Disgruntled Housemate Searches Desperately For A Tupperware Container Not Lined With Thick Layer Of Oil

PETE CLARK | Melbourne | CONTACT

A seasoned veteran sharehouser has today encountered a frustrating but all too familiar sight, a plastic tupperware container covered with the oily remnants from the meal it once hosted.

Sharehousing is a right a passage and due to the housing unaffordability crisis people are sharehousing for longer. The culture has evolved from university students to university graduates and young professionals.

Sally Treacy is one of six people living in a brick terrace home that has not undergone any significant structural changes since it was built in 1880.

On the verge of moving in with her short term boyfriend, Treacy is already planning her life post sharehouse.

“Don’t get me wrong, I love living with the girlies but I just want my own tupperware, matching cutlery and a knife that actually works, little things.

The other day I pulled out a tupperware container that was somehow more oil than container and smelled like a combination of curry and carbonara. I can’t live like this much longer.”

Whilst sharehouses provide an opportunity to cultivate lifelong friendships, host kick-ons in your own backyard, smoke indoors occasionally, and create a consistent support network of people that feel like family, they can also destroy those same relationships over a stack of dishes in the sink.

With no end to the rental crisis in sight it’s a choice between taking a punt on a partner or continuing to live in your own personal ‘He Died With A Falafel In His Hand’.

More to come.