College Student Contacts Frat-Bro's Father After 27-Year-Old Fails To Repay Him $2,000, Wonders If It Is A Mistake
The "broke college student" archetype is a cliché at this point. Working to support yourself at this stage in your life is supposed to be a glimpse of what it's like to be an independent adult.
Still, college students make do with what they have to survive. Sharing a small space with roommates is the best choice economically during those years.
A 23-year-old college student rents a house with his fraternity brothers. Their frat brother Carl is in charge of collecting everyone's rent and forwarding it to their landlord every month.
OP asked if he could take over this task when he got a Bilt card which would save them money while earning points. Carl readily agreed but asked to speak to everyone in the house.
When OP paid for their March rent, their landlord made a group chat with all of them. The landlord thanked them for paying the full amount of $1,150.
However, he only received $150 for their February rent. This means they still owe him $1000 plus a late fee of $50 for February, which he advised them to pay early to avoid incurring additional late fees.
Carl immediately called OP after this message from the landlord. They spoke another time at home, where OP voiced his disappointment over what Carl did.
Their other frat brothers spoke to Carl as well. OP reluctantly paid for the missed February rent.
He told Carl to make it an effort to pay him back. Carl owes OP $2000 after he covered Carl's share of the rent the following month.
OP found out through another roommate that Carl hasn't been working in as much to focus on his theater practices and he still goes out twice a month without paying back the money he owes
He has only paid OP $40 so far despite OP's follow-ups and reminders
Carl went to Vegas in May and OP was done waiting for him. OP informed Carl's dad about what his son's financial irresponsibility and there is a palpable tension in their home right now because of it.
It's a lot of money at any age, to be honest
Can you imagine being 27 years old and stealing rent money from your younger housemates without shame?
They are definitely mollycoddling Carl and he now gets to act like the victim because OP called his dad
Theft of this scale is a big no-no. You can't live with someone like Carl after something like this.
He owes four of his frat brothers more than $4k in total. Tattling to his dad is the kindest thing OP could have done.
He's going to skip town in the middle of the night. OP and the others should at least file a police report.
Carl won't do well with other roommates. His frat bros are still nice to him because of their brotherhood but if Carl pulls the same thing with other people, he'll be in deep trouble.
He straight out stole money from younger people, college students, who are just trying to survive
He still has the audacity to sulk because OP called his dad
Their landlord could be tempted not to renew their lease because of what Carl did
I, for one, do not believe that Carl did this just once. This was just the only time he was caught because of OP's intervention.
They literally could have been kicked out of their home because of Carl. They should file a report against Carl because there is a strong possibility that he will run away from his responsibilities.
