r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Adept-Plantain-6767 • 2h ago

go to your room Are you serious?

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How is this fair ? Bay area.

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u/DenialNode 1h ago

With the cameras the landlord has hidden throughout the apartment obviously.

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u/LimeDry7124 1h ago

Outside the apartment. When you leave and come home.

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u/clonxy 1h ago

Well, that don't mean you're working from home. You can be playing board games or watching movies all day.

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u/Uncynical_Diogenes 1h ago edited 1h ago

Yeah, like, you aren’t legally obligated to have a job. You’re obligated to pay your rent but how isn’t their business.

People can just live somewhere and not leave regularly for work, it’s allowed. We have a huge segment of the population who does that, we call them children and old people and disabled folks and rich bastards, depending.

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u/Undeity 45m ago

Generally, landlords who pull this kind of stuff do consider whether or not you have a job to be their business. As well as details like exactly how much you make, and what you have saved up.

If they think your source of rent is tenuous, such as if you are someone else's dependent, then they will hold it against you as a potential tenant.

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u/Fit_Situation_3045 47m ago

my guess is that its a shared space that they want extra compensation for having OP there all day. They could also be anticipating extra wear and tear from the WFH especially if its furnished. I had a landlord get screwed over by a WFH who ruined the floors and furniture. But it shouldnt be a charge just an extra deposit.