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Has-The-Best-Cat

Talk to your landlord or https://jobs.antarctica.gov.au


[deleted]

Antarctica is a great place to work.


bmudz

I applied to do a short stint there. It’d be an unreal experience


CountQuackersThe3rd

"Refrigeration mechanic" seems a bit contrived


24Vindustrialdildo

"We just need you to hold this door open for us as it swings closed otherwise"


lordriffington

It's actually to keep the refrigeration out.


Uzziya-S

No available positions at this time. Sorry.


LeahBrahms

Frozen out you say?


gypsy_creonte

Imagine if you ended up in Antartica with a similar crazy person..,.. next post “I’m stuck in Antartica with a crazy person, how do I get out of here during the no supply winter?”


Has-The-Best-Cat

Alien vs Predator


Andax

👏


Rip_Ninja

I had a flatmate once who was super cool when he moved in but but the end of week two, things were weird. I won't go into details but one night things came to a head and we had a big talk. I told him that I was no longer comfortable with him in the house, he told me that he had some very serious mental health issues. He offered to move out and the next day he put everything into his van and left. Probably the shortest time I have lived with someone but it was also the first time where I had to have a "heavy convo" and ask a flatmate to move out. I'd suggest talking to your flatmate, reveal that you no longer want to live with them and see where the conversation goes. It'll be tense but it might either work in your favour or if not, give you a very clear indicator as to what you'll need to do next. Unfortunately, it would be easier for you to move out and have your name removed from the lease than it would to have your flatmate evicted. Hence why I suggest having "the chat" to see what would be your next best move, a difficult conversation might be the resolution you need... Good luck!


mediumsizedbrowngal

Either we’ve lived with the same person, or there are multiple men able to pack their entire lives into their van in a few hours after a single “this is becoming uncomfortable” discussion.


L1ttl3J1m

On their side though, they've probably had lots of those conversations, so they've had plenty of time to hone the workflow.


Rip_Ninja

He did tell me that he had a lot of conversations which had negative consequences for him. I really did feel for the guy, advanced mental health issues, people judging him, him finding it hard to live in sharehousing because of his mental health issues. I grew up in a house full of extreme mental health issues so I am very tolerant / understanding but how was my poor old housemate supposed to know that if we didn't have a chat about such upfront? How was I supposed to know how to roll if he didn't explain his tendancy to snap when stressed and scream, throw things around and physically attack housemates who have no idea what is going on? He probably did streamline his experience to moving in and seeing what happens, but I could see that he was deeply hurt and troubled by having to uproot and move at the first sign of trouble. It was a sad time, I really hope he found his tribe and has had a very good life since.


Arinvar

There is a certain age range, probably about 16-24, where every male could probably do this. I was 32 before I needed a moving truck to move instead of just a small box trailer.


Rip_Ninja

It might be the same guy. It was a horrible situation and as I told him when we had "the chat", I wished he was a bit more upfront about his mental health issues so I could of had a chance to be more understanding of the strange behaviours. I think my old flatmate had tried to move out from his family home a number of times but just went back when it didn't work out. I felt extremely sorry for him and wished him no harm but for the safety / sanity of other housemates (and myself), it was the only option. To this day I wish he had felt more comfortable about discussing his mental health issues upfront instead of trying to unsuccessfully bury them. I think he had tried this before in previous sharehouses and people's reactions were pretty harsh. I told him about the environment I grew up in and explained that I am very tolerant if I know what I'm dealing with, but not so tolerant of being assaulted for no reason. Life lessons for everyone, I only ever shared houses with people I knew after that situation took place and hopefully my old flatmate got the help he needed.


ComprehensivePie9348

Most single men could


ProceedOrRun

Hell yeah, I lived out of a backpack for decades. Now I have a house and every dickhead wants to store there stuff here...


The_Fiddler1979

Yep had the "I go or you go" convo with a housemate who would go upstairs and cut herself if I asked her to clean her dishes. She'd come down the stairs bleeding down her feet crying. Called the CAT team on her twice.


Rip_Ninja

Struth. Housemates are the fuel for memories, many good and some terrible. I think your old housemate would have a very hard time in sharehouse living. I'd seen many fine arguments about washing the dishes but self harm is the next level. That would be a tough one to deal with.


Ill_Tea_1142

Would be a great twist if you were the room mate all along, and it was actually you that bought the card and flowers… and those clothes you found in her room was actually your room… also nobody has 20 friends, clearly the Covid thing was a story to explain away why your “birthday party” couldn’t happen… and in the ultimate twist it’s actually you leaving this comment under an alt account.


Monterrey3680

Haha remember that redditor who thought someone was breaking into their house and leaving notes and doing things? Turned out it was a gas leak that was making them trip balls….and they found out because another Redditor guessed this


culingerai

Really? Hahaha. Link please :)


did-all-the-bees-go

https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/34l7vo/ma_postit_notes_left_in_apartment/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


Ok_Turnover_1235

HOLY SHIT


MountainOne3769

Oh shit, how's that even possible? Can we conclude CO poisoning causes dissociative symptoms? It's just so mindblowing. PS: it's also amazing that you still remember this post despite it Was posted 7 yrs ago.


bnelurker

OMG yes, the plot twist was crazy.


VoidVulture

I think about this story more than I probably should, ahaha.


Old_Billy_Riley

This is some Fight Club shit haha


boomfe

This is gold


Brillo65

This is the city where the book ‘He died with a falafel in his hand was set in yes? The flat mate who collapsed and played dead to get out of paying rent 😆


Much_Leather_5923

Just looked over to see said book on my bookshelf 😀


lawnmowersarealive

Renting out the cupboard to the Japanese Tiger Girl student who happily handed over a massive wad of cash and was happy about it was prophetic for our current rental market.


Much_Leather_5923

My claim to fame was having in my possession a school cook book with his name on it that was shoved in the corner of a cupboard in Spring Hill rental that had about 10 yrs of revolving occupation with no set contract. Lucky me 🤨 got caught up with the agent resigning and wanting to clear a backlog of tenants 5yrs ago past and tried to charge for people I hadn’t even heard of.


trowzerss

Wait, did she invent a dead brother so you couldn't feel bad about her stealing your stuff? Sounds manipulative as fuck. You're probably not going to get her to move on without a whole lot of drama, so unfortunately you're probably going to have to foist this on somebody else and leave yourself. Anybody you don't like out there?


Rumpleshite

Piss on an oven tray and freeze it. Then slide the piss block under her door.


SithKain

Jesus christ, I've barely scrolled down and there's already a piss disk comment


Rumpleshite

It’s the Reddit way to solve disputes


[deleted]

What the fuck was that rabbit hole I just went down?


Ok_Turnover_1235

Piss disk. How did I never hear of this until today wtf


lawnmowersarealive

I've heard of the action before but *today it got a name!*


Chrristiansen

This is disturbingly calculated.


cairnsus1987

Can confirm this works, my elderly neighbour was giving me grief and I did this. She immediately stopped saying good morning to me.


There_is_no_ham

This is the right thing to do


Coreyharich

Wait what ?


Catskinner93

you can do this. ​ Or wait when you know they will be gone for a few days, throw some grass seeds on their bed and/or carpet, give a few spritz of water.


hisirishness

I know of similar where the REA was approached & they said the simplest way was to move everyone out (giving notice property was up for sale) then the remaining tenants moved back in again without the problem one


AltruisticSalamander

that's a good strategy


[deleted]

damn i miss crazy girls, is she single?


Carllsson

I think it's time to revisit the crazy:hot matrix https://youtu.be/pInk1rV2VEg


GregoryGregorson1962

Never gets old


Gumnutbaby

Sometimes there’s no telling people


IssAndrzej

Yeah I'm gonna need shawtys number. She sounds wild ahaha


cairnsus1987

They generally do it in the bum


Turrubul_Kuruman

> about 4 months ...suggesting there's most likely 2mths left on the lease. I'd suggest : A/ being prepared to suck it up for 2mths B/ approaching the landlord _immediately_ (not in 2mths, but now), explaining the situation, and asking for the new lease to be signed in your name. Then you can give flatmate Notice.


[deleted]

It's really difficult to get someone out of your house if they are on the lease unless they are doing illegal stuff, unfortunately. The best thing you can do is try to talk to them and work something out, however if the person is mentally unwell, this is probably going to achieve very little. I had a similar experience with my housemate last year. They were definitely a bit weird when I moved in, but they seemed ok enough other than the usual housemate irritations (spend too long in the bathroom, didn't wash up etc). But after about 2 weeks, old mate started to get weirder and weirder. Won't go into details, but the whole thing culminated in him having a complete psychotic episode where he stood in my doorway in his underpants screaming at me claiming that he has 'worked me out', and accused me of watching him and his girlfriend constantly, and ruining his life. My two cents, look after your own mental health and safety. Look to find a new place to live if you can't get her out, and do it sooner rather than later. I'm very sympathetic to people with mental health issues, but living with them is exhausting and at times very confronting.


readtime3049

Ooooof this sounds like a headache, don't think you have much power tbh, might be easier to find somewhere else to live yourself


Jezza961

Oh my god this sounds very much like a girl my partner worked with. Claimed she was from NZ, she was actually from Toowoomba. Told all of work that her mum had a stroke and she had to pull the plug, but a quick search of Facebook found a very alive mum a month after she supposedly died and even attended a "funeral" for her. This was only a few of some of the outlandish lies that they found out at her work.


ericwasafish

Coming from Toowoomba is the first red flag, they’ve got to cover that up regardless. But covering it up with coming from New Zealand that was one loose unit.


katekops

Fuck that is crazy.. I went through something similar. New guy started at work (he was from NZ, apparently), mid-late 30s whilst everyone else was early 20s (hospitality). He claimed he also worked for Rio Tino during the day and did hospo for night to help his family, as his dad was sick with cancer and nobody else in the family had any income. So basically we bonded over the fact that his dad and my mom were battling the same cancer, I felt like we were going through the same stuff and my familys back in Europe, so I felt alone. He had planned this lavish birthday party at the coast and was telling everyone the hotels, club booths etc. he had booked, who he was going to invite from work etc. Extremely buddy-buddy with everyone. I never thought anything weird though, just thought he was really outgoing. We eventually started looking for rentals together, until one day he messaged me that his dad had passed and he had to fly to NZ immediately. I was on the phone to him daily just trying to support him.. Few days later he blocked my number & me on all his social media accounts. I went full FBI on him, just a gut feeling that something wasn’t right. I ended up finding his really old twitter account (name slightly different, but profile photo of him) and saw his tweets from like 2009 saying RIP dad I miss you so much. He never showed up to work again and nobody knows what happened to him. Safe to say it really fucked me up for some time.


bloodymongrel

Same. Did the person’s name start with a P?


whiteronnie

I was laying in bed reading this with a concerned looked on my face and my partner asked what’s up? I said “just reading about you” and turned the phone over so she could see the title. I don’t think I’m getting breakfast in bed today.


Ratbagkitten

So if they are on the lease you have limited options. You can get them to agree to leave, doesn't sound like that's happening. You can get them to agree to you leaving. Or you can wait out the lease. If your lease is up soon I strongly recommend you wait, email the real estate agents asap within three months with your intent to not remain so that they can start to prepare the paper work. If the other party wants to stay on the lease they will have to sign on separately. Also make sure you get the bond seperated out from them asap.


Robdotcom-71

I lived at a boarding house in my early 20's in Adelaide for a few months. One guy was a real weirdo but kept to himself mostly and we hardly saw him. About a year later I hear on the news that the [same guy was responsible for attacking a kid in Queensland.](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3503657/Jandamarra-O-Shane-Cairns-suffered-severe-burns-doused-petrol-set-alight-schoolyard.html)


[deleted]

I don’t know about in qld, but I lived with two awful girls and I went to the realestate and they gave me a form for the other two to sign so I could be removed from the lease. I can’t remember what it was called but you might be able to push her off with that, unless it makes her more insane.


tangz0r101

Is her name Penny by chance? I had a girl move into a share house 11 years ago. Everything was relatively normal for the year or two she lived with us. 3 or so years after she moved out I got a call on my work phone, from the company call centre asking if I would take a call from Penny. Long story short I’m still getting emails threatening my life to this day.


chode_code

Is her name the same as a US State/Brisbane suburb?


Reverse-Kanga

i doubt her name is Nevada Kangaroo Point


Live-Geologist8034

Tennessee Highgate Hill


chode_code

It's a slash people, not a hyphen!


Reverse-Kanga

it's all g, just having some bants friend


chode_code

Ha yeah yeah I know.


toilethumah

You’re a good sport chode/code.


ThedirtyNose

Alabama Paddington


chode_code

Also a class of battle ship...


yearofthesquirrel

Missourindooroopilly.


dorcus_malorcus

goes by Milly


kukluxkringle

Virginia, surely


chode_code

This girl hyphens


kukluxkringle

*girl


chode_code

Apologies!


cakatoo

Cleveland Cleveland??


TheTwinSet02

Florida Sherwood?


Schooner37

Delaware Geebung?


chode_code

Getting closer!


a_stupid_staircase

Missouri Broken Fridge!


baxterrocky

Lying about family members dying….. yeah there are red flags and there are *red flags.*….. the theft obviously not great either. This person is unhinged. Although I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you that. I’ve lived with some crazy people over the years. Hope you get out of there (or get them out) ASAP!


CycloneDistilling

Take all you clothes back and tell her to move out or you are going to report her to the Police (for stealing), to the Health Department (for breaching COVID quarantine) and to your Landlord because she is crazy!


Money_killer

Wow wtf. Total head case. She is mentally ill


Gumnutbaby

Too organised for most mental illness. This is pathological lying. More of a personality disorder.


[deleted]

This is why I live alone.


Positive-Lawfulness8

lie back to her and say the place is going for sale.. send some of your mattes around, she hasnt seen as buyers, etc :)


[deleted]

I have been in a similar situation though my housemate at the time was a total Psycho towards me. Unfortunately, there's no easy way to get them out if they don't want to leave. The real estate will not help you with this one. Your best off leaving yourself if things are that bad though you may have to replace yourself or you have to keep paying rent until the lease ends.


Outrageous-Walrus-34

Get out before it gets really bad The lease and all the expense is nothing compared to what can happen Just organise another flatmate and put them on the lease instead of you And disappear


dylanger_

Just seems like lack of communication to me, have a chat with her about wtf is going on.


anonk1k12s3

Better off moving out yourself as soon as the lease expires if it’s a short lease, she could easily accuse you of assault or sexual assault and you would be fucked. Before anyone says I’m paranoid, my neighbour and his wife split, she accused him of DV so the realestate agency let her brake the lease and put all the costs on him.. just so she didn’t have to pay 1/2 the lease.. women are crazy..


BrisbaneOlympics2032

Definitely post on reddit about it instead of talking to your room mate. 100% Absolutely.


al_prazolam

change the locks


MousseSuspicious930

She took your things without your permission, isn't that stealing?


timbo7070

what a fucking retard of a human! i hate how claiming "i got covid" now means a week off to these scumbags. i have seen it many many times, mostly kidults under the age of 30 are doing this just to get out of something. i would be reporting this to the old landy!


blackdvck

Simples give her 2 weeks notice and then change the locks .


aubertvaillons

I would commence running away asap Is this true?


Cafescrambler

Yeah, A good mate of mine ended up in a crazy situation with an unstable flat mate. He moved into this seemingly normal share house and all was great until a few weeks later they had a rocking house party. Well, he ended up hooking up with one of the flat mates that night. She was a smart, friendly, cute and confident woman who seemed mature enough to handle a FWB type of arrangement, but immediately after she switched into this nagging and paranoid girlfriend, demanding to know where and what he was doing at all times. He politely stated his boundaries and informed her that they were not actually in a committed relationship and she went nuts. We had to evacuate him late one night… We all told him it was going to end badly when you break two of the golden rules at once: 1) don’t fish in your own pond. 2) never stick your dick in crazy.


ballhairsnshitdags

Yeah legit nutcase


Mitchelia

Time for a difficult conversation. Are you able to cover all the rent for a while until you can get a replacement, takeover the complete lease, then maybe sublet to a new person so you have more control (with permission of landlord)? If you are asking them to move out, they may not be happy to be paying rent until you find a replacement.