Real life MMD: Should I pay for his day off?

HomerCastle

Not your responsibility... If you usually double lock the door then you should have been warned about the 'guest' and asked make sure he could get out.
But just one question.. Don't you have a spare key anywhere in the house? I think many people do and that way one of you could have told him where to find it to let himself out.

yorkshireman99_2

No way should you pay. You did what was expected of you (i.e. lock the door). If your housemate or BF wanted you to something different, then you should have been told.

Brenny

First of all, no way should be you pay. Made me laugh because I did the same thing to a spanish student we once had staying in our house - luckily I could get back to let her out (you couldn't open that door from the inside.)

But, on a serious note, it may make people think about secondary escape routes in case of fire. If the front door route is blocked, how do you get out?

justruth

As the day was taken as annual leave then he has not actually lost wages, so there is no money due on your part. As the guy stayed in your joint home without your prior agreement you could return to her with a bill for the extra electricity etc used during his stay. Silly isn't it!!!!!

STOP BEING RIDICULOUS!!!!!

This is the daftest thing I ever heard, if the gf was that worried she would have left work regardless. Clearly thats their problem and not yours

scole-2009

If you can honestly say that you didnt know and had no reason to believe that there was someone in your flatmates room then on NO account do you have a moral or legal obligation to pay him 1 penny, if however you did it to prove a point about not being consulted about non paying "guests", pay up, drop the passive aggressive act, grow a pair & learn to assert yourself in an appropriate way.
As to checking your flatmates room to see that the windows are closed ( as someone else suggested you do ) I've rented out rooms in my home and would never dream of entering their private area and if they dared to enter mine they'd be out on there ear PDQ, after all you can see the windows are closed by checking from the outside.

tallgirld

Why didn't he just climb out of the window.

I wouldn't pay him a penny. If they couldn't be bothered to let you know he was there it's their own fault.

fifty-something

What was the idle !!!!!!! still doing in bed after everyone else had got up and left for work? Taking a day off after a busy night, do we suppose?

Cell

funkyferret wrote: »

Absolutely not. The guy is obviously a twit & couldn't find his way out of a wet paper bag. He could have let himself out a window & go to work.

Just so long as no-one complained when a burglar took the reverse trip and ransacked the house.:rotfl:

scottiemac

luxor4t wrote: »

Off set the day's wage against his bed-and-breakfast bill!

Good answer. I was thinking the same.

mayb_2

As I understand the issue the person locking the door in the usual way was not aware of anyone else in the house. Had the house been burgled because the door had not been secured - what then? If the boyfriend had been the last person to leave, presumably he would not have been able to double lock the door, so again the house would have been more vulnerable.

The housemate and her boyfriend had a responsibility for changing any normal arrangements and he could have phoned in sick for a day had he really been unable to leave - as he didn't he must assume he would be taking it out of holiday entitlement or have his pay docked (normally I would have thought he would have been asked to make up the hours). The housemate could have left him with her key and instructions. All in all they should cover their own costs for a situation of their own creation.