tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post8508247908633588367..comments2024-03-23T22:21:32.073-07:00Comments on Renter Girl: The Name Of The LandlordRenterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556830109922784321noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-23420724031693588802012-10-04T07:02:50.401-07:002012-10-04T07:02:50.401-07:00So many landlords are just deceitful and stupid. I...So many landlords are just deceitful and stupid. I don't even think it is the *minority* any more. space cadetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-42676330714003051092012-10-04T00:40:44.400-07:002012-10-04T00:40:44.400-07:00Oh and the other element that always makes me laug...Oh and the other element that always makes me laugh is the daft excuses landlords come up with for explaining why they arent harassing their tenants, the most common one I here is a patronising "You dont understand, I cannot lie, I'm a Christian". Usually delivered with open palms and raised eyebrows to feign astonishment at the allegation.<br /><br />One I had the other day was a landlord denying receiving rent from his tenant, saying there were arrears of £2,000. The rent was £675 a month and the tenant had bank statements showing that sum going from his bank account to the landlord on the due rent day. When I confronted him with this he said that he had lent his tenant money for student fees and he was paying him back, just coincidentally on the same day and the same amount as the rentBen Reeve-Lewisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-49297121572474653542012-10-04T00:33:49.423-07:002012-10-04T00:33:49.423-07:00Love it Dazzla, There is a manager at my workplace...Love it Dazzla, There is a manager at my workplace with the exact same spelling of Eoin hmmm<br /><br />I have a regular landlord who harassess his tenants and always makes it sound like he is above that kind of behaviour and is always trying to play a rank game. Every letter he sends me is signed "Dr Ibrahim Neuro-Surgeon" and I always sign my responses "Ben Reeve-Lewis Council Worker" hahaBen Reeve-Lewisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-68293644929120797732012-10-03T09:03:38.370-07:002012-10-03T09:03:38.370-07:00Slightly off-topic, the best workplace retort to o...Slightly off-topic, the best workplace retort to office piffle that I've ever heard:<br /><br />"Come on, Eoin. There's no 'I' in 'team'"<br /><br />"No, but there's a 'u' in c**t"Dazzlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10487973757192021825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-4955036749650968822012-10-03T05:02:44.953-07:002012-10-03T05:02:44.953-07:00I should have sounded the sarcasm klaxon, Dazzla.....I should have sounded the sarcasm klaxon, Dazzla... But once had landlord who visited and intorduce dhimself and his shrewish wife as Mr and Mrs... didn't last. And yes, words matter. And Ben: I hope you get to say that!RenterGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12556830109922784321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-66055503423925825042012-10-02T04:46:44.430-07:002012-10-02T04:46:44.430-07:00@Space Cadet, that phrase annoys me too.
One of m...@Space Cadet, that phrase annoys me too.<br /><br />One of my favourite lines from a film comes from American Beauty when Kevin Spacey's fed-up character is sitting at his desk and his oily manager pokes his head around the door and says with fake sincerity "Hey Lester? Have you got a minute", to which Spacey replies equally mock cheerfully "For you Brad? I've got 5"<br /><br />I've been waiting my whole life to use that one at work hahaBen Reeve-Lewisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-2808795606169768462012-10-02T04:34:19.238-07:002012-10-02T04:34:19.238-07:00"This is a world where some Rentiers (to stea..."This is a world where some Rentiers (to steal wholesale Ben’s suggestion) certainly don’t hold with this ‘call me Dave’ mentality, and can insist on proper titles (usually Mr, although Sir is declining…)"<br /><br />Seriously?<br /><br />Any landvulture who insisted that I call him 'Mr' let alone 'Sir' would quickly find himself having to become accustomed to a rather different sort of title. I don't even call the directors of the companies I supply 'Mr'.<br /><br />Respect is earned, not bought or demanded.<br />Dazzlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10487973757192021825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-41577807404125425742012-10-02T02:17:24.453-07:002012-10-02T02:17:24.453-07:00Thank God for this blog, and for keeping me sane. ...Thank God for this blog, and for keeping me sane. I've long thought the same; about landlords, and managers for that matter. That implied (and so often assumed) sense of status and entitlement, riles me to the core. <br /><br />I also think anyone who says "my time is precious" is a plank of the highest order. (so, mine isn't?) But really, that's an aside. space cadetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-75570130246719886202012-10-02T01:24:02.816-07:002012-10-02T01:24:02.816-07:00In being quoted as "Esteemed" I feel dut...In being quoted as "Esteemed" I feel duty bound to comment. That's the power of words for you.<br /><br />I wrote about this a while back prompted by a nice landlord I spoke to who also said he felt uncomfortable with the term. he said "I dont own any land and I'm nobody's lord". An eminently sensible view I thought, so I wrote an article on the importance of words for landlord website Property 118 but most people seemed to think I was joking.<br /><br />I'll reiterate my point here by simply saying that landlords and tenants usually hate each other and one of the reasons for that is the inbuilt sense of power and control that exists that nobody really thinks about. Words are an outward expression of that.<br /><br />I recently got into an altercation at work with a particularly loathsome character who was trying to cajole me to produce statistics for him when I was dealing with an illegal eviction. He said "I'm telling you as your manager" but I didnt let him finish, replying "And I'm telling you as another employee of this council".<br /><br />Manager is merely another job title it doesnt imbue the bearer with special powers, but for some people the name comes with the power as an automatic right, which is why I think the term landlord can damage landlord/tenant relationsBen Reeve-Lewisnoreply@blogger.com