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Mahdroo in West Hollywood says she was too busy organizing a "Thriller" group dance to live like a decent human being.
We thought our old roommate who left behind a used condom in a dust bunny after he moved out was disgusting, but he seems like a paragon of good hygiene compared to these revolting animals, who are competing for "bragging rights" (and $1,000) in a nationwide "Dirtiest Apartment" contest. Two of the finalists hail from right here in Brooklyn, and the Daily News gave one of them, 29-year-old Lisa Henderson, her 15 minutes of shame (photo #3). She wouldn't let the tabloid's photographer shoot inside, however, because her mommy had just arrived from Arkansas to clean up her adult daughter's mess. On the contest's website, Henderson explains the wretched squalor:
Summer in the city, with NO air conditioner, means that I either stay at work or play outside! It also means that as the apartment temperature increases, lots of scents start to fester... whether it's moldy fruit or my feet, it's not a fun place to be. In fact, had I known about this contest three weeks ago, I would've taken pictures of the three dead mice that I found under the fridge. I found them b/c everytime I opened the fridge, I was hit in the face with 'rotten mouse' smell and my ice cubes made my water taste a little funky.
And Henderson tells the News, "I'm out for bragging rights. It must mean I'm really special." But her 33-year-old roommate, Craig Wright, isn't so pumped about the contest, and clearly needs a U.N. intervention: "I'm completely embarrassed that my filthy roommate did this. I have clutter; hers is filth. I have papers piled up. She has coffee with green stuff floating on top."
Because the contest favors those slobs with social networks big enough to pad the vote, Henderson isn't even close to winning, but at least she's still in the lead against Brooklyn's other proud pig, "Messy Jessie" (photo 2). Alas, poor "Watersev" from Jersey is in last place with a pitiful three votes, but if there was a sub-category for most appalling bathroom, he/she/it would be a lock! Hold on to your stomach and click photo #6!
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Oh my god. Suddenly I feel like such a paragon of cleanliness. The dirty underwear on the floor seem kind of inconsequential compared to the number of roaches that must be running around under all that crap in those pics. Besides, I can't believe these people want publicity - what if you found out your neighbor was one?
Thank you Lisa Henderson for proving once and for all that women have dirtier apartments than men.
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lol you win Snipes ^
These people need therapy. Not "apartment-therapy" mind you, just therapy.
this is more revolting than the hipster grifter...
WTF???
How do people live like this???
That's so disgusting.
If I were their landlord I would try eviction.
Or at least increase their rent to pay their new maid.
oh.my.god.
There is something seriously wrong with somebody who lives like this in the first place. Even more shameful are the people who take pride in it or reward it with prizes.
I wonder if it's fake—like, the person stashed the bed and computer there for the horror of it. Okay, fine, I'm HOPING it's fake.
It rubs the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again.
The last photo looks staged, like garbage bags were emptied for added effect.
I agree. Anybody can throw a bunch of wrappers around to "anti-fluff" their joint. I hope he gets arrested.
Last photo has been on the internetz for years.
these slobs are in serious need of LifeHacker.com and ZenHabits.net's organization tips.
Wow. That's gross.
I can deal with clutter, like the West Hollywood woman, but random food sitting around, bizarre stains, goo, wet spots, random dead stuff... that's unacceptable.
These people should just throw everything away. If you're that messy, you're not going to be able to find anything, so you might as well toss it all.
1, 6 and 7 are filthy. The others just seem to be messy.
If you really want to see filthy, there is a show on BBC, "How clean is your house?". I saw a few episodes where the people clearly had mental problems (both men and women, kojak).. these pictures are nothing compared to that. One guy couldn't even use his bathroom because it was so dirty, and one lady let her many birds fly all around with no cages (but never bothered to clean up the shit).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHltq39Uo44
Wow. My very thin file entitled "Women To Never Go Home With" just grew.
half of these cross the line from messy apartment to sylllogomania (compulsive hoarding). There was a disgusting, fat, and reclusive kid who lived on my floor freshman year at Columbia. he was thrown out of his room mid-year because it was so squalid and the neighbors were complaining about the smell constantly. I caught a peek inside once and it looked just like the last picture- a sold 1-2 feet of food containers covering the floor.
this contest is pretty shameful. what's next, who can eat the most paint chips, or scratch the biggest hole in their arm?
Here's some beautiful hoarding: http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/961
People like this should be ashamed. This is the reason why other cleaner people get mice.
It annoys me that people are being rewarded for choosing to live in grief-holes like this?
You are not 'special' you fucking disgusting lazy slobs, sort your fucking lives out.
Nice touch in photo 4 with the fresh-cut flowers.
Can I ask, are any of these people fat? I'm testing a hypothesis.
Excerpt from http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/01/health/01well.html?_r=1:
I wish I could have posted a picture of my landlord's apartment. He is a 50 year old bachelor with a hording disorder that would make even the most hardened psychologist weak in the knees (ie. two of our units are filled to the ceiling with crates of collections and he continues to visit the HK flea market like clockwork every saturday). His apratment is so bad that he has a little walking path to get to each room. The plumber took a video of it and posted it on Youtube, damned if I can find it though.
I am not so sure these people are in the same boat as the hoarders and those with mental illnesses. It's easy to make judgements, but some people who live in squalor are mentally incapable of caring for themselves and generally they exhibit shame at not being able to do so. To revel in this shit like like these people and to expect to win a $1000 prize is counter to everything that someone with hoarding issues or mental problems would ever do.
On another note regarding hoarding, compare this with the recent MoMA PROJECT 90 by Song Dong:
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/961
"Summer in the city, with NO air conditioner, means that I either stay at work or play outside!"
So if you're hardly spending time in your apt, wouldn't it be cleaner? When I'm home for an extended amt of time it seems like there's always more to clean.
What a stupid bitch. Our only hope is that she doesn't have a chance to reproduce.
Wow. I just moved & was upset at my boxes with clothes/shoes to put away now while working all day & trying to enjoy the summer also. I do not feel bad anymore.
...same.
I can't believe I can spot this, but I would bet money that the last pic is NOT in Waterford, NY. It has to be Texas. The Taco Cabana, Shipley Donuts, Schlotzsky's and Whataburger bags give it away.
Good eye.
Yeah exactly! Those aren't local fast food bags!
I too was wondering how they had a Shipley's box!
If only they had Taco Cabana in NYC!
That's like, Austin Garbage. Where did they get that stuff? Ebay?
time for the molotov cocktail cleaning solution.
I think I'm going to throw up now. (and I thought I was a slob)
They're obviously not big on the feng-shui thing.
The last pic is definitely not from Waterford. It is indeed from Texas. I recognized it right away from a popular story that was floating around last summer - it is real and it is far, FAR worse than any of the apartments listed here.
http://www.holytaco.com/2008/09/23/worlds-most-disgusting-apartment-is-in-houston/
Don't click on that link if you intent on having lunch later in the day.
Or at least, don't go further than the text. DISGUSTING.
"Summer in the city, with NO air conditioner, means that I either stay at work or play outside!"
So if you're hardly spending time in your apt, wouldn't it be cleaner? When I'm home for an extended amt of time it seems like there's always more to clean.
What a stupid bitch. Our only hope is that she doesn't have a chance to reproduce.
How do people live like this? The water collected in my dish rack drives me nuts.
Dead mice smell when you open the fridge? Fucking sick.
I hope none of these people plan on getting their month and a half's rent security deposit back. Doesn't this kind of permanent structural damage (I assume the floors are suffering) violate renter terms of agreement?
Then again, I'm assuming they all rent. But why would you invest in home ownership and then treat the place like a garbage dump?
dumb wannabee cool hipster chick jump on your pig and ride it back to arkansas You disgusting animal
This is UNREAL, and what is that girls "roommate" who's clearly embarrassed still doing there???
Hmmm, think they're all single??
Evict these fuckers because now I need to take a shower. [shivers]
This is actually sad since these people seem to have undiagnosed mental disorders.
Ugh. This is revolting. AND they admittedly enter the contest to "brag" about it.
These are their rooms not just a room in the apartment. Meaning, at some point they slept there... with a mosquito net to keep the roaches away from their faces. What am I saying. These people clearly don't care.
Things get messy in my room but not dirty.... let alone disgusting!
dis-fucking-gusting!