Chixe

Having had my share of rommies (21+) I'd say good luck with that.
I think you would be better off living with the RA buddy of yours.
They are a couple of asshats. They seem totally unreasonable. Keep harassing the housing people. Write your local newspaper or even the college newspaper to get exposure and help.

Then I'd throw all their stuff in a pool filled with charcoal. ;)

Move all your stuff out of the apartment. Go to the local pet store. Buy a puppy (make sure its not potty trained). GIVE IT LOTS TO EAT AND DRINK (very important). Leave it in the apartment for one day, 1/2 the day in one of your roommates room, 1/2 in the other. Then when all is said and done, call the health department and complain that there is a bad odor coming from that apartment. :)

Yep. Making demands of people always goes down well. I predict this working brilliantly.

What's your lease situation?

Also, why the heck did you keep buying groceries for them? Did you confront them the first time they ate your food? Did you guys start out with some sort of food-sharing deal?

If they've never heard expectations of cleanliness or food-payment from you, they certainly aren't going to listen now.

I just hope you haven't done anything to piss them off, because you KNOW they'll bring it up in response to this.

Personally I would buy a small locker that can be locked with a combo lock and a lockable mini fridge.

Buy groceries for YOU and only YOU... cook small portions only you can eat and clean what you use. If they complain because there is nothing to eat, draw them a map to the store.

Roommates SUCK.

Of MY history with roommates I had the following:

#1) Sword freak. Memorized and PERFORMED all the sword fight choreography DURING every single episode of Highlander on TV. Kept a broadsword under his mattress.

#2) Neat freak. Organized his drawers by color, and ROLLED HIS UNDERWEAR. Never left the room except to go to class.

#3) Smoked pot like it was the last thing on earth. Watch gay porn at 3AM with his speakers up loud and crunching on doritos. I ended up calling the campus cops on him because he wouldn't leave his stash in his car. If he were to get busted in our room BOTH of us would have been expelled and denied access to any state university in TX.

#4) Had some sort of a breakdown towards our second year together and decided to post libelous statements about a professor on Usenet. Friendship died when the professor banned his access to the department website (he was the webmaster) and granted me access instead.

I HATE roommates.

I'm sorry, but if your white rag being dirty is the last straw, then you might want to consider living by yourself. I understand that it's not the new color of the rag, but rather the ongoing issues that have built up. However, you really seem to be pissed off all the time.

A few tips:

• Separate your food. *Really* important. In fact, when I lived in a harmonious 5 roommate house we even initialed our food.
• Have a roommate chat. Demanding doesn't work, but airing out your problems might. Agree on cleaning and upkeep duties of common areas.
• Set boundaries. Maybe you're okay with someone borrowing a blank CD, but maybe another roommate isn't. Be clear on these boundaries.
• Let some things go. When you're living with other people, sometimes, though annoying, it's just not worth bringing something up. Pick your battles. Go for the big stuff instead.