Probably a combination of that, and because there’s no money in Greece to build institutional facilities to house seniors in need of assistance.
I too as a woman living alone, don’t have a dishwasher at home, (there wouldn’t be room for one in my small kitchen in my flat anyway) and when I arrive at sit and they begin to show me dishwasher, I stop them and say NO, I won’t be using that. It’s amazing how many don’t have simple washing up liquid and a brush as they don’t use it. I quite enjoy hand washing each item. Likewise their fancy Coffee makers, I don’t need shown them, as I am a Tea Jenny.
Its honestly never appealed to me out of all the kitchen gadgets one could have. I dont donair fryers either.I will admit to loving my coffee machine but I like a basic one. Im too old for too much tech. I have a smart TV but my late partner bought that. Im not big on keeping up with the latest gadgetry. Its a hamster wheel I avoid!!
I would love to get feedback in this issue because I am hesitant on what my review will be. I am on a 3 week sit in Detroit. Lovely home, great location, walk to eastern market, walk to the Detroit river. And it is handy for me to get all my medical and dental stuff done and now some car stuff. 3 weeks. The internet worked for the first 2 days, then it was out for 9 days, then it was back, a little off, but back for a day, then not. He said he hasn’t had problems with it. He has a verizon wireless wifi box – I had a Tmobile one for 3 weeks and got rid of it and went with the xfinity that plugged into the wall. So basically this wifi is like your mobile wifi. The router connects through the air. The TV is on wifi totally. It is a real pain in the butt. How much would that affect your review? The dogs are another issue, just asking about this.
So the Internet connection is 5G? It should be mentioned in the review that internet was 5G based and wasn’t reliable during your sit. I don’t know whether I would deduct a star, I guess so under listing accuracy if Wi-Fi was listed as an amenity. Connectivity is so important these days that an unreliable connection should be shared upfront.
He never said 5G and said he never had a problem with it.
If it’s a mobile Verizon wireless box then it connects via cellular bands, which would be either 4G or 5G.
Either way, I would mention it. If you feel it was a one-off event then don’t text any stars.
A one off event doesn’t last weeks unless there was a hurricane or something.
Nope—completely unforgivable! I don’t expect food or gifts but they must supply plenty of TP.
I am a septuagenarian and never heard of “pegs” in the US.
I do not know if that term is used in Canada, but I learned the term sitting in UK.
This is part of what I love about travel. 
One of my favorite ‘differences’ in language is how Brits say something or someplace is “homely”.
In US that means ugly (in US, the term would be “homey” to mean the same thing.).
Pegs are homely to me! They remind me of childhood before all Americans used clothes dryers. Hanging clothes outside on a line is lovely — and homely — too.
@Sandi Do you know why the US culture has changed to mainly using dryers? In my experience, as a Globetrotter, is that the rest of the world still likes to line dry when possible. I am in my 60s (Brit) and have never owned a dryer as an adult! (We did have one when I was a kid growing up)
Convenience, and U.S. energy rates aren’t as high as in many other countries. Plus, our homes tend to be bigger. Also, U.S. homes tend to be newer, so the electrical systems can carry a lot of appliances without issues. In Europe for instance many buildings have old systems that can ended up tripping off. Or they can’t carry the load at all from a dryer.
Once you get used to having a dryer, you don’t tend to go back.
I grew up mostly in the tropics, where our clothing dried within hours on lines. But I’ve rarely line dried anything since, because of the inconvenience. Plus, many clothes end up stiff and scratchy from line drying. They also tend to end up more wrinkly. With a dryer, if you remove clothes right away, they tend to be in good shape. Some also have anti-wrinkle settings.
I hate washers I’ve used in Europe and Asia. They tend to be smaller than U.S. ones, so you do small loads and often end up with wrinkly clothes, especially without a dryer. And the combo washer and dryers take forever and don’t work well.
I’m currently in Italy, staying with a friend for a month, and I miss U.S. comforts like being able to control your own heating and having a dryer. I’ve been hanging on a laundry rack and even after five days the clothes aren’t completely dried. Annoying when you carry only limited wardrobe as a traveler.
In Italy, heating is controlled by the gov’t (by start date and number of hours per day), so it’s been cold and damp inside. You’re left to get by with inefficient space heaters meanwhile. That makes drying clothes even slower in cool or humid weather.
The apartment building where she stays just had a huge fight, because the management didn’t even turn on the heat as required under gov’t start dates. It finally came on yesterday.
Seems ridiculous and annoying to me, because in the U.S., I keep toasty warm and have the convenience of a commercial washer and dryer.
I’ve decided to never stay with her during cold weather, even with a standing invite.
@Huronbase if the listing amenities specified high-speed WiFi but your experience is that it’s only intermittent, then please state that in your review and dock a star for listing accuracy.
Many sitters work from home so rely on a reliable Internet connection. Whilst we can use our phone data to create mobile hotspots, it’s not the same as having hi-speed broadband, so I can understand your frustration and disappointment. In this day and age - and especially for full-time sitters - it’s vital to stay connected.
Gosh, I wish I understood SO MUCH about my culture that I just don’t 
. I don’t belong here.
I live in a Condo community where it is against the rules to even hang your clothes outside! And I do not think this rule is uncommon in the US (& I SO miss having that smell of clothes and sheets from the clothesline before I downsized to the condo).
I would say that most Americans probably think that clothes on a line is unsightly and crude and backward 
And I disagree; but I would blame “capitalism on steroids” for our silly ideas (being brainwashed by advertising) … & I think most Americans would disagree with me
I just think there is not much money to be made from ‘pegs’ — but a new clothes dryer every ten years (bc of planned obsolescence) for everyone is a chunk of money.
If anyone is trying to avoid obsolescence with washers and dryers, at least in the U.S., buy commercial models. They’re basic — without so many settings and features — and tend to last much longer and be easy to repair. People who service such appliances will tell you that. The ones we’ve been using have lasted well beyond a decade.
@Lokstar I am allergic to various trees and other plants, and would not want pollen covering my clothes. During pollen season, my car is often covered in a fine, yellow dust, so pollen would absolutely cling to anything hung on a clothes line.
My nose itched as I read this.
I had a washer and dryer at the beach but would hang out the sheets in the summer because they smelled so good.
Thanks for the feedback, just wanted to get others’ ideas on what it should be docked.
I’ve just spent five weeks with another Massive Little Irritation (apologies if it’s been mentioned before, but..) :
Beds buried in cushions.
There were EIGHT on my bed. Eight pluffy objects with no practical use whatsoever. Even the cat found them irritating. And it was a smallish room, so there was nowhere to dump the wretched things in order actually to use the bed, other than a small chair. So a teetering tower of soft furnishings was my constant bedroom companion. I didn’t dare move too fast - changing the bedclothes became a tense Sleeping Tiger Hidden Dragon routine - and risk creating a draft..
Then, at the end of the sit, came the challenge of replacing the marshmallows in roughly the same arrangement as I’d found them.. (No, I hadn’t taken photos. I was too busy WTF??-ing.)
Why, why, oh weeping WHY?