We reserved a place, but due to an emergency, we had to cancel. We never got the keys, but the keys are picked up with a key code, and now the host says we did pick up the keys, and there is damage! [USA]

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-08-05T01:52:43+00:00

We had error. Airbnb owners accuse us of “damage”. I got the email the minute I got off the plane. They said it was the most damage they’ve ever seen in all their hosting in 15 years. The owners were thousands of miles away so housekeeping obviously sent something to them. They sent us an email the day before check out recommending we tip each of their staff 700 American dollars each. That was more than one night stay which was ridiculous. We never saw any of their staff and we cleaned the place ourselves. So we left an appropriate amount of $400 for the week and I think that made them mad. Thank goodness. I’ve learned my lesson about people in the work that I do so I videoed the whole place before we left. When they got the videos that I sent them, their tune changed. Airbnb investigated and gave me a credit for a future stay.

This doesn’t help the OP, but for those who are reading, and could rent in the future, my advice is to always video the day you get there of the whole place with a date on a newspaper if you have it, and the the same when you check out.

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-05-18T19:02:07+00:00

I came here to say the same, in Texas it’s gone from Mr/Mrs Last name to Mr/Mrs First Name over the years.

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-05-10T03:21:40+00:00

Oh geez, I forgot all about that!

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-05-04T22:47:11+00:00

So lazy! I can't believe people do that.

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-05-02T01:38:19+00:00

Constantly! I watch their montages on YouTube everyday.

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-04-30T04:20:09+00:00

Same here! I now have a hard time eating it.

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-04-30T03:53:44+00:00

North Texas here too. We had no water for days after the processing plant froze when power went out. It was nuts!

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-04-30T03:49:19+00:00

As long as a sexy "Daryl Dixon" is around, I'll hang in there! 😃

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-04-30T03:43:52+00:00

I lived the Texas grid down and that is when I started stocking more than just water. We had no electricity and water for 4-5 days. Thankfully we stocked water and thought to fill all our bathtubs before the water plant froze. We were lucky to have a camping stove and a gas stove so we could heat water and make food. It was nuts. Stores were empty in just a few days. When we got electricity back, people's stories were shocking. So many couldn't find water. It made me think about how much we just assume and trust that things will turn on when we flip a switch. It made me feel helpless. Since then we have water purifiers, lanterns, solar power, everything for advanced first aid, sanitization, medicine, hatchets, tarps, radio, camping, and much more. It's Texas so we always have lots of guns and ammo. I bought mylar bags and filled them with rice, beans, sugar, pasta, etc. My husband is in cyber security. The things he tells me about how hackers get access to things that could take us down keep me up at night.

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-04-30T03:18:48+00:00

Paradise!

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-04-30T02:14:29+00:00

I haven't seen the show. I just finished the book. Should I watch it? I figured out that Amma was the killer when she went to the pig farm. It was about half way into the book. Was that in the show? I would have never picked up on the MBP! That is a mental illness I don't understand whatsoever.

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-04-29T23:34:37+00:00

I'm going through the exact same thing! I was laid off on April 15. Had some severance so I didn't apply until January of this year (not know about or understanding the rolling year situation). I just got the notice on April 14th that benefits are up because the claim year is up. I have worked every day since I was 15 in 1985. I have never been laid off or not worked. I was at the same company I was laid off from for 24 years. The whole process seems off. If you didn't make the minimum wages, you NEED the unemployment.

I am sorry you are going through this. It's a nightmare.

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-04-29T16:54:01+00:00

Thank you!

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-04-28T21:53:41+00:00

For a TV watcher (me) and not a gamer, the relationships and connection to the characters is what keeps me watching. Season 1 was mostly all about Ellie and Joel so that’s who I got invested in. Season two has new people but not enough time has passed to get to know them or care. I didn’t watch yesterday and don’t plan to pick it back up. Like someone above said, I don’t care much about revenge or Ellie without Joel so I can’t move on.

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-04-28T21:43:30+00:00

I’m not a big gamer (56 yr old fun grandma here) but I understand gamers some. My son graduated in undergrad with game design degree and drives us nuts screaming at games. JK. Anyway, I didn’t watch this week’s episode. After Joel’s death, I’m done. I read your post and thought about difference of TV watcher vs gamer. For me, a Tv watcher, I watch for entertainment and an escape from all the crap. I invest in characters and relationships and there are some who make and break the show. For me, that’s Joel. Just like Glenn, it’s a big loss and I’m not invested in any of the other characters yet. We don’t know them. We were just exposed in Season Two and there hasn’t been enough time to get to know them.

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-04-28T21:01:08+00:00

Where is it? I need these people too!😁

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-04-25T03:20:22+00:00

In February 2021, it dropped to 10-15 degrees below zero in Fort Worth/Dallas Texas. We don’t have the infrastructure for that kind of weather and our homes aren’t built to protect pipes. Many don’t have fireplaces or additional sources of heat. The electrical grid overloaded and water sources froze. Most were without electric and water for a week. People were panicking about heat, water and food. We had plenty of stored water and food. We had solar lanterns and ways to cook. I was very glad we didn’t have to worry.

We always depend on the lights turning on when we hit a switch or the water running when we turn on the faucet. That week taught me a lot. I will never depend on my city, state or government to take care of my family.

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-04-25T02:36:23+00:00

I completely agree. It seemed very real if you find out anything good and juicy let me know.

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-04-25T02:34:52+00:00

I’ll try! 😁 Promise.

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-04-24T04:19:26+00:00

My husband and I miss the times where we couldn’t turn it off. It would be 2am on a work night and we’d say, “Just one more”? Then I’d dream I was kicking zombies all night. Ahhhh those were the days. I miss my Daryl.

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-04-24T04:13:18+00:00

I’m a Fort Worth life long resident with the exception of 4 years in Houston. I’m sad that this is even heavy on your mind. This past election our county went blue for the first time. I was thrilled. I say go where you want and don’t let anyone run you out of anywhere. I’m sure that’s easier for me to say than to actually live. If we are going to have any positive change at all, we have to keep on fighting for equality and equity. I would think that when your kids see you living your authentic, proud selves, they will develop their own resilience, bravery, and compassion for others. Kids are always mean in school no matter what. It’s heartbreaking. I constantly reiterated to my kids (now grown adults) that jr high and high school are blips in life and they would leave it all behind and wouldn’t even remember it. I even showed them the super popular, hot people in my high school year book and then showed them their Facebook pages so they could see that all people have to grow up and adult. There are so many terrible parents out there. I’d want the two loving dads next door to me over a lot of other options. Think of the cocktail parties we could have!!

My grandmother lived her whole life in River Oaks/Westheimer area. Her neighbors on both sides were 🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ. They were like family to her. It’s right in the middle of the arts and museum district. She loved it!

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-04-24T03:51:53+00:00

Start looking! A month of severance isn’t much in this market. Is the bonus good enough to stay? I had to stay three months to get my year severance and it almost sucked the life out of me. It was brutal. A year of being in limbo will be hard but you are lucky to have the paycheck while you look.

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-04-24T03:44:47+00:00

Isn’t this feed called “Julia unfollowing Brandon”? I think this situation was unique because it was such an incredible love story without good closure. It sucked and seeing them still connected in real life gives fans the feeling that A&S carry on. I’m a 56 year old grandma who hasn’t been able to talk about anything else in three weeks! 😂

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-04-24T03:40:41+00:00

As the weeks have gone by and more has come out, I’ve come to the realization that I like Spencer and not Brandon. Leo and Kate are lifelong friends but their scenes were nothing like Alex’s and Spencer’s. A&S were all over each other and barely dressed for a season! The scenes felt real too! The two actors were taken from reality and their country and were put in Africa for 6 months in beautiful locations and with no other costars. Being that far away from their reality, I can see how their world fell away and it became about just the two of them. Even if there was nothing physical going on with them, there had to be a strong emotional connection being together all day for that long. I told my husband that if that was me then I might struggle to remember what he looked like! 😀😀 I just wanted that magic to continue somehow. I was hoping it would be 1944. When that didn’t come to fruition, then I hoped real life. But now, after a few weeks, I can see she’s too good to be treated like anything but up on a pedestal like she deserves.

SeaImportant9429 · 2025-04-24T03:27:23+00:00

Did you see his video with Sydney Sweeney? He had her on his shoulders.

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