What would you do in this situation?

[southernswannies]

Kick him out, not worth the hassle.

 

[Dont be a lemon]

Yeah that's what I said to him. He said that he had no credit on his phone to call.

How old is this guy?

 

[raskolnikov]

How old is this guy?

Late 30s.

You have to remember that this is the guy I posted about at the end of last year.

So I found out why he sleeps so much. He's a raging alcoholic. He drives taxis for a living(well he did anyway). Apparently on Friday night he was driving a cab under the influence and had a prang. The cops gave him a breath test and he blew 1.1. The taxi company fired him on the spot.

Anyway, unbeknownst to me that this had occurred, on Sunday afternoon I get a call from a mate saying that he was at another mate's place that lives in the next town. He had been drinking so didn't want to drive home. He asked if my housemate would come with me and drive his car home. I said that my housemate was asleep and probably wouldn't. I went and woke him up and asked him. To my surprise he said he would. When we got there both my housemate and I had one glass of red wine before we drove back.

My housemate drove my mate's car back with my mate. I drove my car behind him with another mate. As we are walking out to the car I notice my housemate looking a bit unsteady on his feet. I say to him, "Have you only had one glass of red wine today?" He says. "Yes". Anyway, as soon as we get on the road he starts swerving all over the place and driving on the wrong side of the road, including around bends where you couldn't see what was coming the other way. My mate and I were shitting ourselves, expecting my housemate to wipe him and my other mate out and possibly another car at any time. I flashed my lights at him to try and get him to stop but he didn't. I said to my mate, "He can't be drunk. He's only had one glass of red wine all day. He's been asleep the rest of the day".

Anyway just as we are coming into our town a motorbike cop comes the other way just as my housemate is swerving into the other lane. He almost knocks the cop off his bike and the cop has to basically hit the dirt on the side of the road to avoid him. The cop turns around but doesn't put his lights on. He follows my mate, in front of me, for about ten seconds. I'm thinking, "I'm not sure why he's not stopping him". Then he puts his lights on and pulls my mate over. I just kept driving home.

When we get home we wait about then an hour then we go around to my mate who was in the other car to see what had happened. He told us that they had breathalysed my housemate and taken him off to the police station. I keep saying, "I can't work it out. I'm pretty sure he only had one glass of red wine all day". When I get home my housemate is home, laying on his bed looking very forlorn. He tells me he blew .08. I ask him why he was so drunk when he only blew .08. He replies that he is on medication which sends him for a spin when he drinks.

After work yesterday I get home and I ask my housemate what happened and he said, "I lied to you. I blew .2" Apparently he'd been drinking in his room since about 8 the previous night. He's lost his license and considering that was the second time in three days he'd been booked over the limit he thinks he might be facing jail time.

He ended up getting a year's suspended sentence, 100 hours community service, and 3 years loss of licence. When he came home from court he had obviously been drinking. I asked him why he had been drinking. He said, "I'm celebrating". I said to him, "WTF could you possibly be celebrating?" He said, "I didn't get a fine."

 

[Dickie Greenleaf]

Wow.

Knowing the background and what he's like, you still allowed the guy to put you in a position of financial vulnerability.

Why?

 

[checkraiseulite]

Wow.

Knowing the background and what he's like, you still allowed the guy to put you in a position of financial vulnerability.

Why?

This.

You are getting what you deserve now for being so stupid.

 

[raskolnikov]

EDIT: Okay, just read the bit about him losing his job due to being an alco. Okay, nothing against alcoholic working-age dole bludgers per se, but... c'mon man, what's wrong with you? Were you so desperate for a tenant - quick - that you allowed your mind to con itself into thinking this had any hope of working out?

He'd actually been my housemate for a year before I moved up north. I didn't really want him to move in the first place but I was doing a bit of a favour for a friend by helping him out. When we were housemates he was actually pretty good(besides the incident I described above) because he knew I wouldn't put up with any shit. I considered booting him out and getting a new tenant in before I moved up north but he begged me to let him stay and rent the house out. Considering the rental crisis at the moment I knew he would be on the street if I booted him out so I decided to let him stay.

Anyways, he called me this afternoon and he wants to make a payment plan to make the rent up so at least he's making an effort. I will still kick him out at Christmas time and get new tenants as I hate being anxious all the time that I'm not going to get my rent.

 

[Ghostwriter]

There is a plan where the dole office takes the rent out of the dole and pays you, it costs a dollar a week I think, he might agree to that.

 

[Dont be a lemon]

I work the occasional temp office job now and then. As a uni student it suits me, but you find yourself working alongside a lot of people who are competent enough to work in an office but apparently not competent enough to gain/keep a proper fulltime job.

You meet some odd people.

I was surprised to find that one late-thirties guy I work with still runs out of 'credit' on his phone. Had I known that wasn't even one of the ten oddest things about the dude, I might have ended the conversation right there and then.

Sounds like you've got a tale to tell us [taps foot].

 

[IAMJUNGLEMUFFIN]

Guy misses a rent payment, and you need advice on how to handle such an intense scenario?

Really?

 

[raskolnikov]

Ok, so the guy's now missed four weeks and is not answering my calls. I don't know what to do. I want to fly down straight away and kick him out but there are no cheap fares at the moment. My mate in Melbourne said he would go around and kick him out then I can put the house up for rent but I'm not sure how successful he would be with that.

 

[fairdinkum]

Ok, so the guy's now missed four weeks and is not answering my calls. I don't know what to do. I want to fly down straight away and kick him out but there are no cheap fares at the moment. My mate in Melbourne said he would go around and kick him out then I can put the house up for rent but I'm not sure how successful he would be with that.

Bigfooty GD Board get-together suddenly has a purpose and a life again.

Send around the crew and make this ****a pay.

He won't know what has hit him when he opens the door and sees this:

 

[Catsmaninamerica]

How badly do you need the money? Is your mortgage dependent on it?

 

[bunsen burner]

Ok, so the guy's now missed four weeks and is not answering my calls. I don't know what to do. I want to fly down straight away and kick him out but there are no cheap fares at the moment. My mate in Melbourne said he would go around and kick him out then I can put the house up for rent but I'm not sure how successful he would be with that.

Are you big and muscley by any chance? "If you don't pay the rent I'm going to fly down there and **** you up teh ****"

That's like the rolls royce of threats that one.

 

[Puntroad]

How long have you been friends with this guy?

Tell him you're able to get an extra hundred from someone else renting the place. It's telling him how it really is and see how he takes it from there. If he gives you the sad story then he's a shit mate because he is well aware he's losing you money, and it's not like he has a warped perception and thinks money grows on trees, he's clearly living dollar to dollar himself.

Edit: Read your latest post. Book the cheap late night flight and head to Melbourne. You'll be tired the next day because of the flight (consequently far less forgiving when he plays the sympathy card) and you'll save money on flights. Two birds, one stone.

 

[raskolnikov]

How badly do you need the money? Is your mortgage dependent on it?

I don't need it that badly but I'm not really in a position to be giving a thousand dollars every month either.

 

[Catsmaninamerica]

Dude. Whatever u spend on flights is gonna be minor in sht u make up in rent that is paid on time And the market value. Fly down first thing tomorrow. Sort ur business out .

 

[The King!]

Cut off one of his fingers, he still has a place but knows you are serious

 

[The Dice Man]

Fly down, barrel roll, fly back. 6 hours later problem solved.

If you can't get him out just put a half emPty bottle of Jim beam(he sounds the type) on the front lawn and when he runs out change the locks quickly.

there's two solutions I've given you, now harden the **** up.

 

[Shane Hird]

Time to call Mr Wolf..

 

[Kayaz]

Cut off one of his fingers, he still has a place but knows you are serious

I second this.

 

[raskolnikov]

Are you big and muscley by any chance? "If you don't pay the rent I'm going to fly down there and **** you up teh ****"

That's like the rolls royce of threats that one.

Another quality post brought to you by Bunsen Burner.

 

[DrVanNostrand]

I suggest a game of ring-toss for all the marbles.

 

[Feerits Elf]

If he skips rent again he has to do sthing in return like a household chore for a week.

If that fails take the Playstation off him and send him to bed without dinner.

 

[Umpa Lumpa]

You could always torture him for the money....
Maybe something like this...

 

[SnakePlisskin]

Don't mean to be rude but a real mate wouldn't do this to you , kick him out then arse hole him altogether .