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by Justsignedup 495 days ago
Funny story, my lady's landlord has been doing some blatantly illegal stuff, and then taking her to court. Instead she went on the offensive and suddenly the landlord is extremely willing to fix all the problems and such.

Being on the offensive is far better than on the defensive legally it seems.

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It’s a human thing:

Treat people with intimidation, and they’ll be nice to you out of fear.

Treat people nicely, and they’ll walk over you.

(Treat people with cautious respect, and they don’t know where to put you in the hierarchy. Or something like that.)