I’m interested in this thread. My previous two time guest, a lawyer in her thirties from the UK, made a repeat reservation, that I okayed, seeing her name. Once already approved, I read her explanation that she was making the reservation for her mother, based on my “unbelievable hospitality.”
Perhaps my ego got the better of me and my instincts weren’t set off, assuming the girl’s mom would be somewhere between 50 and 60 years old, since coincidentally, she was here to see her freshman daughter in college.
It was pretty much a nightmare from start to finish, hosting an elderly woman who was virtually helpless, in the realm of arranging her own transportation, operating an iron, plugging in a teapot or getting something for herself three feet away from her reach as opposed to calling me down, and finally, nearly coercing me to “pinch hit” as AMBULACE driver when an EMT was on-site. She wantedti save thewanted to save the ambulanxe
Perhaps realizing I was on my last nerve, 15 minutes until her departure, five hours later than posted check out time, and not having fully checked out, leaving a suitcase behind for me to warehouse until her return ten days later. After me summoning her cab, she decided to roll a suitcase twice her weight to the top of the stairs, thumping and bumping until she could guarantee I would rush to her aid, thus wrenching my back and being in bed for four days.
Whether it was risking her own safety or being a bad acctress, I want nothing to do with being responsible for a guest I foolishly allowed to rope me into servant-hood.
She’s schedule to be back for two days next week, still under her daughter’s name.
What should I do?
