'That's what's wrong with your generation, you have no work ethic': Boomer insults millennial not realizing he owns his apartment building, gets told his lease won’t be renewed

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Isabella Penn
Oct 13, 2024 10:00 AM EDT

When a boomer tenant saw his millennial landlord taking a break from repairs, he just couldn't resist throwing in his two cents (as they usually do). As the landlord sat down for a quick lunch after working on repairs all Saturday afternoon, the tenant hit him with the classic line: "That's what's wrong with your generation. You have no work ethic. Always need to rest." Little did he know, he wasn't just dealing with a random repair guy. The guy he was insulting actually owned the entire apartment building that the Boomer lived in. 

Instead of letting the comment slide, the landlord calmly responded in the best way possible: by informing the tenant that his lease wouldn't be renewed. It's the ultimate lesson in not judging a book by its cover, or in this case, a landlord by his lunch break. Next time, maybe this tenant will think twice before making assumptions about the millennial "work ethic." Or maybe not. You won't believe how the Boomer reacted to the landlord's level of pettiness. 

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  • 01
    r/BoomersBeingFools Own-Shower-7819 Boomer doesn't realize I (a millenial) am his landlord. Insane reaction.
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  • 02
    The brain rot and entitlement is insane. Context: I am 30s, work in STEM, live wayy below my means, 90% of my income gets invested in my real estate business (residential rental). Social Security won't be around for me
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    because the boomers drained it, so I made my own retirement plan. I have an employee who manages my properties day to day, so I don't actually meet many tenants face to face. I LOVE
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  • 04
    home improvement and DIY, so when I have any free time, I do my own repairs and upgrades (saves me tremendous $). I'm at an 8 unit apartment I own, I'm re-pointing the brick siding. Arrived around 6am on a
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    Saturday, worked for 5 hours, so now I'm sitting down and eating lunch, scrolling my phone while taking a short break. Walks by boomer tenant (72 y/o) named Martin. Martin has never met me before because my employee leased him. But I know all about
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  • 06
    Martin income (100% social - security), lease terms, what his apartment looks like, etc. Boomer Martin: sitting down on the job, eh? smug look Me: Yeah, just taking a small break before getting back to it.
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    Boomer Martin: That's what's wrong with your generation. You have no work ethic. Always need to rest. What do they even pay you for? Me: Excuse me?? I've been here working since 6am fixing this
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  • 08
    wall, I'm just taking a short break dude. Please leave me alone. Boomer Martin: You're sitting down. You're not working. No work ethic. I bet youre getting paid right now too. That's why your generation owns nothing.
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  • 09
    That's why you can't even afford to buy your first house and want Comrade Kamala in office to forgive your student loans. I had to sit quietly for a second to process what I just heard. It absolutely me off since
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    I've been doing masonry work for hours, on my building, that Martin rents from me. Me: "Actually Martin, my name is John (not real name). You should go back to your apartment in 104D and re-read your lease, because then you'll realize that
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    I'm the owner. I do my own maintenance sometimes. Ive been here doing maintenance for 5 hours. My employee, Kevin, is the one who leased you. Come to think of it, your lease is up in March isn't it? You can expect a non-renewal."
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    Martin absolutely short circuited, complete silence for 15 seconds as he got redder and redder with anger. He then yelled at me I'm a lazy liar, he'll tell the property manager that im sitting down on the clock, then he waddled off yelling that he'll call the cops because I'm harassing him and trespassing.
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    On Monday, Kevin (employee) texted me Martin sent him an email complaining about "the lazy worker who insulted him." I instructed Kevin to not renew Martin's lease in the spring. Force him to move. you Martin.
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  • 14
    OwlsHootTwice • 18h ago Martin, the renter, was commenting that millennials don't own property because they're lazy? What does that make him then? ✰ 9.9K Reply
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    Feminazghul • 18h ago. I hope he cried. Even if you were a hired worker who was goofing off, it wasn't any of his business. Shutting up is free. Leaving people alone cost nothing. Moving ... that's not cheap.
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    But Smartin Martin is lucky. You could have been someone with anger control issues. Instead he is has plenty of time to find another place to live. Maybe he has learned an important lesson about leaving people the not. alone. But probably
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    actionpark 17h ago The only thing worse than a boomer is a landlord.
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    Kodama_sucks • 16h ago • You know, boomers aren't bad because they're old. They're bad because they hoarded wealth and didn't allow others to own the stuff they need... You know. Like landlords.
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    Individual-Ad-6250 17h ago I have to choose between my hatred of boomers or my hatred of land lords abusing their power.
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    Me: "Actually Martin, my name is John (not real name). You should go back to your apartment in 104D and re-read your lease, because then you'll realize that I'm the owner. I do my own maintenance sometimes. Ive been here doing maintenance for 5 hours. My employee, Kevin, is the one who leased you. Come to think of it, your lease is up in March isn't it? You can expect a non-renewal."
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