The digital age has brought us countless solutions to life’s little problems, but sometimes these solutions are more entertaining than practical. Recently, I stumbled across a rather desperate plea on Airtasker that had me simultaneously chuckling and cringing - someone was willing to pay a stranger to help them escape from their own home because a hookup wouldn’t leave.

The creative solution? Hiring someone to either make an urgent phone call or show up at their door with an “emergency” that would necessitate their immediate departure. The going rate was pretty decent too - definitely more than your standard coffee run task.