Landlord mockingly tells me to sue them after an argument, so I maliciously comply and win.

Here's what happened.

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This chain of events started almost 20 years ago and involves myself and a notoriously snooty

national real estate agency.

There's a bit of background leading to the incident, so bear with me.

This all occurred in Australia.

I once rented a property through an agency from 2004 to 2006.

Due to my ex-partner's explosive and violent temper, we had been handling an eviction notice. There was damage to the property that was unfixed at the time we were evicted,

damage that was in the form of fist and hammer-sized holes in the walls and things like that.

We obviously did not receive any of the bond deposit back as the repair costs more than the absorbed amount.

There was also an added sum of about 1,700 extra to cover the rest of the costs incurred

repairing the damage.

This amount was forwarded to a debt collection agency.

This collection amount was in both of our names as we had jointly been on the lease agreement.

I wasn't upset at the agency.

They were just doing their job by being a good advocate for the owner of the property at this stage.

Taking the bond and charging us for the repair was standard, and not nasty, vindictive, or overkill in the slightest.

My anger came later.

Although, I must admit, I was a bit Miff to be duly held financially responsible for the damage caused by my ex,

but due to the nature of the joint lease, not much could be legally done. I was just grateful we had

parted ways not long after. A few years post-eviction, I wanted to get my life more organized in

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