Most landlords only consider temporary solutions without thinking about long-term consequences. Personally, I know the agonizing frustration of having a never-ending roach problem all too well. My first New York apartment was in an old building and by day two after my move-in, roaches started to show up. We got an exterminator, who did the bare minimum and nothing changed. We tried to talk to the landlord about it, but they just sent the same exterminator guy back, who this time informed us that our unit was not the only one with this problem. By the time we decided to contact the city and file a formal complaint, we learned that there had been dozens of similar complaints for our unit alone over the past few years, information that obviously was conveniently kept away from us when we were first looking at the apartment.
Like this Redditor, who shared their story via this r/pettyrevenge subreddit, we did get our entire building looked at more closely but only after we had to go above the landlord. Keep scrolling below for the full story. For more, here is another post about a Karen's altercation at the front desk of a hotel.
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