Imagine renting a house where there’s an outdoor pool, and on the pool deck, there’s outdoor furniture that was provided by the landlord. If it were a very windy day and the furniture started flying around the yard, would you call the landlord or put the furniture in the shed?

In this story, one woman is in this situation, and she does not feel safe going outside and dealing with the furniture herself, yet she doesn’t want the furniture to do any more damage than it already has.

Let’s read all about her dilemma.

AITAH for refusing to put my landlords furniture in the shed?

It’s a really windy and cold day today.

My (37f) landlord(40ish,m), aka the owner of the house I rent, has an above ground pool set up in the backyard that he built a raised wooden deck around.

The deck has several cheap plastic lawn chairs and an aluminum table on it that belong to my landlord.

Yikes!

I started hearing something tumbling around in the yard a few minutes ago, so I looked out the window and some of the furniture including the aluminum table has essentially taken flight and started crashing against the house.

A piece of aluminum siding has come off the house as well due to the furniture crashing into it.

That piece of siding is now flying around the yard as well.

The landlord refuses to help.

I called my landlord and told him about this and he said well can you just go out there and put all the pool furniture into the shed.

I said no, it’s not safe for me to go out there until the wind lets up … the flying furniture just tore siding off the house what could it potentially do to me if I’m out there chasing it around the yard.

He’s acting like I’m somehow in breach of my rental contract for refusing to do this.

He lives in the area by the way, it’s not like he lives several states away. Also, this wasn’t furniture I requested be left there. He essentially just said “is it cool if this (the pool furniture) stays put for now” and I said sure.

Here’s some more context about the deck and the furniture.

Another thing to keep in mind is that this pool deck is raised and one must go out the back door, across the yard and climb stairs to access it.

It’s pretty high off the ground for a pool deck.

So we’re talking about furniture already sitting 6 feet off the ground taking flight and crashing into the house.

She wants to play it safe.

I don’t feel comfortable going out there and doing that while the wind is still blowing as hard as it is, but I also know this could potentially be dangerous/damaging for the neighbors and their property as well.

I truly don’t know what to do about this, but I know for sure I’m not risking being skewered by a table leg right now.

So, AITAH?

I wouldn’t go out there either! It sounds really dangerous. She notified the landlord. He should handle it.

Let’s see how Reddit responded to this story.

This person thinks it’s her responsibility.

Another person tells her to secure the furniture herself.

But this person thinks the renter and landlord are equally responsible.

Here’s some advice about the table.

But this person thinks it’s the landlord’s problem.

Planning ahead would’ve prevented this problem.

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