Sitter decline timing/wording

[Carla]

@sitkashel & @MarieHuggins Here are a couple of other forum topics that might help answer this for you, feel free to comment on them also:

Unread applications and non responses

Newbie here. I’ve secured a couple of sits and have applied for two or three more. I’ve found that some home owners respond immediately but that some don’t appear to read the applications at all. I’m just wondering if anyone can shed any light on this, are the homeowners who don’t bother to read the applications waiting to hear from sitters that they’ve used before perhaps? Seems odd to me not to even read the application…

HOs not reading messages

I might have thought the HO for the first sit I had applied for was just too busy to read my application immediately; however, after waiting a couple of days and after having applied for another sit and having that one unread as well, I wonder if something is wrong with the system. One would generally think that if a HO went to the trouble of posting an availalbe sit that they would at least glance at the message within a couple of days, even if they had not had the time to reply. They both show…