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Do you work in a profession that requires you to visit other people’s homes? If so, you’ve likely encountered some strange and inexplicable things during your workday. From bizarre decorations to unusual pets, working in someone else’s home can lead to some truly unforgettable experiences.
In this article, we’ll explore some of the weirdest things that people have encountered while working in other people’s homes. Whether you’re a plumber, electrician, real estate agent, or any other profession that requires you to enter strangers’ homes, you’re sure to relate to some of these stories. So sit back, relax, and prepare to be amazed at the oddities that can be found in the most unexpected places.
##The Weirdest Things People Have Seen
Let’s dive in and explore some of the strangest things that people have encountered while on the job. These stories are sure to make you laugh, cringe, and maybe even question your career choices!
1. **Taxidermy Everywhere**: One worker walked into a client’s home only to be greeted by a menagerie of taxidermied animals. From squirrels to zebras, every room in the house was filled with these eerie displays.
2. **A Room Full of Dolls**: A cleaning professional found themselves in a room that was packed with dolls of all shapes and sizes. The dolls were positioned in various poses, making for a truly unsettling sight.
3. **A Bathtub Full of Jellyfish**: A maintenance worker made the mistake of peeking into a homeowner’s bathroom, only to find a bathtub filled with live jellyfish. The homeowner explained that they were conducting a bizarre science experiment.
4. **A Secret Room**: A real estate agent discovered a hidden room behind a bookshelf while showing a house to potential buyers. The room was filled with antique furniture and mysterious artifacts, creating an air of intrigue.
5. **An Exotic Animal Encounter**: One worker entered a home to find themselves face to face with a pet wallaby. The homeowner casually explained that they had a collection of exotic pets, including a tiger cub and a capuchin monkey.
##Why Do People Have These Strange Things?
So, why do people have such unusual items and animals in their homes? Here are a few possible explanations for the strange sights you may encounter:
– **Personal Taste**: Some people simply have unique tastes and enjoy collecting oddities and curiosities.
– **Hobbies and Interests**: Others may have a fascination with a particular subject, such as taxidermy or exotic animals.
– **Status Symbol**: For some homeowners, having strange and exotic items can be a way to show off their wealth and social status.
– **Simply for Fun**: And of course, some people just enjoy the novelty and fun of having unusual things in their homes.
##Dealing with the Unexpected
Encountering strange things in your line of work can be surprising, but it’s important to maintain a professional attitude and handle the situation with grace. Here are a few tips for dealing with the unexpected:
– **Stay Calm**: No matter how bizarre the situation, it’s essential to remain calm and composed.
– **Respect the Homeowner**: Remember that these strange items are a part of someone’s personal space, so be respectful and nonjudgmental.
– **Ask Questions**: If you’re curious about the unusual things you encounter, don’t be afraid to ask the homeowner about their significance.
– **Keep an Open Mind**: Embrace the unexpected and try to see these oddities as an opportunity to learn and broaden your horizons.
In conclusion, working in other people’s homes can lead to some truly unique and memorable experiences. Whether you come across taxidermy, exotic animals, or secret rooms, these strange sights are sure to stay with you long after you’ve left the job site. So the next time you find yourself in a homeowner’s unusual abode, take a moment to appreciate the unexpected and embrace the weirdness that life has to offer. Who knows, you might just come away with a story that will leave your colleagues speechless!
And don’t forget to share your own weirdest work experiences in the comments below. Happy exploring! 🏠👀
Cat piss line 6 inches high all the way around the living room.
Used to deliver furniture in college. Someone had us deliver a bunk bed to their basement … sex dungeon.
Honestly during my time I don’t recall seeing anything “weird” but I saw things that appalled me. Like a sweet cat being so obese he couldn’t even stand. And just crazy levels of filth. These were very wealthy people too with extremely nice homes.
One home had gross black marks ALL OVER every single wall. I asked what it was and was told it was dog slobber from their dog shaking his head and slinging it everywhere. And they didn’t even require us to clean it, they just live with dog slobber on the walls.
When I was a Poolman, I walked through a backyard to a pool once and saw the owner clapping his wife via my peripherals.
I came at the same day of the week, same time for over a year, so I don’t think it was accidental.
Got a great bonus that Christmas.
EMS here. Responded to a local physician’s home.
Jars of piss EVERYWHERE; Also had a high end sex doll that appears to have been very filthy, like the rest of the home.
Was working for a moving company and we also use to deal with trash.
Long story short, this one client’s house. Had his bedroom filled with pee bottles all around his room. It was wild to see. It was in every angle of the bedroom.
I do not know if it counts as weird, but it counted as a nasty working day.
Service Technician here. Been to this guy’s apartment unit where the carpet has been torn off, revealing the plywood. Windows were covered up by old cardboards that looks to be years old and breaking apart. Drywall behind the kitchen sink torn down. Sink filled with dirty moldy dishes. 5 gallon buckets filled with grease/mold. Stove pulled out and is in the middle of the kitchen. Feces on the floor. Kitty litter box…. This dude has no pet and the unit smelled like ass.
Drove by the unit a few months later to see that it’s getting remodeled. Looks like that tenant got evicted. Crazy thing is, he drove a Hell Cat when it was first introduced and also had a Harley. He seems pretty sane and dressed casually. Would never imagined someone like that living in a dump… wait… I’ve seen dumpsters cleaner than this guy’s apartment.
The wealthier the client , the WEIRDER the shit they do in my experience
I used to clean houses and helped people declutter. What stood out to me is that every mom has a vibrator in her closet, and she will inevitably find her son’s cannabis pipe while cleaning.
Throwback to when a rich family paid me to tutor their son. Seemed fine, kid was a little bratty but mostly nice, then one day a few weeks in, I show up to the house, kid lets me in, we were heading up to his room, and as we passed the living room, I get a full eyeful of his dad, slouching on the couch, jacking it to porn that he was watching *PRACTICALLY FULL VOLUME ON THE TV*
Needless to say I did not tutor for them much longer
A jar full of bed bugs.
Couple years back we found a child coffin in an attic behind a kneewall that had no door leading to it. Same year another woman had the blanks for a child coffin in her deceased husbands workshop
Mirrors on the master bedroom ceiling over the bed.
A 15 foot wide, 10 ft high nude oil painting.
Customer: “You like it?”
Me: “Uh, yeah…it’s a nice painting.”
Him: “That’s my wife. She’s on her way now, she’ll be here soon.”
I then sat with the two of them for an hour, having a coffee right beside this massive nude painting, trying not to look at it or his wife.
How the other half live. I didn’t know there were so many really RICH people in our town.
Oh man I delivered and installed artwork and many clients were mega wealthy. One guy had a huge property that would make Alex jones drool. It had an actual alter with two stone pillars covered in plastic and a huge pyramid built out of stones from the area. Either the guy thought it was funny or he was top tier Illuminati. Not making this up.
Used to do construction sales and would be in a handful of houses every week. Weirdest for me was the number of preppers—we’re talking basements piled with emergency food in buckets, guns everywhere, stockpiles of wood and random supplies. At least one house a week would be like that. Still makes me look at people differently.
We are auctioneers. We went to a house once where there was no water. The back porch was filled with five gallon buckets that were what he used as a toilet. The house was going to be put on the market. I have no idea what they did with all those buckets. We did not do an auction.
2004 estimate on interior repaint at John Travolta’s Jumbolair Ocala house.. the first guest bathroom you encounter was covered in wall-and-ceiling mirrors. I didn’t know watching yourself toilet in 3D was.. a thing. 🫣
Also it was really poorly done, like 9×9 mirrored tiles on all 4 walls and the ceiling. Not that a 3D mirrored bathroom could be.. tastefully done, but..
2ft long dildo attached to the shower wall
Interior designer – did a consult for a fine artist – every single wall was covered (12ft ceilings) with oil paintings of barely-legal girls with their legs open. Stacked against the walls – 4-5 deep. Every.single one. Had their legs spread. He had skills but damn…
Went to a house to evaluate it for residential solar. Very nice lady says “want to see my grow chamber?” It was a very professional setup, small amount of marijuana plants. She was going to expand.
It wasn’t legal at the time. I pointed out that after the solar was installed a city inspector would be stopping by to inspect the connection at her electrical service panel, which was in the grow room.
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A sensory deprivation coffin-like thing. Florida is weird.
Locked bedroom of wall-to-wall shelves and bins full of a large collection of dolls. Mainly the kind that they make horror movies about.
Cable install, CX asked me to log into the wifi on her laptop before I left, she opened the screen and there was a picture of her on her knees buttnaked on the kitchen floor getting her face pissed on.
She was like 60.
I was like, you’re all set, and walked out.
I used to deliver pizzas and a guy answered his door, which opened to his living room. The walls were lined floor to ceiling of small 1’x1’x1’ boxes, each LED lit and filled with chinchillas. There had to be hundreds of them. I only asked what they were because I couldn’t quite tell. He told me “I breed chinchillas”. I wonder if they were sold as pets or for the fur?
Deliverer of Pizza here, delivered probably 20 pizzas to a motel room, thing was it was just one dude there and a whole lot of sexual paraphernalia scattered around the room, he also answered the door wearing nothing but cheetah print undies, that image will forever be burnt into my retinas. 🫠
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. The other was 2 pet chinchillas, which I was encouraged to interact with (they were so soft!). On the drive home, my eyes started pouring water and eventually swelled shut. I had to pull over, flush them with water, and wait it out. Turns out I’m extremely allergic to chinchillas.
Taxidermy tiger.
Or the hoarder house with stacks of paper to the ceiling and rats the size of beagles.
Or a person’s entire butthole. The entire thing. They thought I was a visiting nurse and were spread doggy-style on their bed.
My fucking time to shine. I work as a nanny and often a one time babysitter for families who just need a quick date night. So I’ve been in a shit ton of houses. I have two that stick out in my mind: one wholesome and one traumatic.
Traumatic:
A family I help out on the weekends lives with their grandparents. While cleaning up one day, the three year old gave me an iPad asking me to help her. In the process of fixing the app she was on, I closed the other open tabs to help it run a little faster. The photos app was open, with photos of HUGE TITTY GIRLS on it. Disgusting curiosity won me out and I scrolled through. I’m not kidding, there were THOUSANDS of big titty girls. Most were barely clothed or not clothed at all, a few celebrities. When I brought this up with the grandmother, claiming it was probably a virus, she just laughed and simply stated “Oh that’s Grandpa’s iPad, this is his collection. He’s a big boob guy.” Now I have nothing against saving those pictures, you do you boo. But… When your grandkids use that iPad wouldn’t you want to be more careful? ALSO! About a week after I found the titty pics, I found a massive bottle of lotion hidden inside of the couch (where he sleeps most nights). Yeah, I am in the process of leaving that job for other reasons, but that one sure as shit didn’t help.
Wholesome:
Back in my home state (Illinois), during COVID I was a full time nanny for a one year old girl. The family was absolutely LOADED, so the house was always beautiful and impeccably decorated. In the basement, they had a couple of rooms. One a bathroom, one a crafting room with a mysterious door in the back, and one for extra storage. While LO and I were playing in the basement, she led me into the craft room. We played in there for a few minutes before bringing me to the mysterious door wanting to go in. And at that moment, I’m pretty sure I’m about to die. This is gonna be their murder den and they’ll hang my body Texas Chainsaw Massacre style. Now as an idiot white person in a horror movie, I decide to open the door and just accept my fate. And inside this room we’re a ridiculous amount of decorations. Halloween, Christmas, St. Patrick’s Day, Fall/Autumn, Spring, etc. The mother found us a little bit later and let me know that they love the holidays, and they like to decorate to the nines for their little one. Hands down best family I’ve ever worked for.
3x3x3 cube of animal crates stacked in the living room.
Each one was occupied. I’m assuming they just shoveled dry food over the top and let it pour down? And excrement just dropped down to the floor.
I work on medical equipment for a living. I Went on a service call to fix a hospital bed in a long term care facility. The customer has no use of their legs and limited use of arms. Confined to a power chair all day. Very typical customer for me.
I pulled the bed away from the wall to work on it and there were at least 20 very large dildos on the floor under the bed. I later came to the assumption that one would fall off the bed and he would just order another one because he couldn’t get to it under the bed. But it was a little shocking when I saw them. I looked at him and he just kind of shook his head a little and looked away.
I just kind of pushed them aside with my foot. Fixed the bed and acted like I didn’t see anything. He was no more than 6’ from me the entire time. He paid me and I left. It was pretty awkward, he was visually embarrassed. I felt bad for the guy but I wasn’t going to offer to pick them up. I’m very thankful that I put on gloves before I get out of the van.
Not weirdest, but I saw a urinal in front of an electrical panel yesterday
I did a job with my dad when I was a lot younger (15) and still learning the trade. We were working at a lake house getting an exterior ready to paint when the homeowner arrived. She walked down to the lakeside of the house and proceeded to strip down naked and take a shower right there outside her house. I hadn’t noticed the shower head and it made since having one outside your house being on the lake but I definitely did notice her taking a shower and smiling over to me all happily. I tried to avoid her the whole rest of the job.
A pet Racoon but it wasn’t exactly a pet more like a wild animal they forced to live with them. They even said as much- he showed up on their porch and they let him in and decided he was cute enough to stay… it was mean and I wouldn’t go anywhere near it.
The owners of the house were big game hunters. As soon as you walked through the door you were greeted by two giraffe shoulder mounts. And all throughout the house they had taxidermy everywhere. Walking across zebra skin rugs into a room with a whole pride of lions. Going up the stairs that were lined with ducks with a bobcat posed to try and catch one. All of that and they couldn’t figure out a way to get the squirrel out of their attic.
When i was a mover i packed up a dildo drawer or three. Odd that they wouldnt have some shame or care that others were gonna have to handle them
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 someones bed. They knew we were coming, it had to be intentional. I ignored it, but some might be tempted. I’ve seen some pipes and other drug paraphernalia but nothing roo crazy.
I worked for a company that did “Trauma Clean ups”. I was on the repairs side, so I rarely saw the damage. Until one day when there was some miscommunication and I was the first on site after a suicide with a revolver in the Master Bathroom. Needless to say it was a mess and I called it in that day.
I don’t have a story, but an observation…
Many years ago, Mrs. Webster and I were watching Candid Camera, and they called a locksmith to come to an office and attach a lock and chain to a secretary and her desk. They wanted to capture his reaction to such an odd request.
I told the missus, “Watch, whoever shows up will not even bat an eye. They get called for all kinds of weird and kinky stuff all the time.”
Sure enough, the guy comes, says “a’ight,” and gets to work. The actors try to goad him into a response. Nah, I’m just here to clear this work ticket.
As a pizza guy, the weirdest thing I ever saw was a guy in his underwear thinking he was hidden behind a door while his wife paid for the delivery. But from what some of the other guys and gals saw, I know y’all mofos need Jesus. Nothing in the thread surprises me.
When I did a home visit for a lady with dementia with her husband, I noted their bedroom door was very unusual. It was split in half horizontally so that you could shut the door fully, or just the bottom half on separate hinges. He explained that she would become more confused in the evenings (‘sundowning’). It was to stop her from wandering out of the house while he was making dinner, but she would still be able to see out and talk to the family, and he could keep an eye on her. It reminded me of a horse stable door, never knew what to think of it.
Went in to install satilite TV in a southern Pennsylvania home. The driveway up was a dirt road lots of “I SHOOT FIRST ASK QUESTIONS LATER” type signs up. Nothing that would give off a red flag in those parts. So I greet the guy at his door, it’s an older home, but fairly large. Guy starts off by saying.
“I am glad they sent the right kinda people out here this time.”
Went over my head but I’m like, “oh yeah sorry if you got a bad tech the first time out I see someone was here 2 days ago but never finished the installation past the in home walk threw.” So I step inside and I immediately see why my coworker Tyrone had just got back in the truck and left 2 days prior. KKK robe on display in the living room, Nazi flag proudly hanging from the wall. Lots of other clan themed objects scatted about the decor. I’m thinking my God, I’m white that’s why he said right people.
Now my completion rate was down that month and I just wanted to get this installed and get the fuck outa dodge. So I justify it in my head like I’m doing a good service. Like
“If I don’t install this dish, this racist guy can’t watch Fox then he won’t know what to hate! I must do my job.”
So I get to work. Aside from that main room rest of the house is normal, some kids toys scattered around in various rooms and like a dog toy on the floor maybe. Nothing weird. So, then I get to the basement, had to run the cables down there to get TV to 2 of the rooms. So I go down the stairs the whole thing is empty. Not well lit at all, and like off in the corner it’s like some plastic tarps squaring off that area. Like a FEMA clean room tent or something.
Perfect, that’s right where I need to run my cables! So I start making my way twards it and I realize there’s like some shit in there, like maybe storage….
When I tell you a room has never given me such feels of dread I am not lying… I felt like terrible, like sick to my stomach.
The whole thing reminded me of like those kill rooms from the show Dexter. In the middle of the room was a tripod, no camera just the tripod, and then a box of video tapes right next to it. With various labels and such, my eyes skimmed but nothing seemed like an evil lable, just like, dates and numbers. All around the room taped on the walls where children’s drawlings, some sad faces, some happy faces, some more abstract like you’d find in an school room. Children’s toys also scattered all around. Two beanbag chairs where in the corner, both in terrible condition and stained with dark and green spots. Looked nasty. And then the other corner a whole garbage bag of small childrens clothes. Shits, pants, underwear. The smell was horrible as well. Behind one beanbag was like 2 water bottles full of yellow liquid, I’m guessing piss, a dead mouse, and half eaten food. I can’t say anything bad happened in that room persay, but I was getting a silence of the lambs vibe.
So I finish the cables and book it upstairs to finish up. Told the customer he’s all set, I locked the basement back up and made sure I left no trash. After I said basement he had a look of shock on his face and said,
“Oh I hope you didn’t go down there it’s an absolute mess right now stuff everywhere.”
I was just like NOPE NEVER WENT DOWN THERE JUST PEAKED DOWN THE STAIRS TO SEE IF I LEFT ANYTHING! I ran out to my van and floored it, called my manager to report the home for suspicious activity and advise no one go back for service calls and to send a sub contractor only. Nothing sat well with me.
Kids toys everywhere, but no kids room. More kids stuff in the Dexter tarp room. KKK stuff, Nazi stuff…. It just felt OFF. That’s the weirdest shit I’ve ever seen.
Guy gave me a $20 tip though so that was cool.
Edit: manager did file a police report.
Oddly large amount of blood, like suspiciously larger than a shaving nick or a nose bleed in and around a bathroom sink and floor, with a blood soaked swiffer pad in the trash.
Empty crib except a Chucky plushie.
Tons of empty syringes in the garbage can. Asked the client if he was sure he wanted them mixed in with the regular outside trash or if he had a container for them. I just assumed diabetic. Until he got all weird and muttered “nah, nah, just toss em, just get rid of em”.
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.
Vibrator next to a jar of mayonnaise on the kitchen counter.
A ladder outside leading up to a small window in the attic. That’s where his family of pet raccoons lived. The raccoons were using the ladder.
I nannied for a family who was going through some serious shit behind the scenes, and it got weird for me so often. They had 2 kids, a 1.5 year old girl and a 3 year old boy. The mom, a doctor, would come home from work and lock herself in her room for hours while the kids banged on the door and cried for her. The dad, also a doctor, also locked himself in his office a lot and would make me be the go-between for his wife and himself. There was one morning he asked her what was for dinner tonight, and she burst into tears, pulled him behind a door and furiously started whispering stuff, came back in the room, flung something out of the freezer, and stormed out. Nothing was normal in that house. The secret lives of rich people, eh?
Electrician here. 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. The homeowner just winked and said, ‘Every house needs a little secret party spot.’ I’ve seen a lot of odd things, but that secret disco takes the cake. Made me wish I brought my dancing shoes to work.
I work for a company that renovates apartments in between tenants. We often find a lot of gross stuff (the photos sent in the group chat with my field guys when they’re one-upping each other give me nightmares sometimes lol) but the worst I’ve seen in person was when I went to walk a unit with the construction manager after the previous tenant moved out and it just…stank. Like **STANK** stank, like absolute fucking shit. It was like walking into a brick wall of stink.
We were walking around trying to find the source of the smell and noticed that it was particularly bad around this one closet in the hall. I tried to open the closet, door was stuck. The construction manager tries and gets it open with considerable effort, at which point we are confronted with a roughly shoulder-height wall of dog and/or cat shit in various stages of rot. If you’ve seen photos of people’s cubicles filled with balloons by their coworkers, imagine that, but the balloons are animal shit. It was so clumped up that nothing fell out when we opened the door. Just one solid piece.
The rest of the apartment was pristine. Almost surgically clean. But that one closet was horrifying.
Large bee hive in a bedroom. It was inside the home and on the outside. Bedroom door was closed and owner said it’s the bee’s room now.