Today, the couple I've been housesitting for returned. Apparently, I kept the place too clean, and they don't believe that I actually stayed here. They're refusing to pay me. FML
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Today, my boyfriend and I cleaned his parents' whole house while they were out, just to be nice. When they came home, they assumed we only did it because we'd made some huge mess that we needed to hide. I'm now banned from their house. FML
Today, my parents came home after being out of town for the weekend. I stayed home, did homework and completely cleaned the house, thinking I could earn some brownie points with them. They saw how clean the house was and accused me of covering up a party. FML
Today, I hired a cleaner to clean my apartment so when my in-laws visited tonight, they wouldn't think I was lazy. I got home from work, the cleaner hadn't shown at all, and my in-laws had arrived early. My mother-in-law is now mopping the floors. FML
Today, after I've been cleaning a hostel 7/7 for free accommodation for a few weeks, and the owner telling me 3 times to take a day off while he was able to do the job, I'm finally leaving. He's now (and only now) asking me to pay for the 3 nights I "didn't work for." FML
Today, I was babysitting. Being kind, I went to grab their mail, while their 4 year old ate lunch. He locked me out, wrecked the house, and let me in right when he saw their car two hours later. I didn't get paid. I paid them. FML
Today, I found out that, after having moved over 500 miles to begin a post-graduate degree, I'm being kicked out of the house I'm renting. We haven't yet signed agreements. Apparently I "keep the kitchen too clean". FML
Today, the cleaning lady left a note that said my room was too dirty to clean. FML
Today, after a month of living in a pigsty of an apartment with my roommates, I spent the day cleaning the place out. When everyone returned home, instead of thanking me, all they could do was point out the spots I'd missed. FML
Today, I got a call from my mom-in-law saying I have to buy my own food. I took 3 weeks off on unpaid vacation and came out of state to watch my in-laws' house and dog sit while they go out of country. I'm not allowed to touch their food, even the spoiling stuff. My husband doesn't believe me. FML
Today, I found out my roommates spent my rent money and told the landlord I never paid. I've paid my rent and theirs the past six months. My name's on the lease. FML
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Top comments
The_Basileus 9
Just an excuse not to pay you. Sone people are really dicks.
thawny_fml 21
Take a shit on their dining table and ask if it's enough proof to get paid.
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Comments (69)
ColorOfSoul 19
**** what they thinks! If they can't prove it, they gotta pay you.
myGRAM 14
I wish I could be Messier too - the guy got to play with Gretzky
KingBobtheThird 16
Pun fail... Messier isn't pronounced the way you said it.
uchihadesendent 14
A stupid reason not to pay you.
Brightblue2 14
Sue them.
extremereviews 26
The exact same thing happened to me one time
ShleeG 23
Unfortunately this might be one of those situations where you just take a step back and reevaluate your relationship with these people. Now you know not to do this couple any favours... yes it sucks that you won't get paid... but this reminds me of something a teacher once told us in high school. "If you lend a friend $100 and never see them again... consider that $100 well spent" granted you didn't give them money but you did give them your time. tl; dr: **** them... now you know better than to help these people out in the future
blueeyedcutie21 8
I always leave the houses I house sit clean, even change the sheets I sleep in. Usually they are very thankful because that means they get to come home to a clean house and not have to clean up after someone.
KryssLB 14
We once came home to a sink full of coffee grounds and our sitter's dirty underwear in our couch cushions. Another friend did put clean sheets on the bed as we asked (he'd been crashing in the bed while we were away); he just didn't take the dirty ones off first (still no idea how he thought that worked). Coming home to a clean house would be amazing. Hell, just coming home to a house not noticeably worse than when we left would be several steps ahead of our usual. Did they have animals you were feeding, OP? If so, maybe if they are still refusing to pay you because you *didn't* mess up their house (which, really? **** your life) maybe you can at least get a partial payment out of them for ensuring their pets didn't die. However, if it was a large enough amount for you that you're not willing to lose it, then yeah, take them to court. You'll have to pay a fee to file it, but if you win, you can ask the judge to make them cover the court fees. Good luck with it; that is a bullshit complaint.
CaroLouWho 10
Wouldn't the house be dusty, though, if nobody was there for however long they were on vacation? I mean, if it's not dusty, that would signal to me that somebody's been cleaning it. They sound like idiots. If I came home after vacation to a super-clean house, I'd be thrilled.
MikotoIsFluffy 8
Not really an expert here but if they refuse to pay then take them to small claims court and then use the router logs for accessed websites while they were away as evidence if you can.
Omniprism 15
Tell them you'll take them to court.