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Originally Posted by Molon Labe
That sound was my jaw hitting the floor.
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Yours too, huh?
By that kind of reasoning, if I came to your home and you invited me in, I would have the right (by some kind of implied "contract" that exists only in my own imagination) to stay there as long as I wanted whether you continued to want me there or not. The fact that your home is undeniably yours, your personal space, your property, would be irrelevant. You consented to let me in, and now I'm entitled to stay there until the visit has been completed to my satisfaction.
And obviously that is nonsense. I'm not entitled to stay, because I was never entitled to be there in the first place. I have no right to be there, and you have every right not only to deny my initial entry but to request my immediate departure at any time thereafter. Having allowed the former does not negate your right to insist on the latter, nor does it give me the right to ignore it when you do. I am, and always was, there by your leave and your leave only. Once that has been withdrawn, I am a trespasser and nothing more. No amount of whining about implied "contracts" and "but you said I could come in!" is going to change that.