Hi seesaw,
(I'm slow posting tonight, my internet connection is being rubbish.)

Ah, I should have been more clear. What you said makes perfect sense. I was somewhat teasing key tones, and when I put "storage solutions" in quotes I was referring to those advertised miracle/superior organizers that you see on TV or in flashy catalogs. Of course, containers will work. But if they were truly concerned and motivated, they could have just used any boxes or containers they had lying around rather than laying blame on the lack of an expensive and overwrought "system" of some kind.

I guess I've just known way too many people who expect the organizers to somehow do the organizing and cleaning for them without any physical action or effort on their part. A curious expectation, to say the least.

And as long as I don't have to live with them, I don't care if people are messy. Not for me to tell people how to live. Besides, if I visit I'll just put these mess-blocking shades on.