Landlord Asks If He's A**hole For Buying McDonald's For One Of Tenant's Children And Not All Of Them
Being a landlord can have its difficulties, and one Reddit user recently discovered that tenants can be challenging to deal with. Reddit user u/inkseep1 shared his story in the r/AITA (Am I The A**hole?) subreddit.
He explained that he has a tenant who has five children and has recently moved one of her baby daddies into the property. One of the kids, "Sam," is 12, and the "baby daddy" isn't Sam's father.
Whenever the OP does maintenance at the property, Sam likes to hang out with him and help the Redditor out. The OP says it can be annoying sometimes, but Sam enjoys being helpful, and now and then, the Redditor buys Sam McDonald's for his help.
Recently, one of the tenant's children damaged a wall and his bedroom door. The OP says he is going to repair the damage free of charge and has also done some other odd jobs at the baby daddy's request.
The next minute, one of the kids broke another door, which will cost the OP $200 to fix. Of course, Sam was keen to hang out with the Redditor while he did the repairs, even getting him a bandaid when he hurt himself.
Sam asked his stepfather if he could go with the OP to get McDonald's afterwards, but the baby daddy said he wasn't allowed to go. So, the Redditor bought Sam some food and brought it back for him.
The OP says it doesn't seem fair that he was expected to buy food for all of the kids when Sam was the one helping him. He feels that rewarding Sam for working for something he wants can only be a positive thing.
But now the OP is wondering if he's the a**hole here. Keep scrolling to see how people reacted.
The Redditor asked if he's an a**hole for buying McDonald's for his tenant's child.
He explained that he has a tenant who has five children and has recently moved one of her baby daddies into the property.
One of the kids, "Sam," is 12, and the "baby daddy" isn't Sam's father.
Whenever the OP does maintenance at the property, Sam likes to hang out with him and help the Redditor out.
The OP says it can be annoying sometimes, but Sam enjoys being helpful, and now and then, the Redditor buys Sam McDonald's for his help.
Recently, one of the tenant's children damaged a wall and his bedroom door.
The next minute, one of the kids broke another door, which will cost the OP $200 to fix.
Sam was keen to hang out with the Redditor while he did the repairs, even getting him a bandaid when he hurt himself.
Sam asked his stepfather if he could go with the OP to get McDonald's afterwards, but the baby daddy said he wasn't allowed to go.
So, the Redditor bought Sam some food and brought it back for him.
The OP says it doesn't seem fair that he was expected to buy food for all of the kids when Sam was the one helping him.
He feels that rewarding Sam for working for something he wants can only be a positive thing.
Now the OP is wondering if he's the a**hole here.
Here's how people reacted.
Time to have a chat with your tenant.
Okay, but why aren't you kicking them out?
NTA.
"You may be one of the few good examples of how to be a responsible adult Sam is seeing."
"Please call CPS."
"That's absurd."
In future, do it away from his family.
What are your thoughts on this situation? Do you think the OP was doing the wrong thing by rewarding Sam with McDonald's, or was the baby daddy acting over-entitled here?
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