Slog - Comments on Assignment: Clean Up Someone Else's Shit http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition David, a junior at a university in Seattle, wrote to me because he was disgusted by his roommate’s messy bedroom and he wanted someone to come and clean it up. David told me it was important Andrea’s room was cleaned soon, because every resident of the house had to climb over her piles of underwear, tank tops, beer bottles, unopened care packages, and heaping Glad bags filled with hangers to get to their rooms upstairs. The pack-rat roommate did not know I was coming to clean, and David intended to surprise her Oprah-style with a clean new room. I went... Copyright 2008 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:45:00 -0800 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:37:31 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by arduous Good Lord, Public Intern, you need a raise!

]]> arduous http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845642 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845642 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:19:21 -0800 Comment by Gloria You need hazard pay, Public Intern.

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845650 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845650 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:22:15 -0800 Comment by Gitai Wow, most awful assignment yet, and that's just from the period-stained leggings.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845654 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845654 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:23:45 -0800 Comment by The General It's official. This is my new worst nightmare.

]]> The General http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845656 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845656 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:24:31 -0800 Comment by Hernandez Damn.

1) Couldn't they have given you rubber gloves or something? I mean Jesus, damp undies and used condoms = really fucking gross.

2) Did the roommates let you have any bong hits? That would've been the polite thing to do.

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845658 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845658 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:25:24 -0800 Comment by Rockstar This weekends assignment will be so much easier, and way more fun...

]]> Rockstar http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845662 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845662 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:26:34 -0800 Comment by steve I agree w/ Gloira @2. Hazard pay. I can't believe you went into that mess without gloves. And a flame-thrower.

]]> steve http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845664 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845664 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:27:28 -0800 Comment by Marcel Duchump That last line was horrifying. Thank you, Public Intern.

]]> Marcel Duchump http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845667 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845667 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:28:14 -0800 Comment by Mark Wait. What happened? Any sense that she wanted to change her ways? Did she throw you out? Yell and scream?

BTW, even Dan doesn't make enough to do this job--appalling that the Stranger would let you go through with this.

PS, you're still majorly cute.

]]> Mark http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845686 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845686 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:37:12 -0800 Comment by Clint I LOVE the public intern! Reminds me of that Dirty Jobs TV show.

]]> Clint http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845689 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845689 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:38:59 -0800 Comment by dirty girl i'm a female with a disgusting bedroom. Luckily I have friends who get so fed up that they clean it on a bi-monthly basis.

]]> dirty girl http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845699 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845699 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:43:14 -0800 Comment by rob 12 - very nice.

]]> rob http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845703 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845703 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:45:17 -0800 Comment by Measure Why were the roomates staring at your hands, Public Intern?'

Are they big?

MmmmmmMmmm!

Hot.

]]> Measure http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845706 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845706 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:45:55 -0800 Comment by -B- I guess this is like reality TV and has some entertainment value but like reality TV is just a pointless exercise in "shock value".
In reality people take responsibility for their own filth. In reality the girl should have been thrown out. All I see is some spoilt brats getting entertained by you.
I am sure you are worthy of better assignments that do not smack of a "fraternity prank" or some twisted "right of passage".

]]> -B- http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845722 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845722 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:52:59 -0800 Comment by Michigan Matt I continue to love the Public Intern. But this job was really disgusting. Picking up a lady's filthy unmentionables is just icky.

]]> Michigan Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845730 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845730 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:55:54 -0800 Comment by thankshappy I'm totally grossed out by the idea that you were folding and putting away filthy clothes. Something tells me this girl doesn't smell very fresh. Hopefully the public humiliation will be a wake up call to her shameless lack of personal hygiene!

]]> thankshappy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845736 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845736 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:58:52 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO What, no pics of the roomates, the panties, or the period stains?

I know I'm nitpicking, but c'mon!

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845747 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845747 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:04:10 -0800 Comment by monkey There has to be a point where it's okay for Public Intern to be able to say "oh HELL no" when asked to do something like this.

If those bitches wanted that room so cleaned they should have done it themselves.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845752 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845752 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:07:16 -0800 Comment by Fnarf How I would have done it: all of her belongings left outside of her room go into plastic trash bags. The bags are thrown into the room. The door to the room is nailed shut.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845756 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845756 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:07:37 -0800 Comment by COMTE Hazard pay, absolutely. In fact, I'd say a Haz-Mat suit would not have been out of line.

This one goes waaaaay above-and-beyond the call of duty, Steven.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845795 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845795 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:33:49 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Are you becoming the Stranger's new Worst Enemy, Public Intern?

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845806 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/assignment_extreme_makeover_home_edition#c845806 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:37:31 -0800