I have two guys sharing a queen size bed in one of my guest rooms. I'm gay, by the way, so I have no problem with guys sharing a bed, but these are two straight guys. Guess they're cheap.
Anyway, all my guests have been lovely...until now. They didn't respond to my request via the Airbnb platform about their arrival time, so I ended up messaging them using their cell phone number. Now I can't get them back on the Airbnb messaging system, and I've missed a couple of their "requests" as I always respond instantly to anything coming from Airbnb but don't always check my personal messages.
So the first strike against them is "bad communicators". Soon after check-in one of them asked if he could do laundry "at night". He said it was raining so he'd need to wash and dry his clothes after being out all day. OK, no problem. I offer my guests full access to my washer and dryer, but when he said, "at night" I assumed he meant 9 or 10 p.m. At 1 a.m. I am awakened by the sound of a zipper crashing back and forth in the dryer, and a loud cell phone video being played at the table near the laundry area. (My house rules ask for "quiet time" after 10 p.m.) Thinking of my other guests in the room nearest the kitchen, I get out of bed and go, "shhh", there are people sleeping".
Now he is on the fourth (and last) day of his stay, and he has done laundry all four days. My house is not a laundramat! One day he took all my still damp towels and sheets out of the dryer, piled them in a heap, and put his own clothes in. When I went to use the dryer, I carefully folded his laundry, which consisted of 3 pairs of socks, 3 pairs of underwear and 2 t-shirts. We have a water crisis in California! Then one afternoon I hear someone open and closing all the cupboards in my kitchen. Fine, I thought, I tell my guests to feel free to look for cups, dishes, silverware, sugar, etc. in my many cupboards.
However, later that evening I walk into the kitchen and find him munching away at my food, which i keep in the highest, most inaccessible cupboard. The nerve! Not only is my house a laundramat, now it's a restaurant! I didnt' say anything because I was so embarrassed for him. And this is after I went out and bought a large fan for his room after he messaged me that he needed one because he "sleeps hot", even though it's a chilly and wet January outside. They are both working my last nerve. I've never left a guest a bad review, but I so want to punish them and warn other hosts.
Sorry, I just needed to rant here.
I can't wait for them to leave tomorrow morning.
