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

floydy17

Should you pay? Absolutely not - he's your housemate's boyfriend/guest in the house and her responsibility!

thegrifter

@Telsco.....are you for real???

Absolutely not your responsibility to cover bfs wages. The responsibility lies squarely with your flatmate to ensure he can get out.....in actual fact I think she has a cheek leaving him in the house after she's gone without having cleared it with you first. You could have been wandering around the house naked, assuming that it was empty....NOT FAIR ON YOU!!

Don't buckle....stand your ground on this one. I guarantee they'll let you know in future.

slhunte3

You don't need to pay. He's her boyfriend, she should have given him a key (with your agreement of course) or at least tell you he's there.

You'd be silly to pay.

Hope it gets resolved!

newcook

oh I wish I worked in his office when the call came through - I bet his boss was peeing his pants when he said to the rest of the staff 'X wont be in today as he's locked in his girlfriends house - kinky!!!'


as others have said, no you shouldnt have to pay

rawky

Absolutely don't pay!

Instead, counterserve them with a request for an additional contribution to the household bills for the electricity/gas/water he used during his stay with you. It might just make them realise how petty they are being.

arrrbecca

Is this boyfriend paying rent? Or bills? No - didn't think so. You are under no obligation to accommodate him in the slightest.

Devi

Similar thing happened to me a few years ago now - my best friend/flatmate locked my ex in the flat by accident even though i told her he was still there - she said she was just on normal "leaving the house" autopilot mode!

We all thought it was hilarious as it was such a funny situation but there was no way either he or I would have made her pay for him having a day off work, that is ridiculous.

pennypinchUK

How about your housemate paying your boyfriend - she didn't tell you he was staying, so you just did what was right, i.e., locking up after you.

melancholly

there's another issue here - when sharing houses, i've not always been comfortable with housemates' guests having free run of the house without everyone knowing. if they are visiting someone, that someone would usually be there with them (and i don't think that should be enforced excessively, but it has annoyed me to find a BF/GF using the shower when everyone else needs to get ready for work - essentially you're sharing with an extra person that you didn't choose!). now i know this is a BF, not a random guy she just met, but the principle is the same. if you make a choice to live with someone, it simply isn't on to have another person coming and going as they please, for secuirty purposes if nothing else. if the housemate wants to give her BF (or anyone) a key, then she has to at the very least speak to her housemate about it first....

in this situation, it's utterly ridiculous that anyone else is responsible for him being locked in than him. why didn't he ring his GF and ask her to come home and let him out? or ring her to get in touch with the other housemate and see if she could come back? just giving up and sitting in the house all day sounds ridiculous to me!

the only other question is that is it normal to have to use a key to get out? this doesn't seem particularly safe if there's a fire and i'm surprised that LLs are allowed to have front doors like that.

onesixfive

No - Her guest, Her arrangements, Her problem ! Simple