ChatGPT helped me fight 3 companies The landlord, the mechanics, and the assisted housing companies. I owe this tool, SO much. For I had nothing or no one else to rely on. I really don't know if I could've gotten this far without it.... So context: I moved into a new place at the end of March. It’s supposed to be “protected housing,” meaning I’m here because I need support. And since day one, the shower has been broken. How? Well the water temperature swings between boiling and freezing, CONSTANTLY. The layout is so poor that water floods the entire bathroom. So you gotta spend like 10 minutes scooping water or be prepared for a puddle that stays for like a week. I reported it immediately. For months, nothing real happened. Just a string of pointless technician visits that fixed nothing. I was told a new system would be installed, only to find out much later it wasn’t a real system at all, but a cheap, inadequate boiler that only provides a few minutes of hot water. I refused it three times. That’s when they finally involved a specialist company. But here's the kicker: even that didn’t happen because anyone did their job. I had to call the company myself. Turns out, the fix had been ready for weeks. No one had sent it. Literally nothing happened until I intervened. Here's the kicker on top of that kicker. Remember I'm in assisted housing, the people there keep telling me this isn't my job or responsibility. But you know what they then do? You guessed it! NOTHING. Because my assigned case manager has been sick for 3 out of 4 months of my stay here. And the replacements have not done anything at all. Then the few moments she returns she tries to gaslight and put the blame on ME! The people assigned to help me were either clueless, absent, or passively waiting for others to act. I’ve had to do everything myself, chase updates, push for meetings, debunk lies, prove gaslighting. At one point, I went on hunger strike. Not impulsively as a calculated protest. Even then, the silence continued. I have these people CAUGHT manipulating the dossier files, as in posting things at earlier dates. Imagine I made a post today in a medical file but made it appear as if it was posted yesterday. That's literally what they did. I'm pretty fkin sure that's a GDPR/privacy violation here but I digress. It’s now been over 100 days without a working shower. And no, it’s not a building-wide problem. My next-door neighbor? Has a perfect shower. This is targeted neglect, structural, systemic, and personal. I’ve documented *everything* . Calls, messages, internal reports, contradictions in their own notes. I’ve had to fight three different organizations just to have a basic human need acknowledged. And while they fumble, I’m left exhausted, isolated, and re-traumatized. They say this is “supportive” housing. It doesn’t feel like support. It feels like abandonment in slow motion. So this is where chatGPT helped. I kept it up to date, and doing that meant requiring lots of data and up-to-date information. Which encouraged me to record as much as possible, which then allowed chatGPT to find the many flaws in certain responses(and there were MANY!) and also craft well made responses I simply don't have the language skills to do so proper. And honestly... WAY past the patience to do so without cursing the ever living fuck out of everyone. And that's the core of it. GPT has consistently reminded me to stay calm and simply remain factual. Remain on-point. Keep documenting, do not let them craft the narrative etc. It told me all their excuses were bullshit instantly with high certainty, and explained why it was so certain. Which made a ton of sense! This was especially helpful with dealing with the start when mechanics kept making excuses and pointing fingers to the other company. But guess what, they're fixing the shower next Tuesday! And on top of that, since it's apartment-bound issue with the heating. It's getting fixed for literally everyone in the building! I can't tell you how fking good that feels right now holyyyyyyyy That's the level of confidence and persistence this tool has given me. To bureaucratically fight a deep injustice preventing a patient from taking a normal fking shower. I would've given up by week 2-3, albeit it would've WRECKED me. So yeah, I fought for months. And to do it calmly and neutrally when most people would've lost their shit months ago from the inhumane treatment. Well GPT did the calm part lmao My god holy shit this isn't even the tip of the iceberg... Anyway I'm tired. Sorry if my writing got a little chaotic at the end, it's all still very emotionally charged rn It's still on-going. I'm seeking damages for the insanity I had to endure, not just a fixed shower. And they're far past the point of being able to deny any wrongdoing. Anyway, this was written by a human actually. Also Netherlands is where I live before anyone asks. Yes it's bad here too ;^ Edit: Some people might wonder why I’m even posting this. The truth is, I *hope* it goes viral, simply because I still need leverage. These companies aren’t backing down, no matter how bad things look for them. They're so unbelievably, incredibly, frustratingly persistent about every single inch of ground it's utterly maddening And I’m still fighting alone in all this, unless you count ChatGPT...
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- 2025-07
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- 2026-08-29