How to tell if your roommate is a procrastinator

You walk into her room and everything is in it's place for the first time in months. Her clean clothes are hanging in the closet where they belong, her dirty clothes are in the hamper, and her trash cans are empty. The papers on her desk have been sorted through and filed or thrown out. The cookbooks, games, coolers, crock pots, cake carriers, and shoes that were on the floor have all been picked up and lovingly placed in their respective homes.

You walk into the living room and notice that the layer of dust that once blanketed the tile has been disrupted by her attempt to sweep with nothing but a Swiffer cloth. Your eyes move to the shelves that were previously bare and dusty but are now clean and laden with the aforementioned cookbooks and games.

You turn your attention to the kitchen and notice almost immediately that the foul smelling trash has been banished to the dumpster and a single anticipatory trash bag has taken its place. You open the cabinets and delight over the various bowls, plates, cups, and tupperware that weren't there the night before. You peer in the dishwasher and note (hopefully) that it's ripe for another load.

How to be sure that your procrastinating roommate is indeed the young blond English major who occupies the solitary downstairs room: the dishes that you have been eating off of all week are still in the sink where you left them because your roommate is not your mother and she refuses to keep washing them off and putting them away for you.