@RedLassie I couldn’t resist looking up your use of TEFLON here. I had thought perhaps the F would stand for a specific word. I was wrong. I found the actual use interesting. 
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Cameras wouldn’t need to be inside for this kind of monitoring. On a dog sit the dog might have an air-tag on its collar or the home might have ring cameras at the door. That is a possibility. I don’t think it is certain based on the review alone and the sitter who wanted to vent about her frustration hasn’t been back.
But as several people pointed out, with this kind of review, the host is going to have a harder time thant the sitter because of it.
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A blamethower is another good word for someone who tries to attribute blame to someone or something else.
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Of course, I don’t know for sure, but judging by her review—where her rating was lowered for such strange things as ‘‘feeding procedures, housekeeping, etc’’ And honestly, the audacity of some of these hosts simply shocks me! You are getting a high-end service for free!! Good people understand this. But, of course, there are some “stars” on the site who act as if you owe them something. I weed those types out immediately—everything becomes clear right at the video call stage. For instance, on one occasion, a woman immediately asked me if I had a job and where I worked. Given that I work in investments fr myself, I am under absolutely no obligation to answer such questions! so I instantly told her, “I have no interest in sitting here for you,”
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Thanks for the opportunity to learn a new word.
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Maybe not—especially if the sitter left a review first, and it was a positive one. That is the whole problem! From now on, I’m going to make a point of visiting the profiles of anyone who has previously sat in a given home to see what kind of reviews the host left them. Because behaving so irresponsibly is simply the mark of a bad person! I was recently speaking with a host regarding an upcoming booking; I mentioned that I might not actually need a cleaner in the house every week—that I could probably handle the cleaning myself. The host’s response? “The cleaner really needs that money; she has a family to feed!” Do you see? He cares about someone else’s livelihood—yet with just a single negative review, that woman could very well have ruined someone’s life!
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I can understand the check-in pre-sit from a new host, who may be anxious about the sitter actually turning up on time and not cancelling.
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That question about work could be very valid, if they want to find out if you will be away from the home for part or all of the day.
A simple reply of I WFH would have been enough.
What do you mean? If I’m tied down to a specific workplace, then I’m not traveling! Sitters primarily take on sitting gigs precisely so they can travel to other locations—places far away from home! And the question she asked was: “Do you have a job?” In other words, she was sizing me up as if I were some girl applying for a one-year lease. “Who do you think you are?” I wanted to ask. “You’re hoping to get free service, yet you feel entitled to ask me questions like that?” No, she certainly has no right to. But I remained polite, of course; I simply replied, “I’ve lost interest in your listing. All the best,” and hung up.
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