hate) and I do the laundry (which she hates). The problem is lately I’ve started really REALLY hating the laundry.
Do you think it’s cheating if I send the laundry out? My dry cleaner does it for like $2 a pound and I’ll pay for it.
I guess I hate doing the dishes and doing the laundry.
Signed,
I’m Beginning to Think I’m Lazy
What makes me lazy is when I drop the clicker behind the couch but don’t want to reach for it so I keep watching “How It’s Made: Baseball Gloves” for another 90 minutes. Or when I have soup for dinner and don’t microwave it long enough and just eat it cold instead of standing up and walking back into the kitchen with it. Or when I use a fine pointed sharpie to alter the date on my Jiffy Lube windshield sticker so my roommate thinks I’m taking the car to get regular oil changes. Actually that one falls into the laziness and deception category, and I hate liars, so maybe I’ll get the oil changed after all. Eventually.
The point is, you’ve come up with a win-win solution. You and your roommate have clean clothes, and you don’t have to do the laundry. I think it’s genius, well done.
Sincerely,
Dear I.B.T.T.I.L.,
Maybe laziness doesn’t have to be measured by one’s enthusiasm for chores. My shower looks like a science experiment gone awry but I don’t think that makes me lazy. Cleaning sucks and isn’t satisfying because you have to do it so regularly.
Poor Lucky Me
