To not give my neighbour my WiFi password?

[SneakyGremlins]

Neighbour has since he's lived in his flat been using BT WiFi (free) FOn? - with a username and password left by previous tenants. This has now stopped working, and he's been moaning about it - and is now starting to badger me about me giving him the password to mine - not offering to pay towards it or anything.

AIBU to say no? It's not the fastest as it is, and someone else streaming films/downloading films (which he says is "all he wants it for" will slow it down even more.

Fucking ridiculous! Of course you say no, and could not possibly in any way at all be considered unreasonable.

I mean, I'm sure your neighbour will think you are unreasonable, but he would be wrong, wrong, wrong. Sadly his ability to realise this has been pushed out by his massive sense of entitlement.

I can’t believe the number of threads on here about this and similar. It wouldn’t even occur to me to ask a neighbour and I definitely wouldn’t agree if asked.

Seriously why do you need to ask?

Wi-Fi is a utility like water or electricity
I wonder if he'll let you use his electricity supply?

Of course YANBU!

I have once let a neighbour use mine temporarily while hers was not working but I knew her, trusted her and she was not cheeky enough to ask, I offered.

No absolutely not, cheeky fecker, even if he paid you, what if he accessed dodgy sites and could get you into a heap of trouble, or could access your information.

Does he want you to set up a direct debit for his electricity bill too?

He is being V unreasonable

Does he want access to your fridge as well?

I can't understand why you would need to ask this. Is there some sort of backstory here? Are you secret lovers? Did he witness you committing a crime?

OKAY Jesus

He's helped me out in the past with DIY etc so we get on well, I was just wondering if I was being a CF since he's helped me quite a bit.

I've never had neighbours before so don't know what's normal

I won't give him it

I don’t understand why you would think this was ok even if he paid half? Why aren’t you saying to him, ‘I am not paying for your broadband or any of your other bills-please pat them yourself’.

What ARE you saying to him?

You’ve never had neighbours before?!

The backstory appears to be that she owes him favours on account of the DIY jobs he did for her?

So you owe him? How badly will you need DIY in the future?

The moral of the story is don't get too chummy with your neighbours 😁

Don’t even think about it. You don’t know what he might use it for.

Could you change your router name to GETYOUROWNWIFIYOUTIGHTBASTARD?

No way it will slow yours right down! If he wants it then he should pay for it like everyone else!

I think you should make him a cake, dig over his borders or some other domestic chores roughly equivalent to the amount of DIY that you've had the benefit of
Then you can wipe the slate clean and never talk to him again 😂

Big bag of nope from me.

I can't even believe someone had the cheek to ask!

The backstory appears to be that she owes him favours on account of the DIY jobs he did for her?

Told you
Don't do it, OP! It begins with the wifi code. Before you know it, you'll be scrubbing his toilet and stroking his hair until he falls asleep.

@Dahlietta

It'll slow yours down to the point of unusability is what you say. Tell him it's buffering and loading really really slowly as it is. You are considering changing it anyway as it's so unsatisfactory. Your insurance won't cover you if you give away security information etc.

Make up any reason you like, but don't even think about letting him use your wifi. There'll be a reason his old connection doesn't work any more and he's not telling you. He can set up another is he wants to badly enough.

But..but...

Genuinely - why do you even need to ask?

If you're happy to pay for something for someone else maybe to the detriment of your own enjoyment of the service then say yes. If you don't want to then say no.

Would you need to check if he was asking to come and take food from your cupboard or siphon petrol from your car?