You have enough to deal with at home with your roommate’s mess. No really, no matter how many times you ask him to please take out the garbage when it’s full, you still haven’t gotten through to him. So you don’t really have the patience to clean up after your co-worker, too.

And while you know everyone’s entitled to their own clutter on their own desks, it really doesn’t feel fair to be seated next to someone who lets their tv dinners sit there for hours on end.

Seriously, months might go by before he thinks to clear the area. The crusted-over oatmeal is starting to look like it’s part of the bowl’s design.