Several months ago, I moved into a new house. During the inspection of my old house, I was expecting to receive my whole security deposit back.
I didn’t. The landlady took advantage of the situation and withheld part of my deposit.
She charged me the price of cleaning the whole house even though I was only renting a room in the house. And she charged for me something that was already damaged when I moved in, falsely claiming that I was the one who damaged the item.
There really wasn’t much I could do. The amount of money she was keeping wasn’t enough to make legal action worthwhile. Nor, obviously, could I force her to give me the money.
What made the situation even worse is that I had repeatedly gone out of my way to help the landlady. Whenever she asked me for a simple favor, I did my best to oblige.
The truth is that I considered her a friend. Yet in the end, all she cared about was money.
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a calm, easy-going person. It takes a lot to get me upset.
This got me upset. I ranted. I raved. I yelled. All to no avail.
I was completely powerless to change the situation, which is probably what caused me to react the way I did.
I’m not proud of how I acted in this situation. I obviously felt quite frustrated and my feeling of powerlessness fueled my anger.
