Entitled landlord wakes up tenant to yell about parking, tenant gets even by driving up the landlord’s heating bill: 'We deserve some respect'

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Isabella Penn
Oct 25, 2024 10:00 AM EDT

This tenant and her husband had lived peacefully in their apartment for over two years, never causing trouble, paying rent on time, and dealing with their landlords' agonizingly slow repair schedule without complaint. But one early morning, the tenant was woken by a call from her 75-year-old "Mom-Landlord," screaming at her for parking on the grass. But just a few days earlier, the "Son-Landlord" had told them they could park on the grass while the parking lot was being repaved. But logic didn't matter to Mom-Landlord, who kept screaming about damaging a sprinkler system... even though no water had ever come out of it during the couple's time living there.

After moving the car and getting even more threats from the landlord (via text message this time), the tenant had had enough. So, she decided to take some petty revenge. Since the landlords cover the heating bill, she now leaves the windows fully open all winter. Especially above the radiators. If they can't speak to her with respect, they can enjoy a higher heating bill this winter. Petty? Yes. Satisfying? Double yes.

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    r/pettyrevenge • 6 day AlertEqual1057 Landlord woke me up to yell at me
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    Background: my husband and I (30s) have lived in our apartment for 2.5 years. It's a small apartment building that's quite old a bit run-down but it's relatively cheap and in a nice area so we are ok with it. In the
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    time we've lived here we've never caused any trouble. We always pay rent on time, no noise complaints, we don't complain when the landlords take WEEKS to complete minor and major repairs, etc. Our landlords have always been very ride. I know
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    most landlords are and I can deal with that, but we are very respectful tenants so I believe we deserve some respect in return. For context, we have 2 landlords: there's the "Mom- landlord" (75-ish year old woman) and "Son-landlord" (50- ish year old man).
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    Now for the past several days the property has been having its parking lot dug up and it will be repaved soon. Son-landlord told all the tenants that during this time there will be a small designated area of the parking
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    lot where we can park and if there are no spots available then we can park in the grass next to the lot. Last night my husband came home from work and all the spots were full so he parked in the grass behind my car, as we were explicitly told to do.
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    Well, early this morning I am woken by a call from Mom- landlord. She never calls us so I was confused and a bit worried because it was so early. As soon as I picked up and said hello she starts screaming at me through
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    the phone, "Whose car is that in the grass?!! It shouldn't be in the grass!! HVNCNE@PGFA;EFJCKEA!" I tried calmly explaining the situation and said it was my
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    husband's car. She continues screaming, "it doesn't matter whose car it is!!" And I'm thinking, B I, you just came at me asking whose car it was! She was yelling at me that we can't park in the grass because we'll
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    damage the sprinkler system. I'm confused because in the 2.5 years we've lived here we've never seen a single drop of water come up out of the ground and the grass was brown and crunchy throughout the entire summer this year lol. I didn't say any of
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    this to her though, I just told her I would go move the car but she didn't seem to want to hear that and continued screaming and eventually hung up before letting me get a word in edge-wise. I immediately moved the car but then about 30 minutes after all
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    this she texted me and she threatened she'd have the car towed next time. If she had just politely and calmly asked me to move the car I would have no problem but she's not capable of being polite and kind. Her son is only slightly better but I didn't have to deal with him today.
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    It just really ped me off because I don't think I or anyone else who lives here deserve to be spoken to that way. So here is my very petty revenge: we pay all utilities except for heat. For whatever reason the landlords cover the heating bill. I've always
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    tried to be respectful of this and keep the windows closed when the heat is on even though I HATE when the house is hot and stuffy (we don't get to control the temperature) and prefer the cool breeze from outside. In the past I would only open our
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    bedroom window a small crack at night so I could sleep comfortably. Well now I am keeping the windows FULLY OPEN whenever I want, especially the ones right above the old radiators. Even if I'm cold, I'll just wrap myself in one of our many blankets!
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    These people own several properties and are very wealthy so there's a good chance they'll never even notice. Hence why I think my revenge is very petty. I'm not going to continue being uncomfortable in the stuffy heat if you can't speak to me with
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    some basic decency, especially when your own I son told us to park in the grass!! Enjoy the slight increase in your heating bills this winter.
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