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Living in a part of the world where we don’t really tip I have to ask, is tipping your landlord really a thing?
"Tipping the landlord" Some landlord/employer posted on Twitter how none of their employees/tenants are grateful for the nice things the capitalist provides them with. They said that they'd like to get tipped occasionally. It might have been a shitpost, but it blew up. Now, 'tipping the landlord' is an internet gag line. No one in real life tips their land lord.
Ah, get it. Thanks for explaining.
In addition to that. It's probably mocking these places where it asks if you want to leave a tip when you didn't see a single employee your entire visit. Or counter service/fast food etc.
Its' all good.
I always thought that it mocks the idea of giving tip for everything everywhere to highlight that tipping is not a very good practice
Always look at it from the other side. If you're making minimum wage, every extra dollar counts.
It's as real as Kids requesting litter boxes in school because they identify as a furry, it's just meme BS that a specific political group has latched on to and bitch about. It's definitely not real.
I don't think I've seen anyone bring this up in any way other than satire
Until I joined Lemmy I would have agreed with you.
EDIT: Unless you are talking about the litterbox thing, I have heard this brought up as legitimate discussion before. I quickly squashed that conversation, but there are (stupid) people out there that believe it.
I have never seen it and I've been renting for 20 years (omg thst is so depressing). I can imagine a landlord with a poorly set up payment processor possibly having it, but that is a stretch
In my experience the only thing like this would be the bullshit service or convenience fees.
Add on that most places won't accept cash and you need a money order.
I'm just sick of spending money to spend money
It’s as real as Kids requesting litter boxes
That was a more subtle disinformation deflection by conservatives. Schools did need litter boxes for mandated mass shooting lockdown preparations.
Instead of the horror of children needing to use litter boxes because American conservatives cant regulate their firearms, it was, "Haha, liberals want litter boxes for furries."
I think it's just a joke that if you tip your landlord, you are really stupid or attracted to him.
Yea. Why tip someone that's pocketing money that could otherwise be building your equity? Landlords are quite literally just leeches.
No, they aren't. Not everyone wants the hassle of owning and maintaining a property, or going a few hundred grand in debt to buy a non-liquid asset.
Apartments and rental units do serve a purpose.
Not everyone, but the vast majority of everyone, and even those who don’t want to buy would still probably be better off with owning instead of renting.
“Going a few hundred grand in debt to buy a non-liquid asset” a house is probably the best asset you could buy for yourself, and also, do you think you’re saving money renting? Do you think a landlord is losing money on his mortgage? You’re covering the mortgage anyway, and then a premium for not having it in your name.
Renting over owning is a more stable outlay (no “surprise, you need a new water heater” expenses for renters) and it gives flexibility for moving with any kind of frequency. I agree that home ownership should be more attainable and affordable, but it’s not a clean win 100% of the time for everyone.
You’re still paying for the water heater, the expense is just hidden over long term inflated rent prices.
Yes, a buffer built into the rental price (“inflated” is a loaded term; rents can be inflated, but a rental price set to cover mortgage and amortized expenses isn’t by definition inflated), but it’s still stable.
Yeah, also way more stable in countries where you are not protected by the law and may be told get outta the property you're renting less than a month in advance. And in countries where you're protected, the landlord will usually get in your arse checking if you're a fraud, this makes renting quite a bit more of a problem.
No one wants to rent. Sure landlords serve a purpose in this capitalist hellhole, but if people could live in a single family home that they own most would take that option to rather than be beholden to some shithead that takes a 3rd of your income and just brings you problems
While it's true that it would be better for them in the long term, it's also true that some people prefer convenience.
I have a coworker that pays the power company extra each month so that if her water heater dies they'll replace it for her. Why the fuck does the power company offer this service and by the time she needs one she will have more than paid for one.
Lots of people don't change their own oil in their cars, it's easy and cheaper, but people don't want to do it.
Coffee.... that's all I'm gonna say on that topic.
Renting is a service some people want, just like some people want to live in an HOA.
More people would probably buy a house if they could just pay the mortgage, similar to a rent to own setup, but that's not an option available to most people.
Wouldn't the convenient (and cheaper) situation here not be to rent, but to own and hire a handyman when needed? I'm just not sure how a landlord offers any kind of convenience to anyone. (Maybe there's something I'm missing of course.)
You are absolutely correct, but it still requires making calls, coordinating with a handyman, being available when they come by, etc. It's the same logic for why some landlords hire property managers. If being a landlord is so easy you'd think they wouldn't need to hire someone to specifically manage their properties.
While I agree with you on paper, I've never had a landlord make it easy or convenient for any of those things in my experience. Usually they're MIA and can't seem to get anything done without a fuss honestly. Could just be my luck/the types of places I rent to be fair on that though.
Yeah and I saw a recent post saying that roughly 66% of Millennials would like to buy if it were affordable for them.
Rental experiences all come down to the details, how expensive is it, what extra costs (can you have pets) and benefits (do you have laundry in the rental or is it a shared space), is public transportation more accessible, etc.
Back when I rented my washing machine broke and the rental company had a new one installed the same day, the bus route went right up to my building, and the Greenway trail was adjacent to the complex. They decided to increase rent by $100 so I looked at buying a house and found a condo I could afford. The condo was $300 cheaper (including the HOA fee) than the new rent, but the bus didn't come to where my condo was, the Greenway trail was 10 min road biking away, and when the HOA decided we had to install new lights and doors I had to pay for that (luckily I was able to do the labor myself, but a lot of people couldn't). Before I sold and moved the HOA was about to replace the roof on my building and we would have all had to pay out of pocket our portion (which equated to approximately 3.75x what I paid for the mortgage and HOA fee, so an extra 3.75 months worth of payments).
Also, a lot of places have more or less protections for renters which can impact things.
A while back, there was this thing where some very out of touch landlords were whining about having to actually do things for their tenants and that tenants should tip them for this. Naturally, they were rightfully shamed and ridiculed for it and it never caught on, but the way I first heard about it was seeing another landlord agreeing with the original post.
It (used?) to be expected to tip your maintenance man at the end of the year in big apartment buildings (there's even a friends episode about it). Some scummy landlords try to claim that they are the maintenance man and more and so deserve a tip. I have personally had landlords ask for it,
No lol
My last landlord was a mega bitch.
The air conditioner went out a couple days before a huge heatwave came through our area and it was >40°C for about 4 days in a row. My wife and I notified her of the problem as soon as we knew. Two days into the heatwave, she sends a message basically saying, "The repairman is in a volleyball tournament, sorry that the unit can't be fixed today." When asked if she could call literally anyone else, we got radio silence. It got up to 32°C inside the house. We cracked and bought a window unit for the bedroom on the third day. It was the only way we were getting any sleep. About 3 days later, someone comes by to fix the unit. It was still about 35°C outside by then.
A few months later, an insect infestation (which we were advised by a professional could not have been foreseen) killed the yard. She was pissed at us for letting the yard be killed anyway. Again, she heard the guy say that there was no way to know that would happen. We just got unlucky. So she took the time to bitch at us about the untrimmed trees, which we were not contractually obligated to trim. Always found something new to gripe about.
As a parting "Fuck you," when we left the house, we submitted a request with the power company to turn off the power. As the landlord, it was her responsibility to make sure new service was started in her name the second after our contract ended. We paid $20 to have the service disconnected. Because she did not notify the power company that she would be taking over the power bills beginning the day following the end of our contract, she had to pay about $250 so someone could come out and connect new service following a disconnect. The house didn't have any electricity for a few days. She had the audacity to text us and say, "You didn't have to turn the electricity off." Yeah? Well we had no obligation to pay for any power after our lease ended. That's your fault. God, it felt so good to be petty.
She's our neighbor now. Not a small town, just a small world. She probably doesn't remember us, but I hope her grandkids don't call her. She was an asshole to us. Something about axes and trees. Fuck her. Fuck landlords.