Miles Archer (8,742 posts)
For those of you who remember the story of my girlfriend's deadbeat son, we DID evict him.
He was full of braggadocio, telling us "go AHEAD and evict us, it will take you three months, and we won't pay you a penny!"
It took one month. We filed the papers on November 20th, and he was out of here on December 20th, about an hour and a half before the sheriff was scheduled to arrive here and remove him.
During the hearing, the judge asked him how much longer he wanted to stay. He said six weeks. The judge have him one week.
The judge was the coolest judge you could possibly imagine. He reminded me of Sid "Captain Spaulding" Haig. At one point the girlfriend asked him "We have a five year old child. Does that matter?" He replied "No. I assume she's going wherever you're going."
He also told the son that ONE of the reasons why he wasn't getting the six weeks he asked for is that he'd HAD a month since the eviction was filed to straighten things out, and he didn't. He didn't have a job, he didn't have any money, he'd made all kinds of threats under our roof. The judge actually told him immediately after we walked in the room that he had already made his decision, based solely on what he had in his file.
He left owing us about $1200 in back rent.
He also left a lovely parting gift. They spent their money on a 24-can case of Bud Light DAILY, they were both pack-a-day smokers, they went out to the local bar every Monday for beers and shots, followed by dinner at a restaurant, and they brought home take-out food almost daily. But somehow, they never had the $1.00 to buy one of those 4-packs of Angel Soft toilet paper, so they started using napkins. We took the napkins away, so they started using coffee filters. Neither of these break down when flushed. We hid the coffee filters, God only knows what they used after that. The girlfriend also regularly flushed tampons. The result was that our plumbing backed up, we had to call a plumber, pipes had to be replaced, and lime had to be spread under the house because when the pipes were removed, everything flowed out.
His last words to his mother, via a Facebook private message, were "Go **** yourself and die alone."
Apparently, the girlfriend's mother staked them for rent on a 3 bedroom house about an hour from here...first and last month's rent, security, utilities, all of it.
Two weeks in, their power was turned off because they didn't pay the bill.
But they've been gone for a month, and we have our lives back.
They also lied about why they came here in the first place. He made up a story about being persecuted by the apartment complex's management for a number of reasons. The real reason was that they owed $3000 in back rent.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181036232So, the DUmmie is real proud of the fact that 5 days before Christmas he put a 5 year old child out in the street.
Some of the back story:
Miles Archer (8,742 posts)
Watching "Lost In Space" in the bedroom with my girlfriend. Car lights. It was the cops.
Took my girfriend's son and his girlfriend to jail tonight.
"Mystery" altercation. We were in the bedroom and heard nothing.
All of a sudden there are car lights shining in the bedroom window.
The cop called two other cops.
The son and the girlfriend told two completely different stories. Both had been drinking. Mondays are usually heavy drinking days for both of them, and it usually leads to fights.
They were talking to her and he kept putting his two cents in. I told him "Be calm, let the officers do their jobs, speak when spoken to, or I can guarantee you that you are going to jail." Told him this at least six times.
"Yet, he persisted." And they both went to jail for disturbing the peace.
And tomorrow, when the worst of whatever Hurricane Irma has in store for South Carolina, I will have to drive 15 miles across town to pick them up when they are released from jail.
So...how was your day?
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1018986287So cops just jumped out of the bushes?
Miles Archer (8,742 posts)
"We have no money"
For those of you who have been following the saga of my girlfriend's deadbeat son, there are a few updates.
1). We had to go to municipal court yesterday. Sat there for an hour. This is in regards to our calling the police a month ago over an altercation between my girlfriend's son and his girlfriend. He apparently took some money off of the debit card (they have a joint account). They had both been drinking heavily. She was screaming "I want my money I want my money I want my money" at the top of her lungs, with "**** you's" flying back and forth. We called the cops, she went to jail. The reason my girlfriend had to go to court is that they were going to have a trial. The officer came out and said "do you want a jury trial or a bench trial" and she turned around and looked at my girlfriend like "HELP ME!" So my girlfriend said she didn't want to press charges, and the two of them slithered off to their car, and we left in ours. I sat on a hard plastic chair for an hour and my ass and back were both killing me. My girlfriend pulled a muscle in her back earlier in the day. She wasn't feeling much better.
2). The agreement that we had was that they would pay $100 per week plus half of the electric bill. They have doubled our bill, so this is completely fair. I had to call the electric company for an extension. Bill has to be paid Friday by 5 PM or the power goes off. He told my girlfriend this morning that they have no money, and he "might" be getting paid Saturday. IF the power goes off, there is an $80 reconnect fee if they turn it on before 4 PM and a $140 fee if they turn it on after that. I told my girlfriend if it comes to that they will pay the $80. As of Sunday they will owe us another $100, plus the $140 for electric, plus $80 if I don't find a paying client by Friday to cover their half until they pay us back...$340.
3). My girlfriend has already told them that they need to be out of here by the end of this month. His response is "I know." When he says "I know," it means "**** you, I already heard that, and I don't want to hear it again."
4). My girlfriend told me this morning that she yelled at him over all of this. I told her "I told them when we let them come here that I cannot support them." I have also gotten her to the point where she has agreed to an eviction. If his ass is sitting on the sofa when we get up on November 1st, we are going back to magistrate's court and filing the paperwork. Period.
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/1018992456Hmmm, a DUmmie tells a lie. And is delinquent on their bills. And doesn't have two nickels to rub together. That's something new.
Miles Archer (8,742 posts)
A friendly warning to my DU friends...don't use Facebook to send or receive money
A couple of months ago, one of my former clients in Nevada wanted me do handle his Facebook page again for a month. He sent me money on Facebook. A couple of clicks and it was in my account 10 minutes later.
Fast-forward to October. My girlfriend's son in Oregon sent her some money via Facebook. When she tried to accept it, she got an error message saying she had to update her debit card. Her card hadn't changed from the last time she had received money on Facebook. So she removed the card, added back as a new card, then the status showed as "pending" before it told her to update the card again.
Meanwhile, the money has been taken from her son's account. Where it went, I can't tell you.
Fast-forward to a week ago. My sister sent me money. Got the same message about my card. Finally, after sending Facebook feedback, they said the money would be in my account in 10 working days.
Went to the bank two days ago. My balance seemed high when I got my receipt from the ATM. Went into the bank. The teller pulled up my account and read off my sister's name. Got the money! YAY!
Then, today, my account balance was short. Came home. Saw a DEBIT TO my sister for the amount she sent me!
Called my bank. They said "Unfortunately, you're not the first person who has come to us lately with this exact story."
For reasons unknown, Facebook made the credit go through, then took it back via a debit, and the debit is supposed to expire at midnight, and then the money will be back in my account.
I posted this for two reasons:
1). It is now a "known issue," and it is not the result of a virus or a hacking, it's just that Facebook apparently has their heads up their collective asses, and yes, the banks HAVE complained to them (it is a specific issue in the way in which they process Visa Debit Card transactions)
2). Do not, under any circumstances, send money to friends via Facebook or ask them to send money to you unless you like the sound of Uncle Miles telling you "I TOLD YOU SO."
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1018997893Wait one minute, you and you girlfriend are moochers too? How improbable.
Miles Archer (8,742 posts)
25. You're right about that...
...we have entered the "screw you" phase of events.
My girlfriend told me I need to "face reality" last night.
Her son did, in fact, get fired from his job over missing work due to being in jail.
His girlfriend still has her job as a waitress, but she only works part-time, and the first cut of whatever money she brings home will go to their cigarettes and beer budget.
Meanwhile, I am staring down the barrel of a $350 electric bill that is due at the end of the month. Normally, we'd be paying $150 this time of year. Their agreement was to pay half. This month, it's going to be all on me.
He is supposed to start a new job on October 1st. So we won't see a penny until his first check, which may be a week or two after that...I don't know. And when he does get paid, there will likely be some excuses about how they can't afford to pay anything.
My girlfriend put the brakes on the eviction idea. She said that it would cost us money to file the papers, and he'd go to court to fight it, and because the girlfriend has a 4 year old daughter, we'd get nowhere. That may or may not be true.
So the fairly tale version of this is that he starts this new job on October 1st, saves his money, looks for a place of their own, and is out of here on or before November 1.
I don't see that happening.
And now, he's going to be right here, sitting on his ass in front of the TV for the next two weeks, doing nothing. If the new job falls through, we have a 40 year old guy, his girlfriend, and her kid, living here, with me paying all the bills.
And like I said, my girlfriend is taking the "there is nothing you can do about it" approach, and it's her house, her son, and I'm screwed until I have the money to fix my car...at least a couple of thousand, if I get a rebuilt transmission and take care of the other issues...as well as first, last, and security for a place of my own. That's not going to happen overnight. My girlfriend knows this, which is why she's taking the "sucks to be you...better deal with it" stance.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1018986287#post25Ah, there's the real issue. DUmmie has no vehicle, no money and no means of taking care of himself. He latched on to someone who owned her house and he throws a couple bucks a month at the utility bills. Her son moving in was causing a disruption in his taking advantage of her. So he was just upset that someone was grifting on his grift.
