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[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 88 points 1 month ago (3 children)

A landlord complaining about having to do their job? Shocked

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 31 points 1 month ago

Based on every landlord I've seen, they're complaining about not doing their job twice as much

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

Landlords just don't want to work anynore

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

In the most charitable interpretation, the rent price only barely covers the wear and tear without wfh, but we all know that's not true.

[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 63 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Damn, poor landlord will have to spend a little more of my fucking money to fix it.

[–] mrmacduggan@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 month ago

Yeah. When they complain I always want to ask them "Really? What did you do with the last $2,000 I gave you?" like a disappointed father.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 38 points 1 month ago

Well, if you think that's bad you should get a job

[–] zarathustrad@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So, we get rent discounts for going on vacation then right?

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I turn on the light maybe 20 minutes a day for eating and maybe finding something. Do I get a discount because I like to live in the dark?

[–] zarathustrad@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

As a fellow creature of the night, I keep my windows and blinds closed at all times, that's cutting down on both UV and other weather damage.

Check please.

So much woe is me with these fuckers. If it's so terrible being a landlord then sell up and get a job.

[–] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

You can live in the home you pay rent for, but only during certain hours.

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 month ago

So you rent an apartment, but are only allowed to be there a certain amount of hours per day? What's next, every 5min you have to listen to ads? Only allowed to use the toilet 3 times a day, otherwise the toilet door hinges will wear too fast?

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Just rent by the hour like in brothel L-MAO 土改 now

[–] tazeycrazy@feddit.uk 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This guy isn't a landlord. Property's degrade far quicker and worse when left unoccupied for long periods of time. Leaks go unreported. Water freezes in the pipe. Air becomes damp and mold takes over. Squatters move in and trash the place.

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

That guy is an idiot, which as far as I can tell is all the prerequisites needed to be a leech.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If all landlords knew that, there wouldn't be an "unoccupied houses to homelessness" ratio, tbf.

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 month ago

Yeah, you're renting, but that doesn't mean you can just live in it.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago

Can I be unemployed from home? UFH

[–] cannedheat@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 month ago

If I'm paying rent, I'll be in the unit as often as I damn well please. Simple as.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago

Yeah, hi, um... Fuckface McParasite... You have literally zero fucking say over what people do in their home you fucking moron. If that means your precious fucking lightswitches wear out faster, too bad, so sad.

[–] Folstar@lemmus.org 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mao had the right idea about landlords

[–] DudleyMason@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

I always thought he was entirely too kind to them.

[–] Magister@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Isn't a light switch 99¢ or less especially if you buy a pack of 10 ? This does not justify a $200/month increase if you WFH like I saw in an ad. I wasn't sure it was a joke or not

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A decent switch will run you about $2.48USD. Not sure about contractor packs but I’m sure it’s cheaper. Your point still stands.

[–] RusAD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

As if a landlord would ever buy a decent switch and not the absolute cheapest one

[–] TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Says the man who fixes every problem with white paint.

[–] doleo@lemmy.one 15 points 1 month ago

genuinely cant tell if this is ragebait or not

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So they don’t rent to stay at home parents either then right???

[–] zarathustrad@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Raise the rents on home schoolers too, that's extra wear and tear.

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

Let me play a dirge using the worlds smallest violin

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

I spend every moment in can in my Basement. I paid for it, im gonna use it!

[–] klep@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago
[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 month ago

Just wait until I get my package of live termites in the mail! I ordered it off of amazon while I was working from home!

[–] ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Just to check, this isn't someone pretending to be a poor landlord complaining about themselves being at home all day?

[–] CyroSignal@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago
[–] pleiades@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

Won't someone think of the landlords? They're the real heroes who run society, without them no one would have a place to live! /s

[–] StinkySocialist@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is this legally enforceable? Or can we just lie?

[–] pineapple@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

No, they can see with the in wall camera they installed.

[–] Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Upvote for landbastard

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The only explanation I've heard that makes sense is when it's running a business out of the home and you have clients/customers coming and going. The increase in traffic is not accounted for in their insurance and blah blah. Extending that to WFH is either someone not understanding some landlord's rights posts they read on some dark corner of the internet or, I don't know, idiocy? Either way you're signaling you'll be a problem landlord.