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

Ritch

If you made a genuine mistake, i.e. you didn't do it on purpose, then why should you be held responsible? The responsibility lies with those who knew of the overnight stay and the possibility of a lock-in. If your friend whom you share the place with can't share that information, then they must suffer the consequences of leaving you out of the information loop. Being an adult means taking responsibility for the consequences of your actions, after all, or inactions in this case.
If you are feeling generous (and to keep the peace, why not?) then offer to share the cost as a gesture of good faith, and donate one third of the day's pay, leaving the other two to pay the other two thirds between them, but insist on being fully informed in future.

Learning_Curve

What a cheek that she even asked you. Presumably her boyfriend was still in bed quiet, otherwise you'd have known he was there. His fault for being a lazy so-and-so and leaving it till the last minute to get up for work without announcing his presence. You're not psychic, she should have told you he was there if she knew he sleeps late. Neither her nor her boyfriend are your responsibility. He doesn't pay to live there and doesn't have a key for a reason, what does he expect? Either he or she has to take responsibility for themselves and their actions. Don't even think of paying either of them a penny. Teach him a valuable lesson.

Unicornucopia

It's sometimes easy to do even when you know the person's in the house. Yes, I'm speaking from experience: I double locked my wife (unintentionally) in the flat when leaving for work. She did have a key of her own but it did not operate from inside the flat, only from the outside! She managed to escape by calling out of the window to a passing stanger who came to the door, was passed the key, and released my wife. We both thought it amusing at the time but my wife made sure I never did it again.

In response to the question: No!

anjak-j

I agree with the masses...don't pay him a penny. This whole situation is the fault of your housemate - who should have had the courtesy to tell you that someone was staying, and to have woken her boyfriend to leave the house when she did. Blaming you for "lost pay" - which I put quotes round because he didn't lose pay at all; rather he just lost a day's holiday entitlement - is just a way of shifting blame for both the flatmate and boyfriend's stupidity and inconsiderate behaviour.

I think this experience would have me sitting down with the housemate to lay down some ground rules, i.e. boyfriends get up and leave when you do, and are the responsibility of the person who brought them into the house. And if she couldn't live with that, I'd ask her to find somewhere else to live.

ipod_killed_the_musicshop

She didn't tell you he was staying, therefore, you don't pay.

katieso

He can't have been in a rush to get to work, otherwise he'd have been up and about and you'd have known.
It's a ridiculous question and I feel sorry that you've even had to ask for people's opinions. People always wants something for nothing. Grrr.

bargain_babs

no not your guest - not your problem

blackdiamond_2

No way, your 'friend' should have said that her boyfriend was staying and/or provided him with a key. Just in case something like this should occur. I also think he should leave when your 'friend' does. Do you know and trust this guy enough to leave him alone in the house, while you are at work. Get another 'friend'.

FrenchDesigner

A good idea to make money:
You tend to leave around the same time every day and lock the door if you're last, dont you?? well, next time, let mr. lazy sleep in all morning and don't say a thing. Then when he finally leaves ask for the loss in earnings YOU've had - That's what they expected you to do isn't it? Wait for him to decide to leave?- and get him to cough up a day's worth of HIS salary. If he's earning so much more than you you're better off!! I bet they won't like that...Anyway would you leave a stranger in your house?
ps: has he stayed over before? Do you have friends staying over? Anymore than 3 nights a month and charges start applying to anyone-decide on it quickly before there's 3 of you staying but only two paying...

epm-84

ronangel wrote: »

Houses are made not to be broken into not out of must have been a downstairs window that could be opened from INSIDE (if not whole place is firetrap) unless he was disabled,or an idiot.

Think about what you're written logically.

So let's say he opened the kitchen window, jumped out and goes to work. There is now a window which isn't securely shut which is large enough for a person to exit the house, so it is also large enough for someone to enter the house.

His girlfriend could then return to find her boyfriend has left, despite the double locked door but also finds all the valuables have been removed from the house.