This kind of stuff makes me really sad

[KitchenWitch]

http://cbs2.com/local/Rent.Covina.Massacre.2.927477.html

COVINA, Calif. (AP) ―The ex-husband of one of the nine people killed at a Christmas Eve party in Covina has received demands from a landlord to pay the dead woman's rent.

Broadcrest Foothill Apartment Homes claims Alicia Ortiz broke her lease on an Upland apartment when she and her 17-year-old son were killed by her sister's disgruntled ex-husband. The landlord informed her former husband, Carlos Ortiz, that she gave "insufficient notice to vacate." The company says it is owed $2,821 in rent and penalties.

The itemized invoice claimed Ortiz's estate owes $1,655, plus payment for 12 days rent and other fees for the weeks after she died.

[TZ]

1. wow thats just....

so wrong and so....parasitic? I can't even think of how to describe it. I hope he doesn't pay. Insensitive money grubbin vultures. There I found words...

[KitchenWitch]

3. parasitic is a perfect descriptor

My first thought was ghoulish, but parasitic is so much better.

:cry:

[Pierre.Suave]

2. That can't be legal...

just can't be.

[KitchenWitch]

4. I would hope not.

I have no idea though.

[Pierre.Suave]

5. Me either

but I have to hope that any judge would not find in the landlords favor...

[KitchenWitch]

7. Yah

it is not like she could have sent a letter to her landlord saying, "My psycho former husband of my relative is going to go on a shooting rampage Christmas Eve and I am going to be one of the fatally shot victims, as is my 17 year old son. Therefore my estate intends to vacate the apartment by December 31, 2008."

[fizzgig]

6. greedy, callous, ghoulish dirtbags

i can't find words to describe just how disgusting this is :puke:

[KitchenWitch]

8. My thoughts exactly

[fizzgig]

9. i wonder how the landlord would feel if the situation were reversed

i would not wish that pain on anyone, but ffs, try to see thing from the other side

[kentauros]

12. I can try and explain why that will never happen.

In their minds, they are not responsible for their actions, but you are no matter what. That contract is more important than anything and nothing will get in the way of their collecting on it. We are their income and they will threaten whatever they can if there is a break in that income.

Where I work we used to have a piping designer that worked for us. Freeper to the core even though he had never heard of the site (so he said.) I had made plans for my weekend due to our deadline being moved ahead. As is typical in our business, deadlines are never anchored in reality. It got moved back and I started to complain about having to change my plans so we could work on the weekend. The piper got very belligerent and voiced loudly to the supervisor when he came into our area "Someone is trying to fucking cheat me out of my overtime!" Not that it mattered to me as the work to be done was mapping and not his field, and he had voiced on numerous occasions that he absolutely hated mapping. But the money was more important than anything else and that was all he cared about. He remained pissed, by the way, because my supervisor got the deadline changed and I got my weekend as planned :)

I hope this guy sues for emotional duress (or whatever it's called) whether the landlord drops charges or not.

[Danger Mouse]

10. What a disgusting piece of garbage. Where does he get the balls to do something like this?

I hope the pig gets laughed out of court, and furthermore, has to pay out of his own pocket for the emotional pain he caused people with this bullshit.

Not only is this crap not legal, it's not fucking human.

[CreekDog]

11. Well, first, the ex-husband doesn't legally owe these people anything

I guess unless he cosigned.

Second, the additional fees are ridiculously high.

Third, even if this were legit, they are going to withdraw these charges now that the media has gotten hold of it.

Fourth, some people are just idiots. :eyes:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. I wonder how Broadcrest Foothill Apartment Homes would like

to receive a lot of angry letters telling them what people thought of this, and how they will discourage people from giving them any business.

[KitchenWitch]

14. Oh, I am sure they will.

Especially since the news media has gotten ahold of it.