Comments on: Evictions and Exceptions

By: Kentucky What?

Kentucky What? — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:56:03 +0000

Beautiful.

By: rainbow

rainbow — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:37:33 +0000

I hope you at least told him that he could have gotten like 5 top ramens for the price of one pack of starburst. geesh.

teachers deal with a “similar” issue when it comes to “late work” policies. All throughout college the professors told us “never allow late work. it will kill you.” However, every time I asked any of them for an extension they allowed it. Good teachers are nice people. Just like you:)

By: "Property Manager"

"Property Manager" — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:25:19 +0000

I don’t know where to start…

First of all, surprisingly Ben, you have managed to not exaggerate but in fact UNDERestimated most of the facts.

By: stephanie

stephanie — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:28:02 +0000

It’s a tough call. You may have been loving him better by enforcing the rules so that he could learn from his consequences and make better decisions in the future and his son could then have a better future. But loving them well by giving them the chance to be accountable for their actions doesn’t mean they’ll make the right decision. So like I said it’s a tough call between helping and enabling…I feel that tension, yo.

By: Kinetic

Kinetic — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:51:31 +0000

Awesome story. I’m sure that although the karmatic repercussions of that ‘bad business decision’ will not show up right away, it will come around – whether you know it or not.

It is a very difficult state to be in when you know the “right thing” to do, and the “real thing” to do. I applaud your ability to differentiate.

By: gabe

gabe — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:32:28 +0000

wow, what a great ‘teachable’ moment.
I sat on a jury in February dealing w/this exact same issue, and I definitely had some of the same realizations when thinking about the tenants…but this landlord guy decided to make a good business decision.