Roommate compatibility

[lotsofplants]

In my increasing frustration with my roommate (and her cat) and pondering next steps and the possibly of finding a new roommate, I came up with a short quiz to determine compatibility. For amusement purposes, I share--take the quiz to find out if you might be a compatible plant roommate!

Instructions: take the 15 question quiz, noting how many A, B, C & D answers you have. Use the handy chart at the bottom to convert your score.



You've had a lovely dinner and are leaving the table. What do you do with the dishes?
A) Leave them on the table.
B) Pile them in the sink.
C) Rinse and neatly stack on the counter or load in the dishwasher until there's a full load.
D) Wash right away; having a dirty dish on the counter drives me nuts!

After dealing with the dishes above, are there crumbs on the table?
A) I don't think so. Probably not.
B) Maybe.
C) No, I wiped it down.
D) I keep a damp cloth nearby and wipe up crumbs as I eat.

When you pass the perfume counter in the department store, you:
A) Go over and try the samples. I love perfume!
B) Enjoy the fragrances as I walk past
C) Move right along, possibly holding my breath
D) I use a different door, even if it means walking half-way around the building.

Pets?
A) I have high maintenance or many pets (dogs, a dozen gerbils and three parakeets, etc)
B) I have a low-maintenance pet (fish, etc)
C) I like pets, but I don't want to have any right now / am allergic
D) I was traumatized by a squirrel as a child and can't interact with animals without screaming

Do you like to read?
A) No.
B) I read occasionally.
C) I read a lot.
D) I gave up bathing or sleep to have more time to read.

And after you finish a book?
A) I don't read.
B) I usually get rid of it.
C) Depends—keep the good ones, pass along the ones I didn't enjoy.
D) Allowing a book to leave your possession is a form of heresy.

When was the last time your rent or bills were late?
A) within the last three months
B) not in the last decade
C) never
D) How can anyone not pay their bills on time!?!?

You see a brand new thingamabob. It's shiny. It's exciting. You want it. Do you:
A) Charge it! That's what cards are for!
B) Get it, but I might have to let something else slip to pay for it.
C) Think about it, and buy it later if I still want it.
D) I don't buy things.

How much debt and savings do you have?
A) I try not to think about it.
B) Some of each. Working on reducing the debt and increasing the savings.
C) I have some savings.
D) I keep all my money under my mattress, and don't have loans.

Recycling?
A) Don't bother.
B) Try to. Not always sure what's recyclable.
C) I read the recycling fliers and only put recyclables in the bin.
D) I don't have garbage service—I recycle or compost everything.

What do you watch on TV?
A) Almost everything, but my favorites are….. (continues for ten minutes).
B) I have a couple shows I watch.
C) I don't usually watch TV.
D) TV is evil. Kill your TV!!!

How about religion?
A) People who aren't members of my church are wrong. Or maybe terrorists.
B) Opiate for the masses, but they can if they want.
C) I have my beliefs and respect that you have yours.
D) I developed my own religion and conduct daily services. No converts so far, and running out of chickens.

Regardless of if you do or don't, where do you think it would be appropriate to have sex with your partner?
A) Sex is dirty.
B) My room, but you might want earplugs.
C) My room or at my partner's place. Wherever we won't disturb roommates.
D) The living room, the kitchen, my roommate's bed, the front porch…do I own pants?

Would you say you enjoy learning new things:
A) not at all
B) once in a while; usually too busy
C) almost daily; learning is fun!
D) I am communing with the universe while taking this quiz.

At the end of the day, your biggest problem is:
A) I'm too tired to do anything.
B) I get distracted by hobbies and don't get anything done.
C) I have so many things I want to do and could only finish one.
D) I've had so much caffeine that I vibrate.



Scoring:

10 or more A: Congratulations, you're a normal American! Please stay away from me.
10 or more B: We might work—more discussion needed.
10 or more C: Hi! When can you move in?
10 or more D: You may have gone off the deep end—have you considered therapy?

Comments

[cow.livejournal.com]

One A, six Bs, seven Cs, one D. I'll let you guess which are which. :D

[plantae.livejournal.com]

You're almost out of chickens, aren't you? ;)

[cow.livejournal.com]

Can't remember what mood I was in and thus whether I picked B or C for that one. :D

[tylik.livejournal.com]

Hey, maybe when I drop out of grad school (or perhaps just fly back to Seattle ignoring the niceties of actually dropping out) I can displace your roommate...?

[plantae.livejournal.com]

While I would certainly consider living with you, it will not be in my current apartment--the cat has sufficiently soiled the carpets that I'm not sure I am willing to psychologically consider them "clean" even with a professional cleaning.

[pathdancer.livejournal.com]

Personally, I rather approve of this answer -- having had a roommate who was challenged in this regard:

D) How can anyone NOT pay their bills on time!?!?

[plantae.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I wasn't terribly happy with that question--I couldn't come up with an appropriate "D". Having had a number of roommates who were challenged in that regard, I'm starting to get rather picky...

[sprgtime.livejournal.com]

Very funny options on your quiz! :)

I got 10 C's and 5 B's... or did I miscount?

[manintheboat.livejournal.com]

I think you'd like living with me. I'm tidy, no cats, my doggie is very housebroken. I love the books. I do good things. I compost. I have plants that are nitrogen fixing. I pay all my bills waaayy before they are due. I have a savings account and a bit o student loans. ....Except I'd throw out all yer clothes and buy you new "hot" ones.

[ilmarinen.livejournal.com]

When can you move in?

[plantae.livejournal.com]

Why does everyone have this overwhelming urge to dress me?

[manintheboat.livejournal.com]

After 10 minutes of thinking! I've come up with a great analogy!

Let's say you've seen a Croton (Codiaeum variegatum). It's in a dark corner and not watered enough and the dead leaves are collecting at the base. It's a sad plant.

Don't you want to pick up the Croton, put it in a bright window, so the leaves will turn a bright pink and give it enough water and clean off the spider mites?

I KNOW YOU DO!!!!

[beaq.livejournal.com]

Another analogy might be to take a nice plain Vanda out of bloom, turn a hot sunlamp on it, and stick a bunch of silk flowers in the pot to gussy it up.

[plantae.livejournal.com]

Well, if exposed to enough light I will turn pink...but I'm not sure that's really an effect anyone finds attractive.

And I do not have an insect infestation!

[stolen-tea.livejournal.com]

1 A, 2 Bs, 10 Cs, 1 D, and one "my bills are late about once a year".

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

Mostly B & C, as you might expect, with just enough A and D to irritate you. YAAAAY!

[cairisrin.livejournal.com]

Wow...8 B's, 1 D, and 6 C's.

Didn't we live together at some point? LOL. Was I that bad? ;)

[plantae.livejournal.com]

You are one of the better roommates I've had. :) The B's are more "this could be okay, depending" than anything else. And that's still a chunk of C's...

[k-crow.livejournal.com]

9 Cs, 2 Ds, 3 Bs, 1 A. *smile* Nice to know I'd be mostly compatible!

[maribou]

8 C's, 4 B's, 2 A's, one D.

But if I ever lived with someone who actually *cared*, I would do the dishes right away! And wipe the table! Swear to god!

Out of curiosity, would one non-disturbed cat normally count more as an A or a B? (Mine's a bit touched and very old, thus qualifies as high-maintenance...)

Hearing (even implied) roommate woes always reminds me of why I was so happy to live alone, back when, and hang the sacrifices that had to be made.

[tylik.livejournal.com]

"But if I ever lived with someone who actually *cared*, I would do the dishes right away! And wipe the table! Swear to god!"

You are probably both sincere and accurate about this, but it is distressingly like what my ex said about how he'd actually do housework once we bought a house instead of living in a cramped apartment. (Though come to think of it, most of the cramped part was messiness...)

[maribou]

I am entirely sincere, but after a dozen years of living either alone or with my partner who really doesn't care as long as the dishes are done by the time he wants to cook something ... it may be wishful thinking. However, I am pretty sure it would bother me more to be bothering someone than it would to be tidier in my habits. I clean lots when I'm a houseguest!

[plantae.livejournal.com]

After having the experience of "do your cats have any behavior/excretory/etc problems" answered "no"...and then "oh, yeah, the cat did kill all my houseplants by eating them" and "he does tend to throw up every day" and "when they get urinary tract infections, they pee everywhere but I don't usually notice" I think I consider anything that doesn't live in a cage to be high-maintenance.

when they get urinary tract infections, they pee everywhere but I don't usually notice"

[jinasphinx.livejournal.com]

I think I'd call that neglect, possibly to the point of animal abuse. :(

[plantae.livejournal.com]

I think it's more that she's just very non-observant.

I do wonder if she's neglectful, though. Her cat often wants more attention than he's getting. :( And I don't like the idea of her getting her hands on a baby, quite frankly.

[shinyredtype.livejournal.com]

11 C's, 2 B's, and 1 D. I realize that's only 14, but I wasn't really sure what to put for the one about after you read the books, because I pretty much exclusively read books I've borrowed from the library.

I feel like all of the above things aren't unreasonable, and it always boggles my mind that it's so hard to find that type of person...

[plantae.livejournal.com]

Let me know if you decide to move back here. :)

[autumngrrl.livejournal.com]

13 Cs.

Hmm.