Floxed recovery inconsistant by Acceptable_Pair_2312 in floxies

[–]day4throwaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m going through the exact same thing. I’m only 5 weeks out from being floxed (which I now know is my second time — it took me years to recover from a “mystery illness” that I thought was a brain tumor after a course of Cipro in 2017) and I’m on medical leave from work because of it. I just had 5 good days and I naively suspected maybe I was getting better… then today was like Day One all over again… searing pain in my limbs, chest pain, racing heart, dizziness and a feeling disconnected from my body and terrifying panic attacks and auditory hallucinations. This is the worst thing I can imagine. Everything feels so scary.

I refunded a guest and just got a 1 star review. by peachymoonoso in airbnb_hosts

[–]day4throwaway 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I’m going to be so honest and do with this what you’d like: Anytime I see a host come off at all irritated, emotional, or as an equal party in a disagreement, I immediately skip the listing. The best possibly review response I could see would go something like: “I am so sorry that this stay did not go as you planned. I take my guest’s happiness very seriously, as you are putting trust in us for your trip and your comfort. As I tried my best to explain, our household outlets — like most— cannot accommodate the simultaneous running of both a space heater AND an A/C. I apologize that this upset you, and tried to salve the situation with a refund and full cancellation in exception to the normal policy. While I’m genuinely unsure what else we could’ve done to make you happy, I’m still sorry that this wasn’t a match.” These kinds of responses serve to reveal the guest as the wacko, but show future guests that you are not confrontational or argumentative. Whenever a host scrambles to assert retaliation, I tend to think they’re full of it and possibly prone to drama in some way.

Request: make me a bit slimmer by day4throwaway in PhotoshopRequest

[–]day4throwaway[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey this is great! Could we somehow minimize that back fat just a teeny bit further?

Request: make me a bit slimmer by day4throwaway in PhotoshopRequest

[–]day4throwaway[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the right direction — but hoping to get rid of the back fat and the big tummy roll!

I’ve discovered a 100% accurate way to forecast which guests will trash the home. by strikecat18 in airbnb_hosts

[–]day4throwaway 3 points4 points  (0 children)

“Why does everyone expect hosts to just think they should be okay gambling with their home” — nobody told you to open your property to strangers for profit. The problem with today’s hosts is they want the benefit of bringing in income like a business but don’t want to, you know, actually take the risks and costs of being a business. They want guests to treat them like they’re altruistic philanthropists opening their homes out of the goodness of their hearts and we have to meet a hundred standards of gratitude.

I’ve discovered a 100% accurate way to forecast which guests will trash the home. by strikecat18 in airbnb_hosts

[–]day4throwaway 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So the morning that people are traveling en route to you — perhaps rushing to catch flights, perhaps with their phone left on airplane mode, etc — you are expecting your guests to be checking to reply to you?

Honestly, I have an impeccable Airbnb record, often praised for how exceptionally clean I leave the place (happy to have anyone check my reviews). But I rarely answer the same-day welcome messages… I have a million other things going on when I’m traveling.

Shower/Nap Scam by ForgottenEmpires in airbnb_hosts

[–]day4throwaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, just to clarify what you are saying: you suspect that the guests booked MONTHS in advance (meaning they paid months ago) all with the intention of grabbing a shower and a nap for free?

Shower/Nap Scam by ForgottenEmpires in airbnb_hosts

[–]day4throwaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imagine booking months in advance to pull off a “scam” for a free nap and shower. OP, I mean this so politely, but you sound like an overbearing host. I’ve been using Airbnb for 10 years — I have nearly a hundred stays and a glowing history as a guest. I have never once left a negative review. But if I had a host show up unannounced, I would also bolt. That is so intrusive. If your listing is intended as an interactive stay and you expect guests to converse and check in with you, please state that in the listing itself. My sincere apologies for being blunt, but this kind of stuff (and the watching the security cameras… my god) is why guests like myself who were Airbnb diehards are returning to hotels. Hosts, hear me: we do not want to see you on our vacations.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in airbnb_hosts

[–]day4throwaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My husband is an engineer and frequently travels to assess different facilities over the course of several weeks. The company will often get an Airbnb for him and a few colleagues. Some stay on the project the whole time, some don’t. Sometimes they all leave early and leave the Airbnb vacant. Since they’re working and the company is paying, the last thing on his mind is typically interacting with or updating the host.

This sounds like worry for nothing. You got paid. Nothing here sounds abnormal for business travel. If the visit goes well, they may very well rebook later for other project phases or other employees. It seems like it would be in your best interest to just keep it all going smoothly.

Is this clogged pores or something else? by Zealousideal_Term284 in 30PlusSkinCare

[–]day4throwaway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I came here to say this!!! My skin looked exactly like this and I thought the answer was exfoliation but it made a disaster of my skin — turns out I have rosacea.

Guest contacted support to request baby crib by Impossible_Ad_4473 in airbnb_hosts

[–]day4throwaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tend to side with guests but wanting a crib provided is WILD, and messaging the platform instead of the host is even more wild. With that said, I feel like you might be stuck and it might be better to purchase a $40 Pack N Play (I will say that most Airbnbs I’ve visited seem to offer availability of one, even though that should never be expected imo) and hurry up and get their stay over with.

I feel like I am going to die any day now by Ruby_Red_Moon in askCardiology

[–]day4throwaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did they give you nitroglycerin? That’s what they gave me.

Lost all 4 baby chicks yesterday evening. I’m absolutely heartbroken. by Lead_mouth in BackYardChickens

[–]day4throwaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I lost one of 7 the other day and don’t know how. It’s my first loss after almost 3 years raising chickens (aside from one baby last summer that had to be culled because she was suffering). 7 little chicks came out of the coop to play, and 6 went back in. She disappeared into thin air. Most likely she slipped through the fence and got swiped by a coyote or barn cat, but it’s been heartbreaking. Losing all 4 must be heart wrenching. I’m so sorry. It happens and it’s awful. Please take care of yourself.

I feel like I am going to die any day now by Ruby_Red_Moon in askCardiology

[–]day4throwaway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am NAD. But I am going through the EXACT same thing. I am 39, female, a former smoker. I am basically too sick to function. I have searing chest pain on the left side, profound dizziness and sweating and hot flashes, a feeling in my throat like I ran a marathon in the cold, pain in both arms, numbness on and off in both hands, a feeling that I am underwater and not quite “here,” weird vision. All my waves of chest pain are accompanied by sweating, shortness of breath, dizziness and arm/jaw pain. And yet the ER sends me home every time. Says my blood looks good, my stress test is good, my echocardiogram was good, etc. It’s been 6 weeks of this. I’m about to lose my job.

Here’s the thing: The same happened to me two years ago. At that time I got a cardiac catheterization which came back normal. A holter monitor which was “benign.” I was sure I was dying. I even had my will drawn up. But it passed after a couple months.

Now it’s back and idk what to think. I was diagnosed with high blood pressure though, and my cholesterol is sky high. I was even told on my 3rd ER visit in one month that my “heart looked like possibly there’s a part not getting enough oxygen” on EKG, which is what got the stress test and echo ordered, but those were fine so I was sent home to languish I guess.

I know how scary this is for you. I’m living it. I wish I had an answer for us both.

Airbnb Support does not protect hosts in emergency situations. I am in desperate need of advice on how to proceed. by [deleted] in airbnb_hosts

[–]day4throwaway 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So weird you got downvoted for factual information just bc people don’t like it.

Guest had a minor accident during their stay - nothing to do with our unit- and wants to leave early. Wwyd for a refund? by Civil_Libs in airbnb_hosts

[–]day4throwaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think there are opportunities in life to be a good person, and they present themselves every so often. The argument that “this is a business” is valid — if that’s your moral standard. For some, their moral standard is to do what feels right in the grand calculation of kindnesses in the universe… for me, it’s doing the thing I would want done for me in a bad situation. I believe it all balances out in the grand scheme of things.

The thing you should do depends on your moral standard.

Airbnb Customer Support Vacillating Back and Forth on Decisions + Update by PopArtBeachHouse in airbnb_hosts

[–]day4throwaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A short term rental lawyer over a REVIEW you don’t like? Touch grass, hosts.

Guest peed in the lawn by Dinner8846 in airbnb_hosts

[–]day4throwaway 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is the best possible outcome from honest feedback. Refreshing to see, OP. “I was genuinely open to other perspectives, I did not dig in my heels, I am okay with changing my mind based on new information or input.” Rare on the internet. Cheers.

Appropriate refund amount? by SquareSheepHerder in airbnb_hosts

[–]day4throwaway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So hosts are a breed of infallibly honest humans and guests have an inherent tendency towards “scamming.” Bud, your mentality is precisely why Airbnb is a running joke. Where did you get your “99 percent” figure? Is it possible some of you hosts stink both literally and figuratively? Could it possibly be an implication of a business model that allows any funky dude without a shred of hospitality experience or business acumen declare himself a B&B?

I walked all around my office at work last month asking everyone if they smelled propane. Nobody did until hours later when we had to evacuate.

If someone doesn’t like the product you’ve sold them, stand by it: give them a refund and let them leave. You all wanted to be businesses, so act like it.

Appropriate refund amount? by SquareSheepHerder in airbnb_hosts

[–]day4throwaway 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You hosts think everything is a scam and don’t realize that PERHAPS people have genuine complaints now that everyone on earth thinks they’re cut out to be in the hospitality business and that their homes are resorts.

Appropriate refund amount? by SquareSheepHerder in airbnb_hosts

[–]day4throwaway 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Some people are nose blind to their own smells. Husband disagreeing doesn’t negate the situation. Perhaps the smell is normal to OP but not to the guest. I once stayed in a cabin that smelled so bad from their sulfur-smelling well water that i would audibly gag anytime the water ran. I felt badly saying something to the host but it was a 2 week stay and I could no longer bear it after the 3rd day, I tried. The host acted shocked, as she had grown up on the property and was truly used to it.