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Am I the Jerk?

Landlord evicts us so we Follow the Rules, Perfectly - r/MaliciousCompliance

Am I the Jerk?

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🗓️ 17 January 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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0:00.0

Today's stories are from malicious compliance where people conform to the letter but not the

0:04.5

spirits of a request.

0:06.4

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0:09.3

Our landlord advertises all of our company's equipment for sale to our competitors.

0:14.1

Best follow our eviction to the letter.

0:15.9

I work for a leisure company, think soft play, indoor soccer, laser tag, can't be specific.

0:21.0

Prior to lockdown, managers and the big bosses were negotiating the renewal of the lease

0:25.8

on one of our parks.

0:27.1

As we're going smoothly, however the landlords were difficult to contact, then 2020 made

0:31.9

everything hit the fan.

0:33.6

All of our sites were closed and everything was thrown into a mess.

0:38.0

Negotiations began to slip down the priority list.

0:40.2

Nobody thought the landlord would push an eviction for an expired lease during this period,

0:44.2

especially with it still getting rent despite the site's closure.

0:48.3

And the closure of every business in a restaurant in the immediate area, we were wrong.

0:52.0

A few days ago we received a letter saying we had seven days to leave the premises and

0:56.6

take everything with us.

0:57.9

We are reminded that anything left in the building after seven days will become the

1:01.8

landlord's property.

1:03.3

That line is very important.

1:05.2

Now, a lot of construction goes into installing our equipment into a new building, which makes

1:09.8

emptying one even harder.

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