I live in staff housing at my job. My partner [31M] is a seasoned veteran at this job and it’s my first year here. We live with another couple, who are fine to live with, and our new roommate, the intern, “Louis” just moved in.
At his last house, a couple months ago, Louis was making fried chicken and let the oil get too hot. It was on fire, and his other two roommates noticed it while his back was turned and jumped into action. One of them put water on the fire (stupid mistake obviously), and when it got worse she picked up the pan to take it outside and the oil splashed all over her arm, giving her third degree burns. She could have lost her hand.
Since then, that girl has had to leave work and go home and see a burn specialist, and has been in excruciating pain. This was a traumatic thing for her, and Louis has not apologized for his fault in the matter, instead making jokes about it. And Louis has continued to make fried chicken. Every. Single. Night. It’s all he eats. He invited us over one night, made a HUGE mess of the kitchen, and produced bland fried chicken. Before we left, we asked if we could help him clean up, and he said “No, this is going to wait until tomorrow anyway.” This is a horrible idea because all the staff houses have serious mice issues.
Last night was the night Louis moved in. We were talking with him about expectations for the house, specifically the fridge, and he mentioned he was going to have ingredients for fried chicken in there. My heart sank and I got really nervous. The kitchen is right below our bedroom. I am super nervous about another fire, especially as my partner and I are leaving on a long distance hike in February and we are leaving all our stuff in this house. I also work really hard to keep our kitchen clean and I really don’t want him to treat it the way I saw him treat his old kitchen. Our other two roommates are on vacation until January but I feel like they’re not going to be comfortable with this either. My partner doesn’t seem to care and seems to think I’m being mean.
So I guess my question is: am I being mean? Am I being petty? Am I bitter that my friend got hurt and that Louis has not apologized? Should I just let the kid make his fried chicken? Or do I have a right to state that I’m feeling uncomfortable?
TL;DR - My new roommate almost burned his old house down making fried chicken and now that he’s moved into my house he wants to continue making fried chicken. Should I just let it go?
Submitted December 01, 2018 at 11:11AM by ballofsnowyoperas https://ift.tt/2zAExX0
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