Landlord Wants Them to Take Care Of The Pool Because They’re Moving Out, But They Don’t Want To Do It Because They Don’t Think It’s As Easy As They’re Claiming
by Matthew Gilligan
Maintaining a pool is a lot of work!
Or so I’m told…
And the person who wrote this story on Reddit’s “Am I the *******?” page ain’t having none of it!
Did they, in fact, act like an ******* in this situation?
Let’s see what the heck is going on here…
AITA for telling my landlords I don’t want to maintain their pool?
“My landlords recently moved out and are planning on renting out their apartment in the future.
They didn’t even tell me until the day of that they were moving out.
They then messaged me saying that they wanted to come back and have a discussion about pool management.
They don’t want any part of it.
I told them I didn’t want to be responsible for managing it because I’m paranoid that something could happen and then I would be held responsible for their pool and I don’t have the funds to even fix it if something were to happen.
I’m also not home every day and I just don’t want to take on that responsibility.
They got upset saying all I would have to do is flip a switch on and off everyday and then put chlorine in once a week.
Sorry, nope!
I also don’t even know where they go to buy the chlorine and I’m already struggling to keep up with my bills I don’t want to add extra gas money to go get chlorine and then have to send them a receipt and wait to get reimbursed for the chlorine/gas.
This really feels like a full time job that I didn’t ask for nor is it part of my lease.
AITA for not wanting to take care of their pool after they moved out?”
Let’s see what Reddit users had to say.
This reader chimed in.
Another Reddit user said they’re NTA.
This Reddit user shared their thoughts.
Another reader chimed in.
That didn’t go over too well…
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