There’s an art to staying over at a friend’s house. You can’t just show up, eat all the food out of their fridge, spread your clothes all over the place, and expect to get an invite back. A host is doing you an absolute solid by letting you sleep on their couch while you’re visiting …
Seguir leyendo ‘You’re not quirky. You’re just a bad guest with boundary issues’: Entitled 22-year-old houseguest uses her hosts toothbrush, calls her uptight and aggressive for having a problem with it
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‘Your lack of finances is not our concern’: Dinner party guest breaks trinket bowl, refuses to replace it when hosts demand $1200 payment
There are few more embarrassing yet common social faux pas than accidentally breaking something that somebody else owns. Even when the event was pretty much unavoidable, it is hard not to feel careless and dumb as you take responsibility for ruining the property of a friend or acquaintance. What makes this event even more stressful, …
Seguir leyendo ‘Your lack of finances is not our concern’: Dinner party guest breaks trinket bowl, refuses to replace it when hosts demand $1200 payment
Baby shower guest prompts discourse after complaining about being asked to buy mom gift from a registry: ‘No one owes you a gift because you got pregnant’
One of many undeniable truths about parenthood is that kids are expensive. Even those parents who do their best to make the most of hand-me-downs, thrift shops, and good old-fashioned budgeting find that keeping a whole other person or several alive takes a chunk out of their income that wasn’t there before. You can try …
Seguir leyendo Baby shower guest prompts discourse after complaining about being asked to buy mom gift from a registry: ‘No one owes you a gift because you got pregnant’
Hotel guest snaps at receptionist after she messes up his room assignment 3 times in a row: ‘The third room wasn’t even cleaned yet—there were towels on the floor and an unmade bed’
When you work in the service industry long enough, you can start to believe that customers intentionally scream and holler at you for their own sick pleasure. If you work at a busy restaurant or a retail store during the holiday season, you’re bound to get treated like you’re sub-human at least once per shift, …
Seguir leyendo Hotel guest snaps at receptionist after she messes up his room assignment 3 times in a row: ‘The third room wasn’t even cleaned yet—there were towels on the floor and an unmade bed’
22-year-old woman lets friend crash at her apartment for free, friend gets pregnant and insists host get rid of her cats: ‘Her baby is not your responsibility’
When you’re staying at someone’s house, you don’t get much say in what they do with their space. They’re doing you a huge favor, so you don’t get to chime in about what they’re doing or not doing. You’re a guest in their space, and what they say goes. You may not love that Urban …
Seguir leyendo 22-year-old woman lets friend crash at her apartment for free, friend gets pregnant and insists host get rid of her cats: ‘Her baby is not your responsibility’