@Ann72 Well, I didn't come up with that one myself, like I said, I'd be stealing it, but I also thought it was hilarious when I saw it.
Yes, I joke around a lot with my guests. I had a guest a month ago who had stayed for about 8 days. We got along well and had some great conversations. She was a seasoned traveler and had used Airbnb a lot- she was a really nice and savvy guest. For instance, as soon as she got settled in her room, she called me up to point out that the little shelf in the closet was loose- almost falling off the wall, in fact. She wasn't complaining- she knew to point out things that were broken or almost broken when she checked in, so she wouldn't get blamed as a guest. I had also checked her reviews before I accepted her booking- they were all great and there were lots of them. She had also reviewed all her hosts nicely- if there was something amiss, she just mentioned it in a factual manner, rather than some kind of nasty rant.
On her last night here, she called me up to her room, saying there were suddenly a bunch of ants running around. I went up, and indeed there were about 20-(ants are very prevalent where I live) but they were sort of randomly running around on the walls and ceiling of the bathroom- likely scouts looking for place for the rest of the crew to deposit their eggs.
I said I could go get my insect spray, but asked the guest whether she really wanted to sleep in an insecticide-filled room or whether we should just kill them. We opted to kill them, smashing them with shoes. It was pretty funny, I was up on a chair trying to get the ones near the ceiling, she was smushing the ones lower down. In the midst of it, I turned to her and said "Just don't mention it in the review, okay?"
She didn't.
