Petty Property Manager Makes Tenant Mail a Check for Two Cents, Malicious Compliance Ensues

Property managers, like the bureaucratic tendrils of any given organization, seemingly exist to slow down processes to the point of absurdity. When one redditor received a bill from their apartment manager for a whopping two cents, they did what any normal person would do and went to the manager’s office to settle their minuscule debt …
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Greedy Landlord Thinks Tenants Should Tip Landlords Instead of Service Workers

We can all agree that of all the slimy jobs in the world, being a landlord is one of the slimiest. I would go as far as to say that it is a fake job. They act like they’re doing you such an excellent service by allowing you to live in their building when they …
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Scammer ‘Head Tenant’ Gets Blasted for Letting Roommates Pay Their Rent

There’s no getting around it: most of the time, renting sucks. Landlords aren’t known for being the most helpful and sympathetic of people, and if you have to share with roommates, there’s even more potential for drama. Living together can easily make enemies of the closest of friends, and things can get even uglier when …
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Roommate Books Hotel Room Due to Lack of Hot Water, Live-In Landlord Refuses to Pay

This tenant took matters into their own hands, and when their live-in landlord let them know that the hot water would be out for the weekend, they booked a hotel room for themselves without saying a word. After pulling a vanishing act for the entire weekend, they returned and hit the landlord with the bill …
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Petty Landlord Refuses Tenant’s Request to Cancel Parking Upcharge, Tenant Turns Parking Spot Into Storage Unit

Few stories of malicious compliance are more satisfying than the ones where the complier outdoes the «enforcer of rules» in a battle of pettiness, and this redditor’s post is a perfect example. When OP decided to get rid of their car, they had no need for an assigned parking spot at their apartment complex, and …
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Petty Property Manager Makes Tenant Mail Check for Two Cents, Malicious Compliance Ensues

Property managers, like the bureaucratic tendrils of any given organization, seemingly exist to slow down processes to the point of absurdity. When one redditor received a bill from their apartment manager for a whopping two cents, they did what any normal person would do and went to the manager’s office to settle their minuscule debt …
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Greedy Landlord Attempts To Exploit Tenant for Free Labor, Gets Owned

Slumlords are exploitative by nature, and in this lucky redditor’s case, not very smart. After u/nopanicprepper experienced a series of plumbing issues in their home, they notified their absentee landlord, who refused to pay for any repairs. Instead, the landlord «allowed» OP to do the repairs since OP was an engineer. (How generous.) OP maliciously …
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Greedy Landlord Tries To Exploit Tenant for Free Labor, Gets Owned Instead

Slumlords are exploitative by nature, and in this lucky redditor’s case, not very smart. After u/nopanicprepper experienced a series of plumbing issues in their home, they notified their absentee landlord, who refused to pay for any repairs. Instead, the landlord «allowed» OP to do the repairs since OP was an engineer. (How generous.) OP maliciously …
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Apartment Complex Ignites Debate By Publicly Shaming Households Late On Rent

Realistically, most of us are only a couple of missed paychecks away from not having a place to live. It’s not a nice thought, but it is an unfortunate reality — one that some people have a lot more experience with than others.  Dealing with many landlords can be a prickly experience at the best …
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Landlord Removes Stairs From Building, Trapping Tenant in Apartment for Hours

What is it with slumlords who think it’s totally acceptable to paint over dead cockroaches or ignore ongoing requests to fix household disasters? There’s no shortage of landlords who seem to go out of their way to make the lives of their tenants miserable. @foodbattle2008 recently posted a TikTok video of what seems to be …
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