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#26 2006-08-30 4:42 pm
- beaverfever
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Re: Housesitting
I have done housesitting for extended periods on several occasions. While personally I would not leave doors/windows unlocked etc., not everyone shares a common ideal of "common" sense. As in many things in life, communication is paramount to avoiding disappointment and conflict.
Spell out clearly to your housesitter what your expectations are regarding security, cleanliness and maintenance, and detail why you are having a housesitter in the first place. This way they know what you expect from them, and you will hopefully not be disappointed when you return.
You may begin arguing Warnock's Dilemma now.
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#27 2006-08-30 10:15 pm
Re: Housesitting
beaverfever wrote:
Spell out clearly to your housesitter what your expectations are regarding security, cleanliness and maintenance, and detail why you are having a housesitter in the first place. This way they know what you expect from them, and you will hopefully not be disappointed when you return.
As far as i'm concerned, it didn't need spelling out. He was there for one reason. Security. He knew that.
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#28 2006-08-31 3:56 pm
- yankees4life
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Re: Housesitting
justine wrote:
beaverfever wrote:
Spell out clearly to your housesitter what your expectations are regarding security, cleanliness and maintenance, and detail why you are having a housesitter in the first place. This way they know what you expect from them, and you will hopefully not be disappointed when you return.
As far as i'm concerned, it didn't need spelling out. He was there for one reason. Security. He knew that.
i agree, but the problem is you only get to figure out things are going to work out retrospectively.
some people just general assumptions about a job and know what they have to do while others others need to be told explicitly what is expected of them. and then you always have that small group of people that play stupid in order to get away with the mistakes that they make.
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#29 2006-09-01 5:02 pm
- MacBoy4139
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Re: Housesitting
The person who house sat for me in Florida went in my pool, then sat on my brown leather couch with his wet bathing suit.
For those of you who may not know, it bleaches the leather, and dries it out, ruining the entire piece of furniture.
He denied doing it. I bought a new couch. And moved.
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I'm still trying to figure out if you're a girl posing as Macboy4139, or a boy posing as a girl, and a bit confused sexually. <shrug> laughinol
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#30 2006-09-01 7:33 pm
- yankees4life
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Re: Housesitting
MacBoy4139 wrote:
The person who house sat for me in Florida went in my pool, then sat on my brown leather couch with his wet bathing suit.
For those of you who may not know, it bleaches the leather, and dries it out, ruining the entire piece of furniture.
He denied doing it. I bought a new couch. And moved.
...and beat him unmercilessly?
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#31 2006-09-02 10:24 am
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Re: Housesitting
yankees4life wrote:
MacBoy4139 wrote:
The person who house sat for me in Florida went in my pool, then sat on my brown leather couch with his wet bathing suit.
For those of you who may not know, it bleaches the leather, and dries it out, ruining the entire piece of furniture.
He denied doing it. I bought a new couch. And moved....and beat him unmercilessly?
He told me he had a 2" penis. I can't beat someone like that. Just point and laugh. How he told me was he looks for girls that think {-----} is 6".
Poor sap.
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I'm still trying to figure out if you're a girl posing as Macboy4139, or a boy posing as a girl, and a bit confused sexually. <shrug> laughinol
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#32 2006-09-02 10:31 am
- beaverfever
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Re: Housesitting
MacBoy4139 wrote:
The person who house sat for me in Florida went in my pool, then sat on my brown leather couch with his wet bathing suit.
MacBoy4139 wrote:
He told me he had a 2" penis. I can't beat someone like that. Just point and laugh. How he told me was he looks for girls that think {-----} is 6".
There's a joke here that men's brains are in their %^&*, but I'm too weary to put the effort into it.
You may begin arguing Warnock's Dilemma now.
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#33 2006-09-02 11:30 am
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Re: Housesitting
MacBoy4139 wrote:
He told me he had a 2" penis. I can't beat someone like that. Just point and laugh. How he told me was he looks for girls that think {-----} is 6".
Poor sap.
true that is practically almost punishment in itself, but i think you could take a cue from "national lampoon's barely legal". i know very many people haven't seen that movie, so i'll elaborate:
one guy tried to blackmail the main characters in the movie, but at one point in the movie when they work together to shoot a "movie", they learn he is a premature ejaculator and have the footage on tape unbeknownest to him. at the end of the movie, they finally prevail and get him back by playing the video on their campus television network for the whole school to see. just goes to show, "revenge is a dish best served cold."
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