Dear Nasty Old Landlady,
Today I was told that you took €440 from my deposit. They sent me a quick e-mail telling me to sign the paper and then I would get what was left of it. At first, it really upset me.
For months I’ve been worrying so much, losing sleep and developing a stupid eye twitch. There was always something “fishy” about you and I kind of suspected this would happen. I knew that no matter how well I treated your flat, no matter how much I cleaned it, kept it tidy, ensured my dog didn’t damage it, you would find a way of robbing me, because that’s the kind of person you are.
I was always honest and straightforward with you. I talked to you with respect, and paid all my bills. When you wouldn’t answer the phone because the washing machine broke, I didn’t yell at you, or told you to give me a new one. I waited for you to get your crap together, and finally replace the machine with a much older one, that barely worked. When you ignored my more than five phone calls and three voice mail messages asking you to please call an electrician to check the dodgy lights in the flat, I kept my cool and found a way around it. When you ignored my more than 10 phone calls, several e-mails and numerous text messages because the boiler had burst and flooded my bedroom, I still paid my bills and took care of the flat.
When you called after I moved out to accuse me of stains in the wall, I politely told you that those marks were there when I first moved in. I told you I knew you would take the money no matter what the truth was. I also informed you that I stood by my honest statement, and that I hoped you would be honest too.
But you weren’t. You took a huge chunk out of my deposit. A money I was deeply embarrassed to ask friends and family for. A money I didn’t have at the time of moving in, but my life had suddenly collapsed, and that’s all I could do. Find a home for me and my dog, get a job, and pay the bills, even with a broken heart and a badly injured back.
I’ve had a rubbish year in terms of losing money and a job. Now I won’t be able to pay the lovely people that helped me get by. However, one thing I will for sure do, is not cry. Why?
Because two days ago my family came to visit me, and reminded me that I am loved. They are so brilliant they are always answering my messages, and I reply to theirs. They are so bloody amazing, they are beautiful inside and out, that people like you become silly little creatures not worth thinking about.
Because I share my life with my best friend, who has got really angry about this so I don’t have to. I wonder if you’ve ever had a handsome and extremely intelligent guy do that for you. I don’t think you have, because those of us who have someone like that can’t be as bitter as you are.
Because I am a healthy, talented… I’m pretty amazing. I am also extremely resourceful so guess what, since you think money is the so essential in your sorry life that you feel the need to steal it, I’m going to tell you a secret: I intend to make more of it, and you won’t have any of it.
You may have my €440 euros and that probably means I won’t be able to treat myself to nice food or things for a while. But I have so much to live for and you are just a sad old cow that enjoys taking money from honest people.
Fuck you sincerely,
Jess
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