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I completely love the term 'garbage phoenix'.

If I woke up tomorrow in Andy's situation, I'd find an air-bnb while looking for a sublet and lick my wounds for a few days. I'd thank Chris very genuinely, but privately (not in a public call-out post) ask him to stop. Then I'd look for temp work, part time jobs, things that aren't relevant to his degree but make rent. He might even make some friends there, and meet people who want to buy costumes. He's come to LA for the summer, might as well actually stay for the summer.

That would probably leave a lot of free time, which would be good for researching job prospects for costumers in other cities and in other (not fandom-centric) industries and doing some early preparation for whatever classes he's taking in the fall (assuming he signed up for classes, and hadn't counted on networking his way to a job with Geeks and Sundry or whatever). If he doesn't feel like being productive, there's a lot of good books in the world.

That's what I'd do, anyway. Probably not what he'll do.

AYRT I'd do the same thing, tbh. (Though let's be honest, we wouldn't make Molly & co feel terrible around us, cause we aren't con artist abusers.)

Andy, however, is incredibly lazy. He wants other people to do things for him, so he doesn't have to do it. Minimal effort, maximum reward.

NAYRT

That would be the smart thing, not the easy thing. And we know that Andy, given the option, will always pick the easy thing over the smart thing, even when it is obviously the worse option (example: leaving needles on the floor of a house in which you have overstayed your welcome by a week).

So the real question is, what poor soul has been conned into letting him stay with them?

Anon who has never commented before, but I use AirBnB for every trip to a New Orleans:

In order to become a guest, you need social media accounts to validate your identity, usually FB. You can choose to hold back your social media identities, but then many hosts won’t take you because you could be someone like, well, Andy.
The hosts rate their guests. That info goes on the part of your profile that a host can see after you ask for a booking. Anybody who thinks this will work well for Andy, raise your hand...I thought so.
Also, guests get a lifetime ban for much less than the stuff Andy ADMITS TO. AirBnB is quite safety-conscious.
I must say, though, the horror that Andy could potentially unleash as a guest is as nothing to the idea of Andy...as a host.

I must say, though, the horror that Andy could potentially unleash as a guest is as nothing to the idea of Andy...as a host.
Well, that's terrifying. Though, cheerful thoughts (speaking as someone who has also stayed as a guest in an AirBnB), hosting with any level of success would require:

Keeping his living space immaculately clean, beyond even "comfortably cluttered" levels of clean, which he can't;

Anticipating the needs of others (stocking up on fresh coffee before it's asked for, say), which he can't;

Knowing when to give people their privacy, which he can't, due to his need for constant attention;

Being able to advertise in a non-hyperbolic way, because stuff like "we serve a four-course gourmet meal every night" is going to get you visibly bad reviews if you can't deliver.

Even if Andy had the space for an AirBnB setup, he'd get bad reviews fairly quickly because it requires understanding and fulfilling the needs of other people, and he can't think of anyone other than himself.

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