You got it!

Popularity: 25% [?]

I have recently (and by recently I mean the last six months) been looking for a new place to live. I occasionally check the “rooms/shared” section in moments of desperation. It isn’t that I don’t want a roommate I just don’t really like the idea of going to live with a perfect stranger. This aside when I am perusing this section I tend to notice the norm: Single Professional Male seeks quiet clean roommate, Grad Student seeks quiet roommate, Four Females looking for clean roommate, etc.

These are all fine, but occasionally I run upon one of the most ridiculous requests: Vegetarian Roommate Wanted.

Seriously?

Who in the world decides someone that eats meat cannot live with them? Why would such a thing bother anyone? I just don’t see this as a logical request. I would never make such a request, can you imagine the repercussions?

Meat Eater Wanted: Vegetarians Need Not Apply

Craigslist actually has a link to the Fair Housing’s discrimination policy…meat eating is not on there.

To top it off, I just don’t understand why anyone would specifically snub potential roommate candidates. There are a ton of ads for roommates! One of our very own from Dep/Red has been in search of roommate for three months. This isn’t exactly the market to get picky in. Pretty sure these people should get off their high horses and stop discriminating against the meat eaters.

Meat Eater and Proud.

Popularity: 30% [?]