[littledude]

how about he does all dishes both his and roomates, then figure out other types of chores they can do to balance it out, like mowing lawns and/or grocery shopping. better to focus on results and time spent instead of being right and miserable.

[philwelch]

Ultimately, I ended up solving the problem categorically by not having roommates. The other solution is to dump the dirty dishes in his bed.