My roommate is ticked because I may have accidentally thrown out his notebook with interview notes while cleaning. I feel bad, but he never cleans and leaves his shit out. Am I wrong?

I lived with an inconsiderate asshole in college who never did his dishes. I texted the house group chat that at 5 pm tomorrow im throwing out everything in the sink. The next day, I did it. After he went dumpster diving he got the message. Man fuck that guy

Why would you throw anything away other than trash? There has to be a discussion with your roommates, but you should pile up his stuff and then just move it from the communal area to his room.

Why were his interview notes on a communal table? I don't think you were 100% in the wrong, but maybe just put stuff on his bed or something next time. My roommate in college would do that and it worked well.

Rule of thumb: don't throw out your roommates trash if it's out in the open. Put it on their bed instead. They'll get the message right quick

Yeah I guess you're right. My only gripe is that my two roomies are great but they let our dining room table pile up with trash and random shit. It isn't until I get back from traveling that it is taken care of. I think I may have thrown it out when I cleaned after 4 weeks of crap had accumulated on the table.