It’s almost as if once she secured the house sitting / pet sitting job she just didn’t care, and did her own thing. She asked to arrive 2 days before the sit instead of 1 day, and I obliged even though not ideal for me - cooked her dinner the first night, then she was going to cook the 2nd night but last minute decided she wasn’t going to as she didn’t feel like eating. We had no other meals together - all a very strange experience having a guest in my home who made no effort to socialise - felt like I was just a hotel. Even my Airbnb guests have made more effort. Maybe it’s just society these days, except she wasn’t in her 20s, she was in her mid 30s.
She made an effort to feed the animals while I was there and to let my dog out in the garden, so that was a positive, but despite explaining why I did things a certain way, chose to ignore the instructions - for example when my cats are fed treats they are fed near their feeding mats - one of my cats is very greedy and will steal the other pets food. If fed too close together my other cat gets nervous and won’t eat the treats on the kitchen counter or hesitates so long that my other cat will steal them. Also they have been trained to eat on feeding mats, to reduce mess & cleaning - again ignored. And a bunch of other things like their interactive cat mat with the rolling ball in it, I leave out each day for a few hours in the kitchen as it’s a smaller, more secure space. It slips on the floor which means my cats also slide across the floor each time they jump on it - but she took it out of the kitchen and found it funny, not realising it’s actually a safety hazard. She also asked me why one of my cats went on a harness and long lead - it trails on the floor and allows him to have supervised garden time without me worrying about him climbing the tree or scaling the wall - he is very fast and very athletic so if he sees a bird he’s off. He’s a Burmese, the breeder advised to not let him or his sister free roam as they are just not street smart. As the sitter wasn’t good at following basic instructions, I’m now worried about whether she will keep him on a harness. So much anxiety!
I left her very detailed notes on pet and house care, showed her some of the tasks in person, while I was there, even had my friend come in a few times to walk my nervous dog - all to make for a smooth, stress free sit. My dog also woke up with an eye infection the day I left - sitter wasn’t confident wiping her eyes, so got my friend to do it each time she walked her. Also asked for daily updates - got 1 the day after I arrived at my new location on Sat morning, saying the pets had been fed plus a few photos, but then nothing for 2 days, so I texted on Mon morning for an update - had requested daily updates just before I left. Felt so disrespected. Hard to relax on my trip with the lack of communication and her inability to stick to basic instructions 
not worth going away!