The dish schedule: roommate chat template
A ready WhatsApp-look chat for the roommate chronicles gallery, eight messages and about 23 seconds as a video. Open it, change the words and export it as a labelled, fictional mock-up.
Preview in the WhatsApp look
It is your night for dishes.
I did them on Sunday.
That was one bowl.
It was a large bowl.
There are fourteen plates.
Those are decorative.
They have spaghetti on them.
That is also decorative.
The full script (8 messages)
The first four messages open on the Free plan; the rest need a paid plan.
The template: The dish schedule
Ian starts this one with "It is your night for dishes.". After eight messages Jun has the last word, "That is also decorative.", which gives about 23 seconds on screen.
Pacing numbers: the longest bubble is message 1 at 6 words, the shortest is message 6. There are no questions, which makes the chat feel final.
Using it in the WhatsApp look
Resolve with a trade that makes both sides slightly worse off. Switch on typing dots, read marks, reactions and an online status when you build the scene. Free accounts can use WhatsApp without paying. Use no real addresses, real names or real landlords. WhatsApp-style chats put your messages on the right in green and theirs on the left in white or dark gray, with the time tucked into the corner of every bubble.
What the Free plan shows
Four messages is the Free limit, so Jun's "It was a large bowl." is where the preview stops. Paid plans carry the remaining four messages, up to "That is also decorative.", and allow more people in the scene.
Tips
- Give "There are fourteen plates." (message 5) an extra half second on screen.
- Leave Ian's "It is your night for dishes." alone on screen for a full second at the start.
- Pick one object everything revolves around: a plant, a mug, a sofa, a thermostat.
- Rewrite the last line, "That is also decorative.", in your own voice and mark the post as fiction.
- Swap Ian and Jun for two invented names of your own; shorter names make tighter bubbles on a phone.
Questions
Can I use The dish schedule on the Free plan?
Yes for the look, with limits. The WhatsApp look is on the Free plan, and the editor loads the first four of the eight messages and two people. The rest needs a paid plan. Exports on Free carry a visible ChatsRat watermark.
How long is The dish schedule as a video?
About 23 seconds at a comfortable reading pace, counting eight messages with a short beat between them. Add a second or two for the ending card.
Is this roommate chat chat a real conversation?
No. It is an invented chat between Ian and Jun, made as a mock-up. ChatsRat is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any messaging app, and look names describe a style only. Label what you publish as fiction.
Can I change the names and lines?
Yes. Open the template in the editor, replace any line or name and export your own version. Keep the characters invented, and keep the content free of real people and anything sexual.
This is fiction. The people in this template are invented. ChatsRat makes mock-ups and fictional conversations for creators, designers and teachers. Do not use it to pass off a made-up conversation as a real one, to impersonate a real person, or as proof of anything. See the Acceptable Use policy.
About the watermark. Exports on the Free plan carry a visible ChatsRat watermark, and every export carries an invisible mark that the verify page can read. Plans list what changes on paid plans.
ChatsRat is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any messaging app. App names on this page describe a style only.