Do you know a Half-Asser? Do you live with someone with ineptitude for any type of follow through?

From the looks of my place, someone living under this roof is surely afflicted with this disorder. I won’t say whom, nor will I point any fingers. But allow me to delineate some of the top 13 presenting signs and symptoms of living with a half-asser:

1) A load of laundry is washed, but the wet clothes remain in the washer for days until the smell of mildew flags you down to clean them again.

2) Clothes from the washing machine may actually be placed into the dryer. But 5-days later when underwear has run out, the tightly sealed dryer is finally opened to find damp, partially dried clothes.

3) Leftovers from a delicious, home-cooked meal are organized and stored securely in Gladware. A few weeks later, the food has re-hatched another entity within the plastic containers because someone never ate them.

4) Attempts were made to hang curtain rods securely to the wall. Initial measurements were slightly off leaving non-usable holes in the wall. 1-year later, the holes remain un-patched sitting right beside the beautiful drapery.

5) Dirty dishes are rinsed off and placed into the sink. 3 days later, they remain untouched, and are now filled with debris from other dirty plates rinsed off into them. And the dishwasher is empty.

6) 7,823 water bottles are scattered all over the house. All of them partially drank from by the same person.

7) All of the garbage bins around the house are fairly empty. But the perimeter of the floor around the bin is riddled with trash.

8 ) You’ve misplaced something that has never left the house. Someone offers to help search for it and eyeballs only the surfaces of 1 room and returns to say, “it must be gone forever.”

9) A toilet paper roll is empty. But a new, full roll of toilet paper sits right on top of the empty roll at all times (please refer to photo near title).

10) A full trash bin is taken out. But when something else is thrown away, it lands into a trash bin without a trash bag.

11) There are many trips to Borders and Barnes and Noble to purchase expensive books. Underneath a bed lies an entire library of books with bookmarks halfway through.

12) An adult purchases toys for themselves. Play with them until they break. But the boxes and the broken toys can still be found lying around years later.

13) Most clothing articles are hung up on hangers. The rest…well, they’re tossed up there:

If anyone has any information on how to help or medicate treat someone with this maddening disorder, please notify me immediately. Your help could make a difference in the sanity lives of many others.

Thank you.