@Marion - this is a strange one. I would never dream of leaving my waste in someone else’s home, it’s just feels disrespectful. I have seen some posts where the HO’s found things in their wastebasket on their return, and it brought up a lot of questions towards the sitters (e.g. numerous alchohol bottles, etc.) - and I think: “Duh, if you’d just emptied your trash like you should have, no-one would be the wiser” 
Anyway, I’m guessing we’re heading off topic.
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I’m guessing those people thought they would empty the bins last thing, were rushing, and forgot! 
We don’t use waste bins round the house: everything goes in the central one, or the recycling.
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It’s hard to forget things if you use a checklist for cleaning and leave yourself enough time.
I think it’s disrespectful to leave things for others to clean after you, whether sitting or staying with family or friends. Even at hotels, I leave minimal mess for housekeeping. Or if I’m eating out casually, I’ll clean up after myself if there are bins nearby.
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The place where I am now, waste is going to a collection device at the end of the street that is operated with a key card that the home owners gave me to use. I suppose they are getting charged for each time they open the thing. So then I would not throw in a bag that was less then half full. (There was also garbage here when the family left.)
So that is not disrespectful.
(The disrespectful thing is the HO going through the sitter’s garbage and posting about that.)
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@pietkuip I fully agree with you, about it being disrespectful to go through the sitter’s waste. I still disagree about leaving waste in the home. I would not do that, under no circumstances. If payment was a concern, I would take the few things I have on the last day (e.g. what about emptying the vacuum cleaner filter after the last vacuum?!), down to a communal street bin as not to incur fees. If I were the host, I would rather the sitter spend an extra few cents/euros on my card and come back to a clean bin, rather than coming back to a bin containing another’s waste. I am not trying to be argumentative. I am just telling you how I would handle it and how I feel about it.
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I’m not sure if reviews released at the same moment would solve the problem of retaliation and consequences. Even on Airbnb, people are reluctant to leave bad reviews. I don’t know whether HOs can respond to the pubicly posted “feedback” but I’ve seen sitters respond to even mild criticism, really venting at the homeowner. This is a different model than AIrbnb, Uber, Rover, or Lyft. Maybe they need to come up with something completely different.
Assuming both ppl submit, it means that both parties have submitted initial thoughts blind and their comments can’t be influenced by the other’s.
As it’s standard across the app, an follow ups are just replies to the initial comment and so everyone would know that said comment was in response to what the other party said as opposed to potentially being your true first take.
I just scored 5 stars in all categories in my latest sit but ended up with a 4 star overall. Disappointing. I just gave 4 stars back then
@MustLoveCats I have moved your post here as it was flagged by another forum user as off-topic on the 5 pausings thread as this was about reviews. I think this is the most inline thread with your comment, but if you find another thread you feel it would work better with please let me know. Feel free to DM me 
@MustLoveCats how is that even possible? 5* in every category should automatically give a 5* overall?? Or do you mean the HO manually chose 4* as the overall rating?? If so I’d question them about that as it sounds really strange- it could have been an honest mistake…
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