There are some people who will always try to get out of paying for services.

This man worked with a company that refused to pay him for his work.

They made some complaints about his work that were not true, so he locked the company out of their computer system.

Did he go too far?

Read the story below for all the details.

AITAH a client I did some work for refuses to pay his invoice so I locked him out of his computer systems

I’m a contractor for companies that need cyber security or systems to be locked down.

While I charge by the hour, I do try to keep my billables low, especially if I like the client.

I also vocalise what I am working on very often, for full transparency.

One company raised some issues about this man’s work.

Recently, I did some work for a company.

I sent them the invoice as per usual.

For some reason, this time, one of the part-owners had a real issue.

It was with a couple of things that I did.

The issues were petty and untrue.

He claimed that nobody ever actually 100% signed off on it.

That is despite him confirming the work himself.

He added that some things I did were similar and redundant.

The part he was referring to was a temporary system I set up on my own machine. That was just while I finished their long-term solution.

So he locked them out of their system until they pay him.

So I ended up locking them out of one of their systems, until the invoice was paid.

I’m not trying to cause any damage, and as soon as they pay the invoice, they can have access again.

FYI, this is a system I built for them from this invoice.

This is not something random that I’ve commandeered.

He doesn’t know if he did the right thing.

AITA or is it justified?

The lawyer has said there’s no legal issues because it’s unpaid labour, but I’m on the fence.

Thoughts?

Not allowing them access to something he created until he gets paid sounds reasonable.

Let’s check out the comments of other people on Reddit.

This user shares their honest opinion.

This person makes a more serious remark.

This person thinks it was a genius move.

The world needs more accountability, says this person.

And finally, this user confirms that the client is the jerk.

No payment, no access.

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