The press is always full of tales of rogue landlords and feckless tenants causing havoc in rental homes. Do a search on any given day and you will find at least one story where a disgruntled landlord complains about clearing up the mess left behind by a tenant or a fed-up tenant complains about their landlord refusing to lift a finger. What you won’t see very often is a tenant complaining that his landlord has installed a coin-operated toilet.
Reddit Post
A thread first appeared on popular discussion site Reddit, where the poster asked for advice on whether his new coin-operated toilet was actually legal. The tenant claimed his Melbourne landlord has equipped the bathroom with a pay-to-use toilet, which required the tenant (and his guests) to pay one dollar to use the facilities. Not surprisingly, the tenant was unhappy with the arrangement.
“I understand in our laundry having to pay for the communal washing machine. But I pay the water bill that goes into my apartment,” the tenant wrote.
“[The landlord] said it was a government incentive to save water. But then why does he get to collect the money?”
Elaborate Hoax
Some people offered replies to the poster’s problem, but the majority thought it was an elaborate hoax. To dispel the naysayers, the OP posted a photo of the coin operated toilet, but most people were still unconvinced the toilet was real. The poster was advised to go to the press with his story, but once press got wind of it and contacted him, the trail went cold and the ‘tenant’ disappeared.
