Recently, Reddit user u/pete6531 asked the people of r/AskReddit, "People who go to others homes for work what is the weirdest thing you have seen?" Here are some of the most-upvoted responses:
1. "A large bee hive in a bedroom. It was inside the home and on the outside. The bedroom door was closed and the owner said, 'it’s the bee’s room now.'"
2. "EMS here. I once responded to a local physician’s home. There were jars of piss EVERYWHERE."
3. "Electrician here. I was wiring a new room when I stumbled upon a secret door. Behind it? A small, fully decked-out disco room — mirror ball, neon lights, the works, all crammed into a space no bigger than a closet."
4. "I used to do on-site tech support for an internet service provider. Both of my instances involved animals. One was a goat that was a 'house pet' and chewed up the hem of my pants as I worked."
5. "I used to deliver furniture in college. Someone had us deliver a bunk bed to their basement… sex dungeon."
6. "I went to a house to evaluate it for residential solar. A very nice lady said, 'want to see my grow chamber?' It was a very professional setup with a small amount of marijuana plants. She was going to expand."
7. "A 15-foot wide, 10-foot high nude oil painting."
8. "A fully carpeted home, bathrooms included, with extra mats in front of every toilet, tub, sink, fridge, microwave, stove, couch, chair, cabinet etc. Carpets on carpets on carpets."
9. "A pet raccoon, but it wasn't exactly a pet — more like a wild animal they forced to live with them. They even said as such."
10. "I used to do construction sales and would be in a handful of houses every week. The weirdest for me was the number of preppers — we’re talking basements piled with emergency food in buckets, stockpiles of wood, and random supplies. At least one house a week would be like that. Still makes me look at people differently."
11. "I'm a window cleaner, it's a luxury service so most of our clients are fairly well off. I don't know if it is weird but people like to test us. I've seen a literal chest full of cash open on someone's bed. They knew we were coming, so it had to be intentional. I ignored it, but some might be tempted."
12. "A huge home with absolutely nothing in it except a small desk and computer, and a queen sized bed. Must have been a $900k-million-dollar home, and it had a Jaguar in the garage."
13. "I work for a company that renovates apartments in between tenants. Walking into one of the homes in particular was like walking into a brick wall of stink."
14. "I remember a locked bedroom containing wall-to-wall shelves and bins full of a large collection of dolls. Mainly the kind that they make horror movies about."
15. "A jar full of bed bugs."
16. "I witnessed a cat using a toilet and flushing it."
17. "I cleaned in a house one time, couple in their 30s or 40s, lower middle class, nothing fancy. They had multiple framed, signed, gold/platinum albums by the band Train. No other bands, just, Train."
Shout out to u/pete6531 and r/AskReddit for having this discussion.
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