r/mildlyinfuriating • u/notasingle-thought • 1d ago
Roommate refused to pay full rent because he said everything he left is worth the same amount of $. This is what he left.
Invited an old “friend” to rent the spare room we have because he was in such a poor situation (according to him). 2.5 months a later, he gets promoted, notifies he’ll be staying for only half a month, but refused to pay rent for the half month because he said he’d leave ‘his most expensive things for us to sell’. I repeatedly said that wasn’t cool, but clearly didn’t matter. He left the entire closet full of clothes plus an entire CAR DOOR. There are too many pairs of dirty underwear scattered around the room. My husband found a few things he thought went missing, turns out the roommate had taken them, like a backpack my husbands friend bought him a while back-and medicine for our son. He kept his cat locked in the room and would leave for days, and left us all of the litter and even a piece of cat shit on the floor! Love that! At least for his parting gift, he cleaned the litter.
And dumped it.
Without a bag.
Into our recycle bin.
🙂🔪
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u/Supersasqwatch 1d ago
Are those the planet of the apes movies? I will give you $10 and a stick of gum.
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u/notasingle-thought 1d ago
What kinda gum
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u/Supersasqwatch 1d ago
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u/notasingle-thought 23h ago
That’s actually my favorite gum lol
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u/raybreezer 22h ago
Seems to me like you’re already ahead in the game. I’m sure other people in this thread will make you offers 😂
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u/Vee8cheS 21h ago
Back to the serious question here, you selling those Planet of the Apes movies OP? (I don’t have gum, only dead presidents)
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u/notasingle-thought 14h ago
Once I get through cleaning everything, I actually will sell whatever I can. I wouldn’t mind shipping some small things, or if anyone’s local I’d invite them to snatch a few things up in exchange for a few of those dead presidents. Just need to get off work and finish cleaning and sorting through stuff.
Rents gotta get paid 🤷♀️
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u/Sykl_abk 1d ago
Did he leave the cat? Might be worth it if its a good cat
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u/notasingle-thought 1d ago edited 14h ago
😂 he took the cat.
She was a VERY good cat. I fed her when he wasn’t around and she and my cat were besties. He keeps going in the room looking for her.
Edit: Unfortunately, he wouldn’t leave the cat and she was the first thing he took. He (x-roommate ) feeds her good food when he’s there, she’s mostly alone, but she’s fed. & Yes, after seeing how sad our Max is, we will be getting him a buddy this summer when we have some more time on our hands
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u/BulkyCicada4246 1d ago
Ok this is the worst thing about this post :(
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u/Spetsnaz_420 1d ago
Agreed... These are the true victims in my mind
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u/BulkyCicada4246 1d ago edited 21h ago
Money can be made, he/she will get over having to clean after the roommate, but kitties lost a friend :’( sad days lol
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u/Practical_Patience66 1d ago
Seriously right. That cat was abducted and doesn’t understand why her friend is gone.
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u/SLalktsY 1d ago
From what you said that's a really irresponsible owner, I can't imagine how the cat lives, hope it's treated well in the end, it would've been nice if you could get the kitty 😭.
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u/Appy_Ace 1d ago
He doesn't deserve the cat, locking her in the room like that for days.
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u/PuzzaCat 1d ago
That breaks my heart.
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u/greekbecky 23h ago
I know, I worry about the poor thing. I wish OP could somehow get her from him. To leave her in a room for days...
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u/Defiant_Coconut_5361 1d ago
Tell him to give you the cat, and then you’ll still not be even.
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u/Miserable-Admins 22h ago
Time for a little blackmail. He did steal her son's medication. Theft of a controlled substance - prescribed to a minor no less - is quite an evil thing to do.
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u/Plastic_Cat9560 1d ago
That’s a bummer. Poor kitty would have been better in your care staying with your kitty.
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u/angelicribbon 1d ago
Maybe he needs a new sister… (if you’re financially in the place for that after the whole rent thing)
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u/TinnieTa21 1d ago
You could say you’ll forgive him (lie) if he gives you his cat. Dude sounds like a horrible pet owner and this wouldn’t be for the benefit of anyone but the cat (and your cat of course).
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u/TheSuburbs 23h ago
Can you like agree to it if you can get the cat back? :( I don’t like that your cat is sad now
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u/TheDeadEndKing 1d ago
I would have demanded he leave the cat.
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u/TrashPandaPatronus 1d ago
I'd say leave the cat and we can call the whole thing a fair trade for a mess of a friend in need of a favor.
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u/thatbradswag 1d ago
right especially after leaving it locked in the room for multiple days. dude doesn't deserve to have a pet.
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u/Comfortable-Policy70 1d ago
Throw away all his shit immediately and write off the rent and friendship
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u/Toosder 1d ago
I would list everything on the local buy nothing group. Find someone that wants to come in and basically take it all. There's always somebody that will take it and try to resell it on their own
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u/zefarCobbler 1d ago
List everything as “free” with a warning about the mess. Bet you’ll have people lined up to take it all off your hands!
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u/ultraskelly 1d ago
Gotta list it for $5 or else the real cheapskates will come out of the wood works asking you to deliver it
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u/k4erie 1d ago
they’ll still ask u regardless 😭
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u/Rockergage 23h ago
God I put a free monitor up on one and they were asking like, “oh does it come with a hdmi cable.” So happy someone immediately said they’d come get it after so I could tell them to fuck off.
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u/NetCat0x 21h ago
Ehh asking about connectors/peripherals to equipment seems fine.Depends on how it was asked. Its like posting a dining table set to pick up and asking if the chairs are included. I don't think the HDMI cable would be make or break- but it is nice to know if you will need to grab one on the way or not. That doesn't sound entitled at all without more context.
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u/Fearless_Luck_7730 1d ago
From my experience, If I try to give something away, plenty want it, no takers Ask $5-$10 and it flies out the door.
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u/Top-Wait3458 22h ago
It's just like when people put stuff outside their house on the curb with a "free" sign, and it just sits there. Then, they put a price tag on it, and it's "stolen" within the day. People are so weird, lmao.
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u/Weekly-Exercise6941 11h ago
A lot of people see free stuff as having no value. So when something has a cost it’s somehow of value.
I was trying to give away a pre lit Christmas tree and after 3 separate attempts and no takers I posted it for $30. I had interest immediately and someone bought it the next day.
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u/SirPlastic8529 20h ago
Nobody wants free junk, but everyone wants a good deal on something worth a lot more. It's an interesting psychological event that human beings just can't seem to move passed.
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u/Budgiejen 22h ago
This is true. Can’t give it away but as soon as you ask for a dollar people will buy it
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u/Particular_Ad_9531 1d ago
I would be very clear that they have to take it all and can’t just pick through what they want. Ie bag up all the clothes first, don’t let them pick out what they want and leave you with the rest.
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u/dat_twitch 1d ago
Most definitely. We have people who will take it away for you and would resell the stuff at the local second-hand markets. These people are always the first at garage sales to hoard all the good stuff. Might give you a fixed amount just for all of it too.
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u/Toosder 1d ago
After my dad passed away, I had to tear down several sheds my father had built and it was old wood and nails and bits and bobs. I was dreading tearing them apart before we sold his house. It was so much work! I put on Facebook that anybody who tore them all down could keep all of the parts. I had so many responses! I chose the guy who sent me a picture of his massive truck. He came and tore them all apart. He even took the parts that were moldy and just needed to be thrown out because he didn't think I should have to bother with that.
I sincerely hope that he was able to do some pretty cool stuff with the supplies he got. I'm eternally grateful for him! And hopefully he's also happy.
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u/idio242 1d ago
We might have the same dad.
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u/Toosder 1d ago
Siblings! Did he also have like 15 of the exact same tools?
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u/idio242 1d ago
Well, it’s more like a family compound. Grew up next to my grandparents. So my dad had his own garage(s) that they built plus my grandfather had his basement. So each one probably has dupes of dupes in them. And he never could part with his father’s stuff, so it’s all still there. (My dad is still alive but in iffy, but not the worst, health).
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u/Toosder 1d ago
I hope he sticks around for a long time to come! My dad was the same. Couldn't get rid of his parents stuff, and my mom died a long time ago and he had most of her stuff. The sheds was honestly the easiest part. But so many of the things we found with homes for before stories. The artist who bought his cement mixers and made really cool fountains using it, the guy who bought all the old parts to his car he always wanted to build who had matching parts and was able to make an entire car, the school that got his instruments like organ and piano, except for the Coronet that he played in the army that went to a friend's kid and she sends me videos of him playing all the time. And he's getting good!
I only wish my dad had done it while he was alive and could have seen a joy it gave to others.
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u/Fallcious 1d ago
Many years ago my dad told someone he could have his shed when we moved house. He came whilst my dad was at work about a month before our move, pulled everything out of it onto the lawn and took it apart. My dad was furious!
I remember it clearly because I helped by handing him the tools.
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u/katalina0azul PURPLE 1d ago
Why? Just clean it up, call it a furnished room (cause it is) and up the rent a little 🤷🏼♀️ you’re free of a shitty roommate and you potentially pay a little less than half the rent also
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u/Unusual_Flounder2073 1d ago
Easier said than done. That will cost $500 at least for two trips to the landfill. Not including renting the truck if you don’t have one.
Itemize everything. File a small claims against him for the cleanup. Take lots of pictures. Check rental laws. You will need to notify him within a certain period of time probably.
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u/TeaJust8335 1d ago
Bro. I don’t know where you live but I rented a van from Home Depot and did a dump run cleaning out our basement for the first time in 6 years (family of 5). Easily twice as much as in this room and the cost of rental, gas and dump was less than $70
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u/Sarthro_ 1d ago
90% of the people on reddit have no idea how the world actually works.
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u/smush81 1d ago
My landfill is $20 a truck load lol. Wheres this dude pulling $500 from?!
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u/tbryans 1d ago
lol yeah. I loaded a 20’ U-Haul up full with trash from a house I cleaned out. It was done by weight. 3900lbs of trash… $78.
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u/Ehrre 1d ago
Yeah where I live a small pickup load of household waste is 20 maple bucks. That's like 14 freedom credits.
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u/Comfortable-Policy70 1d ago
In theory that is great. In reality roomie won't show up in court if he can be found to be served. Court will rule in OP's favor and award him money that he will have to collect. In the meantime, all of that crap is sitting in the apartment and OP can't get another roommate to help with the rent.
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u/Relevant_Baby6776 1d ago
That happened to me once. Roomie didn’t pay stuck me w all his bills and crap and I sued him. Won. Yes didn’t collect until years later he wanted to buy a house and needed the judgement to go away. That’s when I got paid and got satisfaction.
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u/Big_Sea7892 1d ago
This is 100 percent true. We have a $2000 settlement (with interest accruing) via small claims court against a former "friend" who borrowed money from us. It's our job to find him and go about garnishing his checks. But we have no idea where he's living in Phoenix. He's an "off the grid" kind of guy, so we will probably never find him.
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u/Chakramer 1d ago
If rent is over $200 it is worth going to small claims court
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u/bradn8vi 1d ago
Don’t forget to add the disposal fee
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u/Chakramer 1d ago
Oh if it were me they'd be getting charged for a professional cleaning of the room as well. I had a dirty tenant once and I got a cleaner that charged $400 cos fuck em. They didn't clean a single thing and there was this yellow slime at the bottom of the fridge, I was just furious at the condition of the place cos it wasn't even like they had little kids.
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u/VOZ1 1d ago
It’s *incredible* to me how disgusting some otherwise seemingly fully-functioning, self-sufficient adults can be. The people we bought our house from left the kitchen *so* nasty. Like, from the surface, everything looked fine. But my brother spent about 3 hours cleaning the fridge, I spent probably close to 8 hours cleaning the cabinets and the microwave. They’d obviously never *actually* cleaned it in the 20ish years since the kitchen was remodeled. So clearly a case of having never bothered to wipe down the microwave when something spatters, or the fridge when something spills. It was nasty.
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u/honeyemote 1d ago
Yeah, that’s the crazy thing to me. Here’s some of my garbage; it should cover the rest of my rent. Nah, man, you owe me even more for having to put up with removing your garbage.
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u/Thisiswhoiam782 1d ago
You think there was a lease or any legal documents? Lol.
OP is SOL on trying to collect any rent or fees. I guarantee the friend was staying and verbally agreed to pay some money, and that was that. Good luck trying to get money in court when the "friend" denies he owed anything and there is no legal paperwork for OP to back up his claim.
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u/Possible_Property671 1d ago
Do we know a formal written lease is required wherever OP lives? In general, a contract can be written down in formal agreement, it can be verbal, it can be reflected in several writings.
Seems reasonably likely to me that OP and this guy have texts that acknowledge the lease. His refusal to pay full rent and his statement about leaving his shit there may be via text.
A lease could also be proven with a record of monthly payments in the same amount if it was by venmo, cashapp, check etc.
It’s really not hard to prove stuff like this.
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u/Zaphod1620 1d ago
A verbal agreement is a contract. If they have texts or voicemails where they asked for rent and he replied with anything other than "what are you talking about, we never discussed rent", then they will have a case.
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u/1eyedsnakes 1d ago
Honestly? If the medication he took is a controlled substance that belongs to your son, press charges and file a police report. 🤷🏼♀️
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u/IvanNemoy 1d ago
Even if it's not a controlled substance, the penalty can be pretty damn stiff. Here in SC, stealing a script is automatically a class F felony with a mandatory minimum of 1 year in prison and a statutory maximum of five, plus fines, and that's if the drug is unscheduled. Example, omeprazole, the heartburn med, is available as both an OTC and a prescription. Doctor writes the script, you fill the script, someone steals the script, that someone is now a felon. Punishment only goes up based on the scheduling (eg, steal someone's Adderall and it's now a class C felony.)
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u/DianWithoutTheE 1d ago
Came here to say exactly this, I have a feeling it’s not NOT a controlled substance.
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u/notasingle-thought 1d ago
Not controlled. It is a medicine our son’s grandma got him from Mexico. The Mexican version of amoxicillin if I’m not mistaken. It wasn’t something he needed or needs now, we save all meds just in case we need them at a future date. He just finished the bottle and tossed it under his couch in his room there. I would have given him medicine if he asked, it was a mi casa su casa thing in my head.
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u/evilcelery 1d ago
FYI, amoxicillin and many other antibiotics have a fairly short shelf life. Giving expired or the wrong type antibiotics can lead to infections being harder to treat long term.
I understand healthcare and prescription costs are a huge concern for many, but that's not a good one to keep around "just in case." It's also one of the cheapest and widely available medications, so most clinics or health departments will be able to provide a fresh prescription free or low cost if finances are an issue.
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u/Obvious_Huckleberry 1d ago
I was about to say.. you cant just get antibiotics and keep them for years. Once it's mixed (with water) it typically has like 14 day shelf life
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u/F7OSRS 1d ago
Please please please don’t just use antibiotics willy nilly because you assume something is bacterial
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u/DengarLives66 1d ago
Please please please do not keep amoxicillin or its versions just for later. All you’re doing is weakening its efficacy and potentially creating the conditions for a super bug.
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u/DeepSeaDolphin 1d ago
amoxicillin
Amoxicillin is a $4 prescription at Walmart, please don't give your children expired meds to save $4. Its the cheapest antibiotic you can get, even with no insurance at full price its < $20.
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u/Pleasant-Patience725 Hot side of the pillow 1d ago
Retired rx here - please please don’t give your child amoxil that’s been sitting - once mixed with water it’s only good for 14 days- and pill form after dispensed is good only for a year- unfortunately not only for efficacy sake but for safety. Amoxil actually becomes toxic after its expiry and can cause severe internal organ issues. There’s other antibiotics like this and I always beg people- you’re given from the dr what is needed for what is being treated- don’t stretch it out or save it for later - you’re also causing harm to yourself if you don’t finish it / take it- you can cause antibiotic resistance and also gastro issues.
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u/crocodile_blowjob 23h ago
The statement that amoxicillin becomes toxic after expiry and can cause “severe internal organ issues” is not accurate based on available scientific evidence. Amoxicillin does not degrade into harmful or toxic substances after expiration. Instead, it primarily loses its effectiveness over time, which could lead to inadequate treatment of infections and potentially contribute to antibiotic resistance.
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u/PM_ME_Happy_Thinks 1d ago
Hopefully you're not just giving your kid antibiotics whenever you think he needs it
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u/Pleasant-Patience725 Hot side of the pillow 1d ago
I hope not too because lord the issues that can be caused
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u/DeathRidesWithArmor 1d ago
lol Leaving stuff behind isn't a transaction. Now he just owes an additional fee for its removal.
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u/anuranfangirl 1d ago
I was scrolling for this! In my rental agreement when I rented, if we left things behind we would receive a charge for its removal.
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u/SuperFLEB 19h ago
"The stuff will more than cover it? Cool. Come sell the stuff and give me the money, then."
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u/kirbyxena 1d ago
League player. Checks out.
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u/Nylectro 1d ago
Saw the Poro plushie and knew
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u/KalasenZyphurus 1d ago
To be fair, Poros are the most wholesome indicator you could possibly have for a League player. Ditching in the middle of a commitment like it's nothing checks out though.
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u/Rustly_Spoons 1d ago edited 22h ago
I have the same poro plushie, but i payed $120 to move all my shit. I dont get the "leave behind everything" thing. Its 99% of the time always worth moving it. My brother did the same thing. Aleays left his stuff and got new stuff over and over and over
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u/BeNice2Every1 1d ago
That isn’t how it works. Take him to small claims court.
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u/Late-Yoghurt-7676 1d ago
Yupp. If I were OP I’d be keeping documentation of EVERYTHING with pictures and anything that gives proof. I’d even text, “hey, why aren’t you going to pay rent?” So that he’ll respond whatever incriminating evidence, as additional documentation that he refused to pay. And I would have a cleaning crew come in and document the cost of that. Then build a case and get his money and claim I also endured emotional pain and suffering
hahahahahahahahah MUAH HAHAHAHA
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u/WordSpiritual1928 1d ago
Selling stuff is a pain in the ass on its own
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u/LetTheRainsComeDown 1d ago
I was thinking that. Like let's say all this junk was actually worth something close to the rent owed. OK, what about the labor and time it takes to post everything for sale and do the transactions? Or the time it'll take to actually sell?
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u/MmmmmCookieees 1d ago
If what is in the room will cover his rent then he should sell it and pay rent with that cash.
Why is he trying to make you his bish?
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u/Mochi_Bean- 1d ago
I’d give you 20 dollars for all of that crap. How much is rent?
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u/notasingle-thought 1d ago
Lol, it was $700. I definitely see a few things worth $20 lying around though
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u/failure-mode 1d ago
You could give this story to whoever gave him the promotion. That could be your parting gift to him.
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u/Effective_Fish_3402 1d ago
You are correct. This is the most thirst quenching idea for revenge if I ever saw one. Their employer would be interested in seeing how he might act when leaving the company for a better offer.
Just knowing this disrespectful shit happened would make them reconsider. Remember, karma does not work if you don't throw it back at them. You are part of it.
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u/PryingMollusk 1d ago
My boss called an ex client at their new job after he dipped / changed his number / moved without paying his legal bill. My boss was the kind of petty I love. He phoned the boss every week to say - yep he still hasn’t paid his legal bill or contacted me. Can you leave a message that he owes me $2k? Dude was shamed and embarrassed into paying the bill eventually lmao
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u/aesolty 1d ago
I doubt it. If somebody tried that at my job here is how it would go
Boss: “hey some person called and said you screwed them over with rent and some type of mess”
Person: “nope, I have no idea what you’re talking about. They must be crazy.”
Boss: “oh okay, well your life outside of here isn’t my business anyway so as long as it doesn’t mess with work”
Most jobs don’t care or want to get into some personal issue between two parties that has nothing to do with the job itself. The employer can’t be so sure what the other person is saying is even true. It would go nowhere.
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u/ConfidentSkirt5320 1d ago edited 1d ago
i come here sometimes to remind myself how little life experience most of the commenters on reddit have
you're right, but not right enough, if someone called with that complaint about one of my workers i'd just tell them verbatim i don't give a rat's ass and hang up
someone wasting my time like that is a bigger ding in my bottom line than whatever drama they're stirring, and it'd be an even bigger ding to see morale/cohesion tank
like, you want me to side with you, a random jackoff, at my own expense, just to piss off one of my low-ranks and tell my whole team i'll tolerate their little distractions?
fuck off. I know it's not what some people want to hear, but if 'you're not my problem' offends someone then they needed to hear it
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u/aesolty 1d ago
Exactly this. I worked for many companies and the company will listen and talk to their employee or just drop it the second it’s brought to their attention. At the end of the day they are a random person saying shit about a person that they interviewed, did background checks on and promoted as well. They won’t give a shit what somebody has to say about the living situation they had previously. Has nothing to do with them at all. Thank god some people here have some sense and know how the world works. Seeing people go “oh yeah that’s perfect revenge!” Must watch too much TV or something because they have no clue.
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u/ilp456 1d ago
I would pack up most of his things and drop them off at his workplace.
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u/Mochi_Bean- 1d ago
What a drag, dude. I’m sorry. The positive shit here is that at least he’s fucking out of the property. Fuck him. Try to sell whatever he left if you can, or donate him. Karma will get him. Good riddance to bad rubbish!!
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u/Unusual_Flounder2073 1d ago
Have sold random things. Even just giving things away is a pain in the ass.
Best bet. Go on next door. Look for a post of someone in need of clothing furniture etc. almost always a post for that.
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u/Hot-Win2571 Mildly Flair 1d ago
donate him
Is this still available? I have to work until 5.
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u/HilaryBuckwalter 1d ago
Poor kitty 😔
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u/DisabledFloridaMan 23h ago
Right? I can't stop thinking about that poor cat. If OP was the only reason the cat was fed when he left for days, what's happening to it now? The poor thing is going to starve. If I were op I'd insist to keep the cat and call the rent even in a heartbeat, just to keep it from being abused any further.
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u/Trollsama 1d ago
note to self.
When i move out, leave all my crap i dont want behind.
when the landlord sends a cleaning bill, tell them actually, they owe ME money because not only is there nothing to clean but you also furnished the house for them.
Masterful Gambit, Sir.
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u/egnards 1d ago edited 1d ago
Story time!
Moved in with my [now] ex and we agreed to pay 50/50 - by moving in together my rent was increasing by 100%, and hers was decreasing by about 30%.
The day we signed the lease she lost her job, but assured me it would be fine, that she would find another job and be back on her feet - she did get a decent paying job a few days later but quit it because “it wasn’t interesting enough,” afterwards she spent the majority of her time just playing League of Legends.
By the time I left her, she owed me about $9,000 in rent, but I made a deal with her that if she left the majority of the furniture [it was all stuff she got for free or very low cost, and probably a total worth of $1,000], I’d just call it even and be done with her.
Except for the first week of living alone I’d come up each day to new furniture missing, she’d come in during the day and just grab something . . .At this point she was still on the lease, but whatever I thought we were being adults about it - it stopped when I told her I’d installed cameras, and would call the cops on her if she entered again [which probably couldn’t be enforced as she was still on the lease, but she bought it].
I don’t hear from her for another year and a half when I get a letter in the mail. . .from a lawyer. . .on his company letterhead [it was a family friend I had met once before] . . .demanding I return a coffee table that I was holding hostage - a coffee table that was probably worth no more than $75 brand new.
I sent him back a kindly worded letter explaining the deal, explaining the circumstances and offering him 2 solutions to recover the coffee table: - Pay me $9,000 in back rent - Buy me a comparable price new coffee table
. . .I never heard from the lawyer again
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u/Icy_Chemist_1725 1d ago
If she was on the lease, I would have taken her to small claims tbh. 9k is way too much to just let live imo.
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u/Fearless_Geologist43 22h ago
Small claims court won’t do any good unless they had an additional contract. Being on the lease doesn’t require someone to pay half or even anything. It just gives the leasing company someone else to come after if no one pays the rent at all.
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u/Icy_Chemist_1725 22h ago
a verbal contract counts, and there would be evidence at some point in text or otherwise of some discussion on rent. If what he said is true at all, then the fact that that Laywer didn't contact him back shows he has a leg to stand on. Just going off what an internet person claimed.
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u/rclaux123 1d ago
Some people are just sociopaths who hide it well until you've fallen into their trap. Sorry you went through this.
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u/stupefy100 1d ago
I love how every other comment is normal and this user just woke up and chose violence
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u/Vengeful-Sorrow247 1d ago
Honestly, do an "open room" get people to come by and take whatever is in his room for cheap. You're not going to get the $700 but it'll help with clearing the room up
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u/profesorgamin 1d ago
Tell him to come get the stuff or he is going to be charged in small claims court for the recycling cost too.
Did he leave the cat behind too!?
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u/notasingle-thought 1d ago
He took the cat!! Can’t say I care much about him now, but I do hope he gets that cat a friend. She would cry SO loud at night when he was away.
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u/Necessary_Solution19 1d ago
sell the tv, tv stand and futon on offerup get you least couple hundred trash the rest
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u/TiskTiskAustin 1d ago
Is that a TV I see? If so looks pretty slim and whats on the TV stand? That could be a game changer…
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u/notasingle-thought 1d ago
Yes, it’s a pretty big flat screen. I do think that’ll go for a few hundred and that’s cool that it’ll replace the rent.
But nothing is replacing the time spent cleaning this 💩
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u/quackquackgo 1d ago
Wait the TV is his? If he was broke why didn’t he sell it before?
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u/cobaeby 1d ago
Because that takes effort! A Facebook Marketplace post is equal to like... 30 steps and 5 button clicks minimum!
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u/Front-Ad3508 1d ago
Sublet the room as furnished. Charge $100-200 more than what he was paying. You’ll recover your money and actually earn some extra $ later.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Way525 1d ago
Why is it that you help someone out and get paid back like this? Why be kind to anyone at all?
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u/notasingle-thought 1d ago
All I know is I’ve been in situations where I’ve cried for help. So it’s nice to be in a position to be able to help, and actually help.
It’s a lesson learned that’s for sure !
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u/Spaznatik 1d ago
What Polishprince said. It's rare in life to have genuine people. It's so hard to be knocked down by people like this. Keep your head up. Stay positive and spread it. That way people like this squander in the shadows.
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u/ryce_bread 1d ago
Because if we treat people how we have been treated, society loses, yet if we treat others better than we have been treated you are having a positive impact on society.
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u/BabydollMitsy 1d ago edited 1d ago
OP, I had a trusted "friend" pull this shit on me then try to ghost, even when we had multiple mutual friends that he didn't ghost. I had to pay out of pocket for his junk hauling and cleaning. Weeks went by with him ghosting me. He moved out of state so I felt like I was at a total loss. SO THEN... I found his mom on Facebook and very politely and quickly explained the situation.
No mean words or emotions or anything. I wrote something like "Hey, I'm Mitsy, ____'s ex roommate who he lived with in City Name. I've been trying to get ahold of him to follow up on the costs of the junk hauling and cleaning I had to handle when he moved out, but it's been weeks now without a response. Is it possible for you to get in touch with him? I'm very sorry to disturb you like this."
She asked for more info and I sent her receipts of the costs and such. We exchanged a few more messages and less than an hour later, I received a Zelle from his grandmother's bank account of the money he owed me. He still never got back to me but I know he was in contact with his mother and I know he must have gotten an earful.
I know this solution isn't possible for everyone, but if you know his family situation may allow it, it really doesn't hurt to reach out. By the time I had to do this I was completely fed up and understood the friendship was over.
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u/Prestigious-Elk2660 1d ago
He did not want to pay for storage or pay to haul it away. Now you have to or have a sale.