Did they write a mean spirited review ? Is that why you are risk adverse with reviews ?
Lol now that is an odd request!
How would she know? That would make me look for cameras.
It is not my responsibility at all. It is their decision to take the sit, regardless of how I felt about it. Certainly, if I felt a sit was dangerous in some way, I would report it accordingly to the admins. A dirty house? No. Again I point to definitions and expectations.
Before the double-blind system, it was almost standard that any criticism in a review resulted in a revenge review. My experience was not unique.
I had clashed with the HO during the sit. And that gave me three stars.
Going by your logic, thereâs no need to report a dangerous sit, either, because thatâs your opinion.
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All true. In the pets defence thoughâŚthey are being left with perfect strangers who do not know them or their habits. Their behaviour for you may never occur with their owners. I adjust accordingly as well but as an experienced pet owner, I would not even suggest you pick up my cat lol. As a sitter, I would find an alternate way to move them if it was absolutely mandatory to do so.
It wasnât negative. That is very judgemental of you but leads to my point of how reviews are interpreted. I used the word âgushingâ to describe the reviews because I was trying to describe how the review felt. You read my words without knowing me and made a judgement call.
This is exactly the point I was trying to make. That reviews can be written with one intent by the author who knows all the details and read by another who interprets their words in another way and makes a judgement based on those interpretations.
I have said many times that you cannot control what others hear.
Just for better understanding of your repliesâŚ
The context of your posts is not entirely clear when you just click reply at the bottom, even though you want to respond to a specific post. You can do that by clicking the reply arrow directly attached to the post. That way, others can see what your response refers to. Honestly, Iâm a bit confused⌠
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I was about to write something similar. I canât tell whether@crittersiting has replied to my earier comment.
@Crittersiting - when you are replying to a specific comment, use the arrow circled in blue in the screenshot, not the one in pink. To riff on your thread title, call this âreply etiquetteâ!
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Just FYI, itâs really hard to know who you are trying to respond to because you are replying to the original post vs a specific personâs reply. So your posts are obviously responses to others but there is no way to know who or why or figure out context. Just something to keep in mind when choosing which reply button to click on.
ETA: Oop. I see I was not the only one confused by this series of context-free comments. Hopefully this will help make things more clear in the future.
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@Crittersiting I agree with several others above- your replies are given without context and therefore many of them make little sense. We donât know whose comment you are replying to or what they originally said.
Personal I usually use @(name of person)- like I have done to address you above. You just have to type @ and a string of names appear. Click on the one you are replying to. If its not in the list go back, check their user name, type the first letter after the @ and the required name should appear.
(Or you can press the arrow directly below the relevant comment.)
However, whichever approach you use, unless your reply falls directly below the comment in question, like a conversation flow, it is very helpful to include a bit of context in your reply so readers can understand your comment properly.
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Exactly. And as usual with etiquette, one follows the conventions of the rest.
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