My toxic former landlord kicks me off of her property, all because I refused to pay double the rent in the middle of COVID.

So I decided to get some revenge by hiding dead starfish all over her property.

Okay, so I had an older landlady who was great for maybe the first year.

I rented an onsuit off the main house, which was pretty much a bedroom, a kitchenette, and a bathroom,

and all for about $150 a week. This was a fair price as it was pre-COVID, and it was pretty small. For reference,

this takes place in Australia. She had also built two sheds on her suburban property, and these

were simple one-room cabins that she also rented out for a ridiculous amount. She called them meditation retreats,

and she also had a community bookshed at the bottom of her property. She would bring around soup,

we would play table tennis in her shed, and I thought we had a great relationship, and dare I say

friendship, I would take green waste to the tip for her and get her pet food from the pet shop that I

worked at. Now, she was a

regular herb smoker, if you know what I mean, which I didn't really care about, but sadly, it's still illegal in Australia. So it's not really cheap to come by. Towards the end of my second year there, she sat down with me and asked me to pay more rent. Now, I would have been open to that within reason, but she also wanted me to stop claiming government rent assistance so she could

have everything in cash and more rent. Now, I would have been open to that within reason, but she also wanted me to stop

claiming government rent assistance so she could have everything in cash and undeclared. That way,

she could maximize her pension. I was working a casual job, desperately trying to save her house,

and COVID had just come along and messed everything up. There was no way I could afford to lose

what little government assistance I

got, just so she could buy more of the herb. Now, it wasn't just a small increase either. It was an

extra $50 a week, but we had a serious discussion where we compromise on $350 of Fortnite, and I emailed her

later saying that I understood if she wanted me to move out so that she could get more for the room, but she insisted that she didn't want me to go.

But after this, she started putting distance between us. I didn't notice for a while until I saw that she was playing table tennis with some other friends of hers, and she barely spoke to me when I said hello.

There hadn't been any soups for a while either. She refused

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