The sandwich label: roommate chat template
A ready WhatsApp-look chat for the roommate chronicles gallery, eight messages and about 24 seconds as a video. Open it, change the words and export it as a labelled, fictional mock-up.
Preview in the WhatsApp look
Did you eat my labelled sandwich?
It was labelled "Cy".
Yes?
I thought it was a greeting.
Dot.
It was a good sandwich, Cy.
Next time I will label it "Not Dot".
That sounds like a challenge.
The full script (8 messages)
The first four messages open on the Free plan; the rest need a paid plan.
The template: The sandwich label
Load The sandwich label and you get eight messages. Cy opens with "Did you eat my labelled sandwich?", Dot closes with "That sounds like a challenge.", and the read-through runs roughly 24 seconds.
Pacing numbers: the longest bubble is message 7 at 8 words, the shortest is message 3. Two questions give the chat its back-and-forth. You can change any line or name once the sample is open in the editor.
Using it in the WhatsApp look
Resolve with a trade that makes both sides slightly worse off. Free accounts can use WhatsApp without paying. Extras in this look: typing dots, read marks, reactions and an online status. Keep it affectionate. Flatmates can annoy each other and still like each other. A small date chip such as "Today" floats above the first message, a good place to hint at when the story happens without writing a line for it.
What the Free plan shows
Four messages is the Free limit, so Dot's "I thought it was a greeting." is where the preview stops. Paid plans carry the remaining four messages, up to "That sounds like a challenge.", and allow more people in the scene.
Tips
- Give "Dot." (message 5) an extra half second on screen.
- Leave Cy's "Did you eat my labelled sandwich?" 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 sounds like a challenge.", in your own voice and mark the post as fiction.
- Swap Cy and Dot for two invented names of your own; shorter names make tighter bubbles on a phone.
Questions
Can I use The sandwich label 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 sandwich label as a video?
About 24 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 Cy and Dot, 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.