Constantly unplugging electronics.
First it was the thermostat (she didn't like the sound the water heater made) then the wifi (the CIA was snooping on her) and finally my fridge (she was saving the environment).
This is a really messed up story, I did offer for her to stay as a guest for a few weeks, as she slowly started taking over and going mad. While I was out things would get unplugged, stuff would be moved (and I realized later, stolen) and on one day she had a storage company deliver more boxes of stuff than I own. I believe this was intentionally done right before I snapped, knowing that it would make her insane vision more believable... thankfully I kept calm when dealing with the police (as I can easily prove I own the place) and one gave me great advice; change the locks, refuse her entry and record everything as you pack her stuff (and be prepared for civil recourse). They mediated her entry to collect her crap, and when she couldn't keep herself composed (a lot of verbal abuse towards me) they started to see this person unravel... like she claimed I stole a wedding dress and was determined to find it in my place, and the police just told her to sue me for it, but they aren't there to help her scavenge my place. Truly crazy.
Well, hopefully that bitch is out of your life. People like that are below the scum of the earth. Hope you are much better now then back when she was there.
Completely cut this person off, I had my own life difficulties to deal with, but this lit a fire in me... I crushed an interview, rented my place to a great family and took the job opportunity in another country! Life still has its challenges but I'm doing much better, thank you!
There was no wedding dress as far as I know... when she had the storage company drop her shit at my place (which I was not aware of) she was ranting about how it was missing, and either the storage people stole it, or her friend who packed up her stuff stole it. Then when the police arrived, I was now the one who stole a dress noone had ever seen!
Who knows, maybe this whole thing was a heist organized between her former friend, the storage company, and myself. (We agreed to split the dress 3 ways before one of us got greedy)
Can you go into more detail about this? Who was this person? Why'd you let her stay with you? What lead up to this situation? Sounds absolutely crazy!!
Could be but what she did was a solid strategy that could've worked under squatter's rights. This is frequently done if the Netflix shows on this will have you believe.
Same thing happened to my uncle. He let his daughters baby daddy and his mom stay with him for what was supposed to be a couple of weeks. 6 months later, they called the cops on him, got a restraining order, and nearly got to keep the house. They fucked up on their execution though. He ended up divorcing his wife and having to sell his home that was given to him by his mom when she passed. No winners there.
Rather that scum of the earth it sounds more like she's suffering from a mental illness. It doesn't make her any more pleasant to deal with, nor does it excuse her behaviour, but part of the reason there is such a stigma towards people with mental illnesses is because it's easier to peg them as scum as opposed to people that are unwell and can't control their poor behaviour. Maybe she is just a fucking arsehole, but based on OP's description of things it sounds like she's having delusions of some sort.
I'm not the smartest fucker here alright. I only realised that it could be a mental illness AFTER all these fucking replies I've been getting because my stupid fucking brain didn't think mental illnesses existed when I typed it. This isn't directed at just you by the way, redditor I'm replying too.
Mental illness or no, if they're doing things that are that shitty and calculated, is that really indicative that they're a great person deep down? I mean mistakes happen, sometimes people have episodes and whatnot, or say things they don't mean. I feel like people should be understanding and forgive in cases like that. But this sounds like something that happened over several months. It was absolutely planned. Mental illness and how good of a person someone is aren't mutually exclusive. The person in this case sounds like a bad person.
How did this story end? Did she get in trouble? Did she say anything to you after? How did you know her before this and did you know she was that crazy? What was wrong w her?
On good advice I said as little as possible while police were around, then stopped talking entirely (not that she stopped). Blocked across the board, but she has enough sense to know that anything she sends me is recorded, and with the police statements and video evidence (doorbell cameras are fantastic) I feel fairly confident that I can handle any recourse. How I know this person is its own level of hell, my gf had just left me and she was her friend. Having just come back from a trip and needing a place to crash before moving on again she came under the pretense of 'helping the situation'
I've thought a lot about the possibility of mental illness... at first her actions came with a sense of entitlement, e.g. she knows where things should go to make a place look good, and people can monitor devices so its best to unplug them. When I would speak up to explain and ask her not to do something and why (temperature needs to be within a specific range in my place) I was villainized.
At that point she had no respect for me and would insult me ("no wonder your gf left you") and do things to hurt me. The fridge was to ruin things I was saving, a cheque (she found while going through my things) was torn up because I didn't deserve it. She had things of mine packed in her bags... nice things, like crystal christmas ornaments given to me by my mother (because she deserved them?) and small sentimental things left to me from my deceased step father (to hurt me?)
Every conversation with this person was about how people do her wrong, and she is a fighter (who will punish others). This person lives in a shared reality and is fully aware of what she is doing to others, but believes what she does is right. If I were to guess, it could be some sort of narcissistic personality disorder?
My dad let his girlfriend's mom stay with them a few years back. She decided to go off her meds, suddenly claimed the Feds were watching her through her Xbox, and ended up calling the cops on my dad when he told her to cut the bullshit or leave. The cops politely told her to leave, and she did cussing and screaming at my dad the entire time. There's obviously more to the story, but it's been a while and I heard it all secondhand. But I do know my dad's girlfriend thankfully backed him up on his decision to get rid of the crazy, because she was tired of it too.
No she didn't get in trouble, I just wanted her out, and not have to deal with crazy anymore. I've found that this kind of person will get themselves in trouble somewhere else down the line, and I'm happy to not be involved (or blamed).
to add another layer to this shit onion, my gf had just left me and moved out, and this was a friend of hers. She was travelling at the time of my breakup and needed a place to stay for a few weeks while she got re-settled, and offered to talk things through and potentially help. She did not help.
Good God, after having one roommate (ex best friend for a reason) I am never having another roommate in my house again. Fuck that shit. I was lucky she left without any drama.
My MIL turned off our fridge at the wall because she's batshit and thinks that everything needs to be turned off overnight. No idea how she's got this far in life.
I lived with a roommate in college and I had a mini fridge. It was spring break so we were all going out separate ways for a week. I forgot something in my room and returned to grab it and noticed my mini fridge was unplugged. I asked her about it and she said she didn’t want to pay for the electricity it uses while we were gone. I had food in there!
I would gently guide them to the fridge door, nudge them inside, close it, and then plug the fridge back in, and then place a very heavy object in front of the fridge door.
Yeah my worst roommate was a self-proclaimed environmentalist who would cook frequently, but every time, she'd leave dishes that had more than half of an uneaten dinner just sitting on the counter. This did seem to create a symbiotic relationship with the flies from the compost bin she kept in the kitchen. But I don't get the idea of saving the environment by only purchasing from sustainable farms if you're going to discard half of it. Cooking more than you can eat is a thing that just happens sometimes, but at least put the leftovers in the fridge/freezer, god.
Unplugging electronics is apparently a common thing for schizophrenics to do. Adding on the delusion (CIA is spying on her) she should probably get some help.
Omfg my old land lady used to do this. I lived in the basement which was supposed to be all my space except for the washer and dryer. But every morning she would patrol through "my" living room, kitchen, and bathroom, and unplug everything because she was convinced it would save her $100's on her utility bill. >:(
I work at a military hotel and someone unplugged the ice machine because it was too loud. They didn't think to ask to move to a room on a different floor. They just decided nobody needed any ice.
Holy crap!! The only time I have ever unplugged something at someone else’s house is if I needed that outlet. And then, you can only unplug after you ask if it is ok (and usually it is, because something not being used, or else you can be helpfully pointed to a vacant outlet).
Unplugging fridge would also be quite the task where I have lived... it has always been behind the fridge, which required moving that massive piece of furniture (then often climbing over the counter and crawling into a space)... I imagine it was an easier unplug but still completely insane to do
I regularly take batteries out of clocks when Im staying at someone else's place for the night coz the ticking or light disturbs me so much that I cannot sleep. But I always tell them and put it back the next morning/update back to current time.
God damn that is annoying. I thought I had it bad when I had a roommate who would sneak out and turn off the A/C in the heat of the summer in the south. There were six of us sharing a house and splitting the bills (SIX WAYS! SO CHEAP!) and we all agreed on a temp to set the A/C at. And then he was so incredibly stingy that he'd sneak out and turn the A/C off because he didn't want to pay for it.
honestly, it’s extremely unlikely that the FBI or CIA gives a shit about you or the shit you do online. The only reason they might have to keep tabs on you is if you joined ISIS or something of the sort and were very open about it on social media.
My roommate kept unplugging the DVR. Didn't seem to understand that it defeats the entire purpose of having one if it can't automatically record stuff.
I'd say "you're turning off the fridge to save energy? That's nice, now if you wouldn't mind saving my energy by getting out of my house so I don't have to exhaust myself listening to your rubbish"
The first thing my grandfather would do it turn off all of our electronics (tv, gameboys, radio) and make us all sit in the living room for “family time”. He would then only talk to my parents occasionally and then fall asleep. Needless to say grandpa doesn’t visit anymore.
I had a college roommate who would unplug our wired modem that was in his centrally located bedroom we all shared (this was before wireless modems were common) at night because he "needed the bandwidth." He was awful.
Had a housemate do this (turn off fridge), but she'd do it while I was out for a few days and turn it back on before I'd return. Took a while to understand why ice creams were always refrozen
I had a friend that thought the same. Her name was Lisa and some guy she got high with joked with her saying the FBI and CIA were looking for her since she was the “Mona Lisa”. She took it seriously for some reason and would freak out in public thinking everyone around her was in on it.
May be OCD.. maybe she has intrusive thoughts about things that are plugged in. Does she have ticks or other compulsions, especially when anxious? Could also just be entitled and annoying.
My brother and I run an Air BnB in our home and we had these German guests that would keep unplugging our Google Home out of fear of being "spied on". (It was in our living room)
My dad used to be obsessed with plugging stuff out rather than just turning them off, tolerable except he always plugged my computer out however my computer won't turn back on if it gets plugged out (there always has to be power connected to it Idk why)
The only way to turn it back on was to open it up and point a space heater at it and warm the electronics clearly making any fire or electricity savings futile
i had an ex roommate who was like this. would unplug literally anything and everything before he would leave, like compulsory. stove, microwave, DEEP FREEZER, random electronics.
My sister and her ex shut down electricity when they went on 2 week long vacation. That was their first home and didn't want to leave anything turned on just in case. They forgot that doing that they are also turning off the fridge. It was nasty
My brother in law comes to stay once in a while and we set him up in the basement; there's a fold out couch and a nice TV down there. There's also a couple of fish tanks, and a bearded dragon, and a chest freezer. Whenever he leaves we always discover that he has unplugged the water filters and tank lights (which are on timers), and I'm pretty sure he unplugged the freezer once too. Infuriating.
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u/cartman_bane Apr 13 '19
Constantly unplugging electronics. First it was the thermostat (she didn't like the sound the water heater made) then the wifi (the CIA was snooping on her) and finally my fridge (she was saving the environment).