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Outright trashing the place is obvious and will backfire, but there are plenty of subtle ways to generate significant inconvenience and expenses in a plausibly-

Outright trashing the place is obvious and will backfire, but there are plenty of subtle ways to generate significant inconvenience and expenses in a plausibly-deniable manner that will only take effect weeks or even months after the fact. Hint: perishable goods and unaccessible (maintenance?) areas in the property. Pests would also work.

sva_ 4y ago
'Forget' a nice swiss cheese behind the heater.
Meph504 4y ago
Many states have laws that are specific extra penalties for this sort of malicious behavior. Not only could it cost you the cost of undoing any damage you've done, but criminal charges on top of it. probably not the best advice to be giving to people.
- Nextgrid 4y ago
  Key words being "plausibly deniable".
  - Meph504 4y ago
    You find that term plays a lot more on TV than the courts, but feel free to roll those dice.
shitlord 4y ago
Maybe you could also leave the water running and keep all the appliances turned on for the duration of the stay. edit: I did a ballpark estimate and it won't even come close. If a bathtub wastes 10000 gallons/day at 0.25 cents/gal, then that's only about $25/day.
- Turing_Machine 4y ago
  I used to do something like that whenever I was in a hotel that charged outrageous fees for WiFi (this doesn't seem to be as common nowadays, though oddly it's more likely to happen in a "luxury" hotel than a "business" hotel). Nothing damaging or malicious per se, but "Oh, hey, I think I need a fresh copy of every Linux distro"... stuff like that.
  - Turing_Machine 4y ago
    Sorry, if a hotel charges me $25 for WiFi, I'm going to do my best to use up $25 worth of bandwidth.
trhr 4y ago
idk, i'd feel morally duplicitous engaging in plausibly-deniable damages to someone else's property. i'd rather just steal all their lightbulbs or burn the place to the ground. but that's just me. the nice thing about this strategy is that _you_ don't have to do any of it. because eventually, they'll try to fuck me.

sva_ 4y ago

'Forget' a nice swiss cheese behind the heater.

Meph504 4y ago

Many states have laws that are specific extra penalties for this sort of malicious behavior. Not only could it cost you the cost of undoing any damage you've done, but criminal charges on top of it. probably not the best advice to be giving to people.

Nextgrid 4y ago
Key words being "plausibly deniable".
- Meph504 4y ago
  You find that term plays a lot more on TV than the courts, but feel free to roll those dice.

shitlord 4y ago

Maybe you could also leave the water running and keep all the appliances turned on for the duration of the stay. edit: I did a ballpark estimate and it won't even come close. If a bathtub wastes 10000 gallons/day at 0.25 cents/gal, then that's only about $25/day.

Turing_Machine 4y ago
I used to do something like that whenever I was in a hotel that charged outrageous fees for WiFi (this doesn't seem to be as common nowadays, though oddly it's more likely to happen in a "luxury" hotel than a "business" hotel). Nothing damaging or malicious per se, but "Oh, hey, I think I need a fresh copy of every Linux distro"... stuff like that.
- Turing_Machine 4y ago
  Sorry, if a hotel charges me $25 for WiFi, I'm going to do my best to use up $25 worth of bandwidth.

trhr 4y ago

idk, i'd feel morally duplicitous engaging in plausibly-deniable damages to someone else's property. i'd rather just steal all their lightbulbs or burn the place to the ground. but that's just me. the nice thing about this strategy is that _you_ don't have to do any of it. because eventually, they'll try to fuck me.