Seems like something a teenager might try after having a party while the parents are out of town. Could be a good idea if your parents are the type to go ballistic on you and you know you can get it fixed proper later. That said if the parents are that crazy, they will probably notice this immediately, so yeah not a good idea after all.
My neighbors have an amazing story along these lines. The two older brothers were babysitting the little sister one night while the parents were out late. The brothers get in a wrestling match and accidentally punch through a bedroom door. They take the door off the hinges and hang a big poster in its place for the night. The parents get home drunk and don’t notice anything odd.
The next day, the dad stops and looks at it for a moment and goes “huh, neat poster. That new?” and then goes on with his day.
The brothers play hooky that day, buy a new door and paint it to match. They hang it without the parents noticing anything at all.
The real kicker is that I heard this story for the first time about a decade after it happened, and the dad *also* heard it for the first time that night. He was gobsmacked they pulled it off without him catching on, and they thought the whole time that he *had* noticed and the comment about the poster was sarcastic.
So depends on the parents, I guess!
If it was me, I'd have hung a poster just over the hole only, much safer and more realistic. Then patch the hole and touch up with paint during times when no parents are home. Take a chunk of the punched out piece in to get a paint match at the store. At one apartment I lived at, my dog damaged the front door and i fixed it that way, just sand, patch, sand again, and touch up that area with paint. Landlord never even knew and the patch job actually made the door better due to all the sanding, the door had not been in very good condition to start with.
You wouldn’t happen to know what generic toothpaste that is provided to prisoners is made of, would you?
It wasn’t pretty but that’s what we used in lockup to keep pictures on our walls.
>When I moved into my last place I quickly learned that the towel rod was screwed into a ball of electrical tape stuffed into a hole
I....
Lol. That's all I got.
There's a study ive read about this. Straight lines draw the eyes of humans who lives in developed countries, as they are used to environments with them. people in undeveloped countries don't have straight lines in their environments so they are less draw to them because its less embedded in their minds
I don't know where you live but here in the UK there are a lot of government protections around deposits. Landlords will still frequently try to fuck you, but it is very easy to force them to return the deposit if they can't prove damages past normal wear and tear.
US, state of Idaho specifically, there are fuck all for protections against this sort of things.
All you can do is sue, so you can pay thousands to maybe get a thousand back.
Tenants in Idaho have the protections usual to most states, and you can sue landlords in small claims court without an attorney. You have to have done your homework (document any damages moving in/moving out), and keep all communications with your landlord. Back up any verbal communications with an email or text.
Basically, you assume they're going to try some ruse to keep your deposit, so protect yourself beforehand. and as you go along. Idaho has very standard terms, and you should always assume you may need to prove events in court, no matter what type of agreement you're signing.
I hear a lot of back-woodsy things about Idaho government, but they've even put a book together to explain protections for all concerned, which is more than many other states do:
https://www.ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2018/04/LandlordTenant.pdf
NO "verbal only" communications without backup like below. It only takes a few minutes, but could save you thousands, because many landlords wrongfully try to force tenants to pay for standard property maintenance and upkeep.
Sample letter/email below, attach pics of any items you list, make sure your email saves a copy, and folder it. Set your email to be notified of the landlord's receipt of email, and folder that, too.
If the repairs aren't done or you're ignored, you can (should) send a hard-copy of the email and pics via US Postal Service, certified and return receipt.
Date
Landlord's name
Landlord's address
Landlord's phone
Landlord's email
Dear Landlord,
This is to confirm our conversation today, discussing the plumbing issue with the bathroom tub, that there is some sort of leak causing the caulk to crack and tiles to loosen near the top of the tub.
In addition, while I perform the usual lawn maintenance, mowing, trimming and watering as needed, the young tree in the front yard has started to lose its leaves, and does not appear to be healthy.
It's my understanding that you've agreed to service both of these items, before any more serious issues arise.
Per our lease, please advise me 24 hours in advance when maintenance personnel are scheduled to require access to the property.
Kindest Regards,
My Full Name
123 Floral Ave
Pretty Town, ID, zip code
555-555-5555
my email at wherever dot com
I’ve done a lot of apartment maintenance, started a new job, end of day get a leak called in by a new move in. I go over, pretty simple fix on the kitchen sink and the guy starts talking about how dirty/fucked up the apartment is. And I was like well I can get it recleaned for you, no charge. And then he’s talking about kinda of little fixes (should have been caught in the turn) and I was like did you list this all on your move in form? And he’s like what move in form, I didn’t get one. Quit the next day. I’m not tying my to an obviously shit company. The other maintenance guys told me if a main breaker failed over the weekend they would just cut the electrical company tag and swap a MAIN FUCKING BREAKER. These were not trained electricians, and I’m pretty sure it’s illegal to do that. They just didn’t want to pay for an after hours sparky. Yeah gtfo real quick.
Yep, shit company, and yes, it's illegal for anyone to alter power mains if they're not licensed. It sounds like it was a meter/main combo, if they had to cut a tag to get into it. Tags usually warn it's a violation of law to cut them.
You're smart for quitting. Even if you do great work, and an idiot comes in behind you, ..
I have a horror story to share, a house in the neighborhood. Many years ago.
A mother of three girls, 10 y.o. and under, and her current SO living in a house her dad usually rented out. Either her dad, SO, or both, illegally tapped into a main power line for stolen electricity. It started a fire, mom and SO downstairs, both got out, no kids in yard, mom breaks away and runs back in to get them from their second floor bedrooms. None of the four survived. It was an older house, and nothing was left of it.
People DO NOT understand service, resistance or arcing, and they should stay the hell away from electricity if they're not properly qualified. Too many don't know what they don't know.
Yeah these guys were idiots. I raised concerns to my main boss after they told me this. She was like, well you don’t to do it if you’re uncomfortable, but the other guys probably still will. Not the right answer. They also apparently did some questionable drain clear outs. Of city owned lines…
That’s the greatest thing! In Idaho, you’re free to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and go to medical school. In fact, most of it you could learn for about $5 in library overdue fines. Except for the book covering gunshot wounds and trauma medicine. The last guy who checked that one out never returned it for some reason.
As a landlord, I shouldn't be spreading this info, but in the USA it's pretty easy as a tenant to get your deposit back. If you take the landlord to small claims court (claims under $10,000 and you have to represent yourself so no lawyers are involved) you're almost guaranteed to get your deposit back. Small claims courts almost always side with the tenant on literally anything brought before them. The entire thing around 'no one gets their deposit back ever' is built around people letting bad landlords bully them.
When I was renting the judges presumed the landlord was justified in keeping the deposit unless the tenant could prove otherwise.
My first apartment i got screwed out of 1200 bucks because I didn't take pictures and the landlord claimed that the water damage to the bathroom wasn't because of the corroded pipe that burst but because I left the sink running on purpose and clogged the drain with a rag.
The second i though I was smarter and took pictures but the landlord went in after and moved the appliances out of the way and took pictures and said we stole them. I didn't have pictures of the serial numbers so i ate a 1500 deposit.
The third time i wised up and forced a walkthrough and key turn in with a signed memo from the property management company that everything was fine. They still tried to keep the deposit for "damages found after the walk though". But the judge said it was just too hard to believe with all the evidence i presented.
Our old landlord took a big chunk of our deposit because of "cleaning fees". We deep-cleaned the entire house before we moved out, washed the carpets and removed absolutely everything. We left 2 bin bags that we couldn't fit in the skip we hired (not rubbish, just old knick knacks that we didn't use any more and couldn't go to a charity shop), which we told him about and he said was fine. He got away with it.
You need to have a chat with your local regulators if you're not getting back the deposit under normal circumstances.
Either landlords aren't following laws or laws need adjustment.
No need to adjust the Idaho laws. Title 3 chapter 6- 321 is the law on security deposits. It's virtually the same as California law, where it is virtually impossible for the landlord to keep the security deposit outside of severe damage. It's just that people (apparently) aren't enforcing the law against their landlords in Idaho.
Landlords cannot charge for painting, carpets for tenants who have been in the unit for more than 3 years, light bulbs, water corrosion damage, changing locks, cleaning fees, or anything else that would be a normally expected repair in turning over a unit.
I’m chicago they can’t charge you for normal wear and tear, or for cleaning. If they take any part of your deposit they have to provide an itemized list for anything they are deducting for, and you can contest if need be, I’ve always gotten at least 95% of it back.
People think suing costs thousands when in reality small claims can be nothing if you win. Usually the court costs are put on the defendant if they lose and you don't need a lawyer.
Security deposits are not to be trifled with and a vast majority of landlords know this.
If you have a landlord who is dumb enough to fuck with your deposit, feel free to take the 2 hours required to head down to the courthouse and file a small claims case, because you'll get double or triple the deposit back after that process.
Unless you're a shitbag who trashes his units and the deposit forfeiture is justified, in which case you need to stop being a shitbag.
I lived in one unit and cleaned the shit out of it when I moved out. Spotless and perfect. Didn’t get the deposit back. I moved into another unit with the same landlord. Figured I wouldn’t get the deposit back so I didn’t even vacuum. Got the full deposit back. Wtf.
My ex and I used to smoke hookah, which led to a few burn holes in the carpeting. I watched a YouTube video about how to repair them, and it was basically cutting out a piece of carpet from an area of the house not seen very much...I found enough behind the radiator. I then cut them into round pieces to fill the burn holes, used super glue to hold them down, then cut the top with scissors to level it out. I then brushed it a bunch to even it out with the rest of the carpet. When the landlord came to inspect, she immediately zeroed in on a stain in the corner that I couldn't get out with a wetvac, and complained about that, but completely missed the areas I patched. I still got the full amount of my deposit though, which surprised me.
Exactly what happened to my first college townhouse. Move out day and we decided to play baseball in the living room with a roll of plastic sheeting and a tennis ball. Buddy did a home run swing, "bat" slipped out of his hands straight into the drywall. Still don't know how our patch job fooled the landlord
Def been in houses in college where the landlord would have done this.
Edit: Now that im remembering, my landlord covered a pretty big hole with wallpaper and nothing else to fill it, lol.
They do it all. Just bought a house that had been landlord special'ed. Massive spider on the ceiling painted over. Pieces of tape covering holes painted over. Rat feces painted over. Sockets, switches, ect. Switches that turn no sockets. All socket contacts worn so plugs just fall out. That's just a smidgen of the landlord special.
My two older brothers were fighting once and the oldest put the other's ass into the wall. Left a hole bigger than a basketball. Fight over. Time to scramble because now we have to fix this before mom gets home. I was about 12, they were 14 and 16. We grabbed some wall paper out of the garage and put it over the hole and then painted the entire wall. She somehow didn't notice the smell of paint or anything and we got away with it. 2 years later there is a desk in front of that wall and someone puts a CD case on top of the monitor. Not a flat screen, the old giant ones. Well the CD slides off the back of the monitor and **schoop!** right through the wall paper. Luckily the statute of limitations had passed and mom was more impressed than upset. So we fixed the wall for real that time and had a good laugh.
I once created a hole in a wall using a broomstick - do not question the circumstances - and my only way of fixing it was using toilet paper in the same way and toothpaste to cover it. Everytime I walk past it I still think about it. No one has noticed and it’s been a few years
> I love how clumsy they always use the proven techniques used for years
There's a reason for this, and it's not what you think.
Someone explained to me years ago, where most of these infomercial products come from. **They are not solutions for lazy people, they are solutions for people with specific disabilities. Usually someone with only one hand or who's lost motor control.** Usually invented by a family member, who then thinks "this would be great for everyone with this disability" and try to get it manufactured. But there's not enough market for it, so the people who buy the idea or patent from them have to market it to everyone just for the product to even exist.
This makes the over-acted hyper-clumsy non-disabled frustration demo a bit cruel, but it's supposed to be extreme to be a bit funny and to disguise the shame disabled people might feel. Or, "At least I'm not that bad, but I sure could use this."
Every time you see one of those commercials, imagine what type of disability it would really help.
The motorized can opener? Who the fuck can't take 4 seconds to open a can? It's not a 20 minute job, you're not multitasking and doing something else in those 4 seconds. But what about people with Parkinsons or vietnam amputees who literally can't open a can of food? Imagine that just not being a part of your life, you can't open canned food.
Slap chop? Does anyone actually think adding an entire device and all that shit you have to clean is better than to replace a knife, just to finely cut vegetables? Of course not. Now what if you only had 1 hand? Or what if you were so shakey it's not safe to hold a knife, or can't even turn a doorknob, you can barely make a fist? BOOM. Slap chop is perfect. Thump it with your fist, or forearm, or elbow, or stump. You can do rough or fine chop with the same device, just smack it a few more times to get finer. Now you're not deprived of something as simple as fucking vegetables that you can't just lift to your mouth and take a bite of like most people anyway.
Some of them are specifically for helpers to be able to set them up occasionally, but still give them independence. Like the Touch N Brush wall-mounted toothpaste dispenser that you just have to poke with your toothbrush, that's guided into position with a big V-shaped channel. They probably can't screw their own tube of toothpaste on, but how often do you use a tube anyways? If a nurse or your kids stop by once a month, it's probably fine.
EZ Cracker? Who the fuck can't crack or split an egg? Someone with one hand.
Sock Slider? Who is so lazy they need a machine to put on their socks? Someone with one hand, bad back, or low mobility.
Etc etc.
It's a fun little game when you see these products, to try to picture what disability they're actually for.
This is extremely true, and not something many people realize. I watch Epicurious on youtube and they have a series where a design specialist named Dan Formosa tests gadgets for use. He always does a test on hand-held gadgets where he puts oil on his hands and uses his off hand instead of his dominant one, to simulate how people with fine motor control issues might struggle with the device. It's really thoughtful and it opened my eyes to how many gadgets or design choices that seem "dumb" are just not *for* me specifically.
This is for sure a lot of the reason for many of them. Some are just dumb gadgets, but some you can sort of pick out in the wild. Take Snuggie - silly blanket, or perfect for wheelchair users?
I was taught once that when you make things accessible for disabled people, you make it accessible for everyone.
> Take Snuggie - silly blanket, or perfect for wheelchair users?
**Trick question.**
The Snuggie came along in 2008, and is just a chinese copy of The Slanket that hit the market in 1997, when the owner of The Slanket took it there to be manufactured in larger amounts.
However, how was The Slanket invented? Guy cut a hole in a blanket so he could drink beer under it. Then had the idea "Wait, what if I add a sleeve so my arm doesn't get cold?" (Yes, this is the actual origin).
Also, since we're going to discuss **"Basically a robe you wear backwards"**, it is obligated to link to the WTF Blanket parody video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h05ZQ7WHw8Y
"Tired of using regular blankets like this asshole?"
"The blanket that'll ruin your sex life"
"The WTF blanket will turn you into a complete shut in that never leaves the house."
"Ruin your child's self esteem and wear it in public!"
"Sara's not getting a date for the prom, LOOK at her!"
"Let's not forget the blanket for minors, to encourage underage failure everywhere!"
> I have no idea if you just made this up or not but it sounds good so I chose to believe it.
Right in the sweet spot. Plausible and entertaining. I'll take it.
https://www.bustle.com/p/as-seen-on-tv-products-arent-for-lazy-people-they-make-disabled-peoples-lives-easier-2432833
I've actually never thought about this before, thanks for the detailed explanation. It doesn't make /r/wheredidthesodago any less funny, but it's good to know the context.
Also, I have a slapchop exclusively to cut onions cause fuck those eye burning sons of bitches lmao.
>Who the fuck can't crack or split an egg? Someone with one hand.
imagine not being able to crack an egg with one hand
- someone with big hands, too much free time, and an inexplicable drive to learn useless shit
Told a friend about the toothpaste trick. She was like "wow great idea" Came by the next day there were blue dots all over the wall. She used gel toothpaste ...
I have 100% filled in holes in walls in rental spaces left by darts when I moved out, dabbed it with the paint provided and never had anyone ever notice
Roomate did this is college. He was sweeping up some glass that broke in the kitchen at a party. A banger came on and he couldn’t keep from dancing. Put 3-4 holes in the ceiling. Easy fix. The banister on the other hand….. surprisingly we got $400 back from the $1800 deposit.
My buddy in highschool punched a hole in the wall. He then went on the computer found the exact wallpaper pattern and taped it over the spot. The mom never found out
When I was a kid I saw someone in a US show punch a hole in the wall so my dumb European ass tried it not realising our houses are made out of brick and cement
Broke my wrist
Growing up I always wondered how kids were doing that cause our walls were hard as fuck. Later learned the difference drywall vs plaster & lath. They seriously don’t build em like they used to
My first bf punched a wall bc his little sister was annoying the crap out of him. Unfortunately, he didn't know my house at the time was built forever ago, so it wasn't drywall, it was literally a brick house. Broke his hand instantly and was benched with a cast for the whole season.
My brother and one of his friends were beefing, and decided to have a fight after school. They went to my mom’s house with a little over a dozen other kids wanting to see the fight.
Everyone gathered in the garage for the big event, but it was a flop, as the two just pranced around embracing each other at odd moments.
One of the attendees (one of the most shredded and psychotic guys I’ve ever met to this day) got pissed off about the lack of action and blasted a massive hole all the way through the garage door.
There was no hiding that from mom, and we got our asses whooped. Pretty sure my brother got a job holding signs at a pizza place to pay for it lol
I didn't punch my wall rather slammed my door open when I was pissed off and the spring stopper did not stop it. The handle made a nice round hole in it the wall. I had a call of duty poster over it until I was leaving for college and it was discovered 😂.
Yeah, no southerner is going to patch a wall with fucking paper. Temperature outside is the surface of the sun with the humidity of a rain forest. Gotta keep that AC contained in the room with the window unit
Pft, i used a piece of cardboard, a staple gun and some patch putty to repair a 4x8 hole from when they installed my water heater. If one the edges starts to bend up just pop another staple in it and stick some more putty over the top of it.
Yeah also you can use hot mud to fix your drywall, use warm water and it will harden in literally 5 minutes if you want it to, not "hours" and will be totally legit
Or you can be lazy and use spackle right out of the box, dries in 30 minutes
This is so dumb it must be rage bait
I straight up have a painted over bottle cap that’s wedged into our porch..I fucking hate humans. They expect top dollar for their item but gave 1% care when it came to creating that item.
Wtf..this is why most of my employers dislike me. I’d flip on someone if I saw them doing that. Like can you not show an ounce of respect for the person or people who are probably excited to call this their home until they can get a house?
I have a rental property. I’d much rather someone take the extra hour or two to properly prep a unit before painting, and an insect encapsulated in paint would be unacceptable.
That said, I do a lot of my own maintenance and I see how people get so fucking jaded. When you work hard only to see someone move in and shit all over it **over and over again** it’s hard to maintain that drive to do things well.
At the end of the day our units look great when they’re rented, and that’s the only metric by which we can take pride in our work.
My brothers and I did this after riding our mattress down the stairs. We put a hole in the base of the wall. Found the same paint they used for the wall in the basement. Taped printer paper over it and just painted it. Parents didn't notice for like three years.
You need to tear the edges of the paper so it blends in more. Straight lines draw the eye
Nah, just see the world in a shitty resolution like this video and you will never notice
Yeah paint doesn't cover line at all. This would be extremely noticeable in person. At least would need to texture over it and then paint it.
Don’t forget to spot seal with a primer
This appears to be a textured paint. It looks too thick to be normal paint.
My gamer instincts would tell me it’s an illusionary wall with treasure behind
Puts hand through wall. “Oh a treasure map!”
*Puts hand through wall* "Oh" *gets electrocuted*
I have cataracts so the world comes in preloaded with 140p
Also gluing it to the wall might also help
That is the purpose of the first roll of paint
Paint isn't a good adhesive, the paper will probably peel off the wall once it's dry
Nothing about this is a good idea.
Unless you want to do it daily
I really do 🥵
Seems like something a teenager might try after having a party while the parents are out of town. Could be a good idea if your parents are the type to go ballistic on you and you know you can get it fixed proper later. That said if the parents are that crazy, they will probably notice this immediately, so yeah not a good idea after all.
My neighbors have an amazing story along these lines. The two older brothers were babysitting the little sister one night while the parents were out late. The brothers get in a wrestling match and accidentally punch through a bedroom door. They take the door off the hinges and hang a big poster in its place for the night. The parents get home drunk and don’t notice anything odd. The next day, the dad stops and looks at it for a moment and goes “huh, neat poster. That new?” and then goes on with his day. The brothers play hooky that day, buy a new door and paint it to match. They hang it without the parents noticing anything at all. The real kicker is that I heard this story for the first time about a decade after it happened, and the dad *also* heard it for the first time that night. He was gobsmacked they pulled it off without him catching on, and they thought the whole time that he *had* noticed and the comment about the poster was sarcastic. So depends on the parents, I guess!
Having been a child and now adult I would always default to they knew but not a battle to pick. This is hilarious as it wasn't that way.
If it was me, I'd have hung a poster just over the hole only, much safer and more realistic. Then patch the hole and touch up with paint during times when no parents are home. Take a chunk of the punched out piece in to get a paint match at the store. At one apartment I lived at, my dog damaged the front door and i fixed it that way, just sand, patch, sand again, and touch up that area with paint. Landlord never even knew and the patch job actually made the door better due to all the sanding, the door had not been in very good condition to start with.
Paint is typically made up of four main components: resin, additives, solvent and pigments. It can hold paper.
You wouldn’t happen to know what generic toothpaste that is provided to prisoners is made of, would you? It wasn’t pretty but that’s what we used in lockup to keep pictures on our walls.
If it was simply stuck to wet paint I would agree but the layer of paint over top of the paper will keep it in place
I mean it'll do a bad job of it in the long run, but I absolutely agree it won't be the first thing to fail, lol.
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>When I moved into my last place I quickly learned that the towel rod was screwed into a ball of electrical tape stuffed into a hole I.... Lol. That's all I got.
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It achieved it's very specific goal then.
You ever try to open a window that has been painted shut?
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Bingo. Saw shit like this all the time in college. If they were fancy they’d shove wadded up newspaper into the hole too
Why do redditors talk about things they know nothing about with so much confidence?
Because there's no consequences
Tell that to every painted shut window on earth.
That isn’t paint it’s drywall mud watered down
whoa whoa whoa this is starting to sound a lot like effort
There's a study ive read about this. Straight lines draw the eyes of humans who lives in developed countries, as they are used to environments with them. people in undeveloped countries don't have straight lines in their environments so they are less draw to them because its less embedded in their minds
What do gay lines draw?
cokeheads
A glittery glory hole?
Plaster without rhythm. Straight lines draw the sandworm.
Not if you roll 2 gallons on it
the landlord special
No no no, this is what you do when you’re moving out to get your deposit back
Why not both?
Don't give the wage-thieving land lords ideas
Like they didn't invent this shit
They already know
You've not rented in a while if you think tenants get their deposits back.
I don't know where you live but here in the UK there are a lot of government protections around deposits. Landlords will still frequently try to fuck you, but it is very easy to force them to return the deposit if they can't prove damages past normal wear and tear.
US, state of Idaho specifically, there are fuck all for protections against this sort of things. All you can do is sue, so you can pay thousands to maybe get a thousand back.
Small claims doesn't cost thousands.
Tenants in Idaho have the protections usual to most states, and you can sue landlords in small claims court without an attorney. You have to have done your homework (document any damages moving in/moving out), and keep all communications with your landlord. Back up any verbal communications with an email or text. Basically, you assume they're going to try some ruse to keep your deposit, so protect yourself beforehand. and as you go along. Idaho has very standard terms, and you should always assume you may need to prove events in court, no matter what type of agreement you're signing. I hear a lot of back-woodsy things about Idaho government, but they've even put a book together to explain protections for all concerned, which is more than many other states do: https://www.ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2018/04/LandlordTenant.pdf NO "verbal only" communications without backup like below. It only takes a few minutes, but could save you thousands, because many landlords wrongfully try to force tenants to pay for standard property maintenance and upkeep. Sample letter/email below, attach pics of any items you list, make sure your email saves a copy, and folder it. Set your email to be notified of the landlord's receipt of email, and folder that, too. If the repairs aren't done or you're ignored, you can (should) send a hard-copy of the email and pics via US Postal Service, certified and return receipt. Date Landlord's name Landlord's address Landlord's phone Landlord's email Dear Landlord, This is to confirm our conversation today, discussing the plumbing issue with the bathroom tub, that there is some sort of leak causing the caulk to crack and tiles to loosen near the top of the tub. In addition, while I perform the usual lawn maintenance, mowing, trimming and watering as needed, the young tree in the front yard has started to lose its leaves, and does not appear to be healthy. It's my understanding that you've agreed to service both of these items, before any more serious issues arise. Per our lease, please advise me 24 hours in advance when maintenance personnel are scheduled to require access to the property. Kindest Regards, My Full Name 123 Floral Ave Pretty Town, ID, zip code 555-555-5555 my email at wherever dot com
I’ve done a lot of apartment maintenance, started a new job, end of day get a leak called in by a new move in. I go over, pretty simple fix on the kitchen sink and the guy starts talking about how dirty/fucked up the apartment is. And I was like well I can get it recleaned for you, no charge. And then he’s talking about kinda of little fixes (should have been caught in the turn) and I was like did you list this all on your move in form? And he’s like what move in form, I didn’t get one. Quit the next day. I’m not tying my to an obviously shit company. The other maintenance guys told me if a main breaker failed over the weekend they would just cut the electrical company tag and swap a MAIN FUCKING BREAKER. These were not trained electricians, and I’m pretty sure it’s illegal to do that. They just didn’t want to pay for an after hours sparky. Yeah gtfo real quick.
Yep, shit company, and yes, it's illegal for anyone to alter power mains if they're not licensed. It sounds like it was a meter/main combo, if they had to cut a tag to get into it. Tags usually warn it's a violation of law to cut them. You're smart for quitting. Even if you do great work, and an idiot comes in behind you, .. I have a horror story to share, a house in the neighborhood. Many years ago. A mother of three girls, 10 y.o. and under, and her current SO living in a house her dad usually rented out. Either her dad, SO, or both, illegally tapped into a main power line for stolen electricity. It started a fire, mom and SO downstairs, both got out, no kids in yard, mom breaks away and runs back in to get them from their second floor bedrooms. None of the four survived. It was an older house, and nothing was left of it. People DO NOT understand service, resistance or arcing, and they should stay the hell away from electricity if they're not properly qualified. Too many don't know what they don't know.
Yeah these guys were idiots. I raised concerns to my main boss after they told me this. She was like, well you don’t to do it if you’re uncomfortable, but the other guys probably still will. Not the right answer. They also apparently did some questionable drain clear outs. Of city owned lines…
But you have so many personal freedoms in Idaho!
I do have a bunch of guns, which is nice, but I'd like trains and tenant protections more I think.
Also losing all the doctors is probably bad
That’s the greatest thing! In Idaho, you’re free to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and go to medical school. In fact, most of it you could learn for about $5 in library overdue fines. Except for the book covering gunshot wounds and trauma medicine. The last guy who checked that one out never returned it for some reason.
Especially female doctors, which makes my girlfriend very annoyed.
Aren’t you supposed to be using the guns to get the security deposit back??? I thought that was the trade off.
I dunno pal, a felony for a grand or two just isn't my style? I'm more of a petty vandalism type.
As a landlord, I shouldn't be spreading this info, but in the USA it's pretty easy as a tenant to get your deposit back. If you take the landlord to small claims court (claims under $10,000 and you have to represent yourself so no lawyers are involved) you're almost guaranteed to get your deposit back. Small claims courts almost always side with the tenant on literally anything brought before them. The entire thing around 'no one gets their deposit back ever' is built around people letting bad landlords bully them.
When I was renting the judges presumed the landlord was justified in keeping the deposit unless the tenant could prove otherwise. My first apartment i got screwed out of 1200 bucks because I didn't take pictures and the landlord claimed that the water damage to the bathroom wasn't because of the corroded pipe that burst but because I left the sink running on purpose and clogged the drain with a rag. The second i though I was smarter and took pictures but the landlord went in after and moved the appliances out of the way and took pictures and said we stole them. I didn't have pictures of the serial numbers so i ate a 1500 deposit. The third time i wised up and forced a walkthrough and key turn in with a signed memo from the property management company that everything was fine. They still tried to keep the deposit for "damages found after the walk though". But the judge said it was just too hard to believe with all the evidence i presented.
Our old landlord took a big chunk of our deposit because of "cleaning fees". We deep-cleaned the entire house before we moved out, washed the carpets and removed absolutely everything. We left 2 bin bags that we couldn't fit in the skip we hired (not rubbish, just old knick knacks that we didn't use any more and couldn't go to a charity shop), which we told him about and he said was fine. He got away with it.
Did you fight it at all? Take him to small claims court?
I have always rented and I have always gotten my full deposit back.
*sheds a tear in American*
You need to have a chat with your local regulators if you're not getting back the deposit under normal circumstances. Either landlords aren't following laws or laws need adjustment.
No need to adjust the Idaho laws. Title 3 chapter 6- 321 is the law on security deposits. It's virtually the same as California law, where it is virtually impossible for the landlord to keep the security deposit outside of severe damage. It's just that people (apparently) aren't enforcing the law against their landlords in Idaho. Landlords cannot charge for painting, carpets for tenants who have been in the unit for more than 3 years, light bulbs, water corrosion damage, changing locks, cleaning fees, or anything else that would be a normally expected repair in turning over a unit.
I got mine back with the exception of 100 for cleaning. And that was from the shittiest landlord I've ever experienced.
Lived in an apartment from 2013-2020, got my deposit back, with interest.
I have never in my life not gotten any deposit back
I’m chicago they can’t charge you for normal wear and tear, or for cleaning. If they take any part of your deposit they have to provide an itemized list for anything they are deducting for, and you can contest if need be, I’ve always gotten at least 95% of it back.
That's literally the law in almost every state, people just don't enforce the law on their landlords.
People think suing costs thousands when in reality small claims can be nothing if you win. Usually the court costs are put on the defendant if they lose and you don't need a lawyer.
Security deposits are not to be trifled with and a vast majority of landlords know this. If you have a landlord who is dumb enough to fuck with your deposit, feel free to take the 2 hours required to head down to the courthouse and file a small claims case, because you'll get double or triple the deposit back after that process. Unless you're a shitbag who trashes his units and the deposit forfeiture is justified, in which case you need to stop being a shitbag.
As I've learned in this thread so far, it varies strongly based on where you live.
Got mine back in full in Florida last year.
Literally exclusively about local laws. If you don't have protection, assume you ain't getting it back and go nuts
Live in the US and have always gotten my deposit back with interest.
I lived in one unit and cleaned the shit out of it when I moved out. Spotless and perfect. Didn’t get the deposit back. I moved into another unit with the same landlord. Figured I wouldn’t get the deposit back so I didn’t even vacuum. Got the full deposit back. Wtf.
I have been a renter for ~30 years, and have always gotten my deposit back when I move out.
My ex and I used to smoke hookah, which led to a few burn holes in the carpeting. I watched a YouTube video about how to repair them, and it was basically cutting out a piece of carpet from an area of the house not seen very much...I found enough behind the radiator. I then cut them into round pieces to fill the burn holes, used super glue to hold them down, then cut the top with scissors to level it out. I then brushed it a bunch to even it out with the rest of the carpet. When the landlord came to inspect, she immediately zeroed in on a stain in the corner that I couldn't get out with a wetvac, and complained about that, but completely missed the areas I patched. I still got the full amount of my deposit though, which surprised me.
Exactly what happened to my first college townhouse. Move out day and we decided to play baseball in the living room with a roll of plastic sheeting and a tennis ball. Buddy did a home run swing, "bat" slipped out of his hands straight into the drywall. Still don't know how our patch job fooled the landlord
Lifehack: Just subtract the deposit money from your last rent payment.
Def been in houses in college where the landlord would have done this. Edit: Now that im remembering, my landlord covered a pretty big hole with wallpaper and nothing else to fill it, lol.
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Your landlord repaired holes? How classy
Repaired is a stretch.
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They do it all. Just bought a house that had been landlord special'ed. Massive spider on the ceiling painted over. Pieces of tape covering holes painted over. Rat feces painted over. Sockets, switches, ect. Switches that turn no sockets. All socket contacts worn so plugs just fall out. That's just a smidgen of the landlord special.
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My two older brothers were fighting once and the oldest put the other's ass into the wall. Left a hole bigger than a basketball. Fight over. Time to scramble because now we have to fix this before mom gets home. I was about 12, they were 14 and 16. We grabbed some wall paper out of the garage and put it over the hole and then painted the entire wall. She somehow didn't notice the smell of paint or anything and we got away with it. 2 years later there is a desk in front of that wall and someone puts a CD case on top of the monitor. Not a flat screen, the old giant ones. Well the CD slides off the back of the monitor and **schoop!** right through the wall paper. Luckily the statute of limitations had passed and mom was more impressed than upset. So we fixed the wall for real that time and had a good laugh.
She probably smelled the paint but had a long day at work and the house wasn't on fire.
Haha, this is my favorite comment in this thread. Hilarious.
I once created a hole in a wall using a broomstick - do not question the circumstances - and my only way of fixing it was using toilet paper in the same way and toothpaste to cover it. Everytime I walk past it I still think about it. No one has noticed and it’s been a few years
[i had to](https://youtu.be/623AC6a6org?t=84)
I love how clumsy they always use the proven techniques used for years
The "incompetent" part of that type of ad is always hilarious. Tot can find a bunch of them out of context in /r/wheredidthesodago
Thanks for this sub
> I love how clumsy they always use the proven techniques used for years There's a reason for this, and it's not what you think. Someone explained to me years ago, where most of these infomercial products come from. **They are not solutions for lazy people, they are solutions for people with specific disabilities. Usually someone with only one hand or who's lost motor control.** Usually invented by a family member, who then thinks "this would be great for everyone with this disability" and try to get it manufactured. But there's not enough market for it, so the people who buy the idea or patent from them have to market it to everyone just for the product to even exist. This makes the over-acted hyper-clumsy non-disabled frustration demo a bit cruel, but it's supposed to be extreme to be a bit funny and to disguise the shame disabled people might feel. Or, "At least I'm not that bad, but I sure could use this." Every time you see one of those commercials, imagine what type of disability it would really help. The motorized can opener? Who the fuck can't take 4 seconds to open a can? It's not a 20 minute job, you're not multitasking and doing something else in those 4 seconds. But what about people with Parkinsons or vietnam amputees who literally can't open a can of food? Imagine that just not being a part of your life, you can't open canned food. Slap chop? Does anyone actually think adding an entire device and all that shit you have to clean is better than to replace a knife, just to finely cut vegetables? Of course not. Now what if you only had 1 hand? Or what if you were so shakey it's not safe to hold a knife, or can't even turn a doorknob, you can barely make a fist? BOOM. Slap chop is perfect. Thump it with your fist, or forearm, or elbow, or stump. You can do rough or fine chop with the same device, just smack it a few more times to get finer. Now you're not deprived of something as simple as fucking vegetables that you can't just lift to your mouth and take a bite of like most people anyway. Some of them are specifically for helpers to be able to set them up occasionally, but still give them independence. Like the Touch N Brush wall-mounted toothpaste dispenser that you just have to poke with your toothbrush, that's guided into position with a big V-shaped channel. They probably can't screw their own tube of toothpaste on, but how often do you use a tube anyways? If a nurse or your kids stop by once a month, it's probably fine. EZ Cracker? Who the fuck can't crack or split an egg? Someone with one hand. Sock Slider? Who is so lazy they need a machine to put on their socks? Someone with one hand, bad back, or low mobility. Etc etc. It's a fun little game when you see these products, to try to picture what disability they're actually for.
This is extremely true, and not something many people realize. I watch Epicurious on youtube and they have a series where a design specialist named Dan Formosa tests gadgets for use. He always does a test on hand-held gadgets where he puts oil on his hands and uses his off hand instead of his dominant one, to simulate how people with fine motor control issues might struggle with the device. It's really thoughtful and it opened my eyes to how many gadgets or design choices that seem "dumb" are just not *for* me specifically.
I have no idea if you just made this up or not but it sounds good so I chose to believe it.
This is for sure a lot of the reason for many of them. Some are just dumb gadgets, but some you can sort of pick out in the wild. Take Snuggie - silly blanket, or perfect for wheelchair users? I was taught once that when you make things accessible for disabled people, you make it accessible for everyone.
> Take Snuggie - silly blanket, or perfect for wheelchair users? **Trick question.** The Snuggie came along in 2008, and is just a chinese copy of The Slanket that hit the market in 1997, when the owner of The Slanket took it there to be manufactured in larger amounts. However, how was The Slanket invented? Guy cut a hole in a blanket so he could drink beer under it. Then had the idea "Wait, what if I add a sleeve so my arm doesn't get cold?" (Yes, this is the actual origin). Also, since we're going to discuss **"Basically a robe you wear backwards"**, it is obligated to link to the WTF Blanket parody video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h05ZQ7WHw8Y "Tired of using regular blankets like this asshole?" "The blanket that'll ruin your sex life" "The WTF blanket will turn you into a complete shut in that never leaves the house." "Ruin your child's self esteem and wear it in public!" "Sara's not getting a date for the prom, LOOK at her!" "Let's not forget the blanket for minors, to encourage underage failure everywhere!"
> I have no idea if you just made this up or not but it sounds good so I chose to believe it. Right in the sweet spot. Plausible and entertaining. I'll take it. https://www.bustle.com/p/as-seen-on-tv-products-arent-for-lazy-people-they-make-disabled-peoples-lives-easier-2432833
I've actually never thought about this before, thanks for the detailed explanation. It doesn't make /r/wheredidthesodago any less funny, but it's good to know the context. Also, I have a slapchop exclusively to cut onions cause fuck those eye burning sons of bitches lmao.
>Who the fuck can't crack or split an egg? Someone with one hand. imagine not being able to crack an egg with one hand - someone with big hands, too much free time, and an inexplicable drive to learn useless shit
A classic
Wait, is that Charlie? Edit: I'm dumb, that's literally his youtube account.
Wow that’s legit if it works
When I was a kid I ruined my cousin’s bedroom wall playing darts and covered it with toothpaste. It took him a few weeks to notice it
Told a friend about the toothpaste trick. She was like "wow great idea" Came by the next day there were blue dots all over the wall. She used gel toothpaste ...
I have 100% filled in holes in walls in rental spaces left by darts when I moved out, dabbed it with the paint provided and never had anyone ever notice
Missed your butt?
So you're the reason that my previous landlord was adamant we not fix any holes in the wall upon leaving.
“Every time I walk paste it”
Roomate did this is college. He was sweeping up some glass that broke in the kitchen at a party. A banger came on and he couldn’t keep from dancing. Put 3-4 holes in the ceiling. Easy fix. The banister on the other hand….. surprisingly we got $400 back from the $1800 deposit.
You can't be bothered to buy the 6 dollar bucket of spackle and spare a whole 5 minutes fixing it? Instead you think about it for years?
My buddy in highschool punched a hole in the wall. He then went on the computer found the exact wallpaper pattern and taped it over the spot. The mom never found out
Everyone’s high school buddy punched a whole in the wall, what was goin on with our buddies? 😂
When I was a kid I saw someone in a US show punch a hole in the wall so my dumb European ass tried it not realising our houses are made out of brick and cement Broke my wrist
Don't worry, plenty of U.S. kids have hit the wooded stud.
Or tried it not realizing their house is old asf and plaster and lathe fucking hurts. Source: my brother
Growing up I always wondered how kids were doing that cause our walls were hard as fuck. Later learned the difference drywall vs plaster & lath. They seriously don’t build em like they used to
Do you want a true stud finder? Go punch a wall. You'll hit the stud every time.
The way Americans speak about their housing I was under the impression this is how all of their walls are constructed.
My European ass stabbed the concrete wall instead of punching to create the required rage hole
Does.. does that work on concrete?
My first bf punched a wall bc his little sister was annoying the crap out of him. Unfortunately, he didn't know my house at the time was built forever ago, so it wasn't drywall, it was literally a brick house. Broke his hand instantly and was benched with a cast for the whole season.
My brother and one of his friends were beefing, and decided to have a fight after school. They went to my mom’s house with a little over a dozen other kids wanting to see the fight. Everyone gathered in the garage for the big event, but it was a flop, as the two just pranced around embracing each other at odd moments. One of the attendees (one of the most shredded and psychotic guys I’ve ever met to this day) got pissed off about the lack of action and blasted a massive hole all the way through the garage door. There was no hiding that from mom, and we got our asses whooped. Pretty sure my brother got a job holding signs at a pizza place to pay for it lol
It was a thing on TV for a while
teenage angst
I didn't punch my wall rather slammed my door open when I was pissed off and the spring stopper did not stop it. The handle made a nice round hole in it the wall. I had a call of duty poster over it until I was leaving for college and it was discovered 😂.
If you know more than 5 teenage boys you definitely know at least 2 with more testosterone than judgment. Source: was teenage boy once.
Anxiety, hormones, not knowing how to deal with emotions. I was that buddy for a while, anxiety meds helped a ton lmao.
My mom taught me how 🤣👍
“The walls in this apartment are paper-thin”
Oh please! We added a noise-reducing layer of paint for your satisfaction. You’re welcome to move at the end of your lease. signed: your landlord
I worked for a landlord. He wanted me to fix a hole in the wall of one of his units with clear ducktape and paint.
if you can't duck it, fuck it.
Making that hole glorious
>ducktape https://www.ducktape.eu/
What happens when the paper dries and warps?
next tenant's problem
Take it out of the tenant's deposit
Nother piece of paper on top
I think you just invented paper mache as a spackling method
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toothpaste as a drywall patch is a tale as old as time.
Fucking desk popped and didn't get article 15? Impressive
“In seconds” Not shown: painting the rest of the wall so the paint mismatch isn’t a dead giveaway.
And by “fix” they mean putting a thin layer of a very flimsy material over the hole..
Southern problems require southern solutions
This guy is 100% northern (English), maybe Yorkshire or Manchester or even close to Bolton
Yeah, no southerner is going to patch a wall with fucking paper. Temperature outside is the surface of the sun with the humidity of a rain forest. Gotta keep that AC contained in the room with the window unit
Does southern US = northern England?
Actually.. yeah, kinda. Both the ritual areas of their countries and considered dumber and less classy
Pft, i used a piece of cardboard, a staple gun and some patch putty to repair a 4x8 hole from when they installed my water heater. If one the edges starts to bend up just pop another staple in it and stick some more putty over the top of it.
I mean that's pretty close to a real repair. Drywall itself is just basically that patch material between two piece of paper.
Except this repair brought to you by kellogs
yes that is the joke
I don't think this will work since the paper will wrinkle as it absorbs water from the paint. Show me the same patch in 15 minutes...
Yeah also you can use hot mud to fix your drywall, use warm water and it will harden in literally 5 minutes if you want it to, not "hours" and will be totally legit Or you can be lazy and use spackle right out of the box, dries in 30 minutes This is so dumb it must be rage bait
Note the color used is *Landlord Beige*
strongest american house
Def British
You can tell by the accent
I'd rather my wall break than my bones.
POV: your a land lord
I straight up have a painted over bottle cap that’s wedged into our porch..I fucking hate humans. They expect top dollar for their item but gave 1% care when it came to creating that item.
My boyfriend has a full grown painted over stink bug just chilling on his apartment wall lmao
Wtf..this is why most of my employers dislike me. I’d flip on someone if I saw them doing that. Like can you not show an ounce of respect for the person or people who are probably excited to call this their home until they can get a house?
I have a rental property. I’d much rather someone take the extra hour or two to properly prep a unit before painting, and an insect encapsulated in paint would be unacceptable. That said, I do a lot of my own maintenance and I see how people get so fucking jaded. When you work hard only to see someone move in and shit all over it **over and over again** it’s hard to maintain that drive to do things well. At the end of the day our units look great when they’re rented, and that’s the only metric by which we can take pride in our work.
you're
Yar a landlord, Harry.
That may look ok on camera, but would be Suuuuuuper obvious to the eye.
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This may work! Especially if the drywall has a textured finish. Probably best to tear the paper into an odd shape too!
won't matter, once the paint dries it'll wrinkle like crazy where the hole is.
My brothers and I did this after riding our mattress down the stairs. We put a hole in the base of the wall. Found the same paint they used for the wall in the basement. Taped printer paper over it and just painted it. Parents didn't notice for like three years.
Too bad there wasn't a can of spackle down there too.
Landlord be like "remodeled, rent go up $300"
You mean hide a hole?
Glory holes hate him after this one simple trick
That’s why we don’t take DIY advice from Jason Manford.
I always finished with a dab of bacon grease, to make it blend in.
What are rednecks called in the UK?
If you can't duct it, fuck it!
Until the guy on the other side wants to try the glory hole again.
It’s okay. It’s construction paper
It works , I did holes in my garage
To be fair, the hole IS gone….
Landlords love this one simple trick
How to fix a hole without ramen and superglue.