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[Laura2592]

Does it deliver? I forgot my supply. (first questions after check in.) 

Ay yi yi. This is going to be fun. We leave guests a bottle of wine if they say they drink it (this one did.) And there are some small bottles of rum from a guest who visited a local distillery and left them for us. That should get them through until tomorrow. But what do I know? SIngle guest BTW.  

[Laura2592]

Maybe I am being paranoid. I have just not had that as the first question out of the gate. So far no issues and it only appears to be one car. 

[Mike-And-Jane0]

@Laura2592 Having experienced the plethora of different laws across different states with respect to selling alcohol I see no issue with the question asked by your guest. We are lucky that in the UK every supermarket and many corner shops sell alcohol but depending where your guest is from it is entirely possible he doesn't even know what sort of shops in your state serve what types of alcohol (unless things have changed in the last 20 years).

[Laura2592]

@Mike-And-Jane0 good point, but the guest is from my same state, nearer to a major city, a hour and change away. Many of my guests are from the same state or neighboring states. There should be some familiarity with regional laws. 

[Debra300]

@Anonymous,

All of the people that I know who intend to imbibe adult beverages always take stock of their preferred liquor, and perform the necessary steps to purchase it if running out.  This guy sounds like another potential "Nick Cage type bridegroom throwing a lit firelog on the porch".  Unfortunately, sense and common were not what got married.

[Anonymous]

@Laura2592  That's funny how all of us seemed to just assume the guest was male...I'm not even sure why. But still, what's sauce for the gander is sauce for the goose...

@Debra300 Where I live, there are several convenience stores within a block where one can buy booze and snacks 24/7, and more recently there are several apps that deliver it to the door in minutes, so this is one thing I'm not used to planning ahead for. In most aspects I tend to overprepare when traveling, but when I get to a new place I'm always a little caught off guard when the occasion calls for a certain kind of drink.

I think of the time I was visiting a friend in France, and we were tasked with grabbing with a bottle of chilled white wine for an impromptu party. My idea of France was that you could practically pluck that sort of thing off a tree, but we actually had to go to 5 shops in a hysterical dash around the city center before we found the right thing. And that was with a native of the city, as well as a smartphone with Google and so forth. When we finally arrived to the party and explained why we were so late, the host rolled his eyes and said "why didn't you just ask? The wine shop is next door."

[Ute42]

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@Laura2592   2

Actually, this guest could be me. I'm drinking quite a lot, especially when reading the CC.

Here's a post from one of my drinking sessions, this was on the occasion of the famous „puddles in Seattle“ thread back in sept last year.

When I was finally completely drunk, I slept soundly through the night and didn't disturb anyone. Not all drinkers are causing problems.

cc:  @Mark116 @Anonymous @Debra300 @Colleen253 

[Colleen253]

🤣@Ute42 

@Laura2592 Well, if there’s still only one vehicle in the drive, and no signs of a party, the only thing left to worry about is a drunken guest having fallen down your 1850’s schoolhouse stairs. But if the guest is an experienced drinker, that probably won’t have happened. As @Ute42 confirms, not all drinkers are causing problems.😉

[Sarah977]

@Laura2592 The most reclusive guest I've had in my private room was a nice guy, friendly enough, just seemed somewhat socially uncomfortable. He didn't he hole up in his room all day, he went to the beach everyday and presumably ate out, because he didn't use the kitchen other than to put a couple beers in the fridge.

When he checked out, I was astounded at the number of empty liquor bottles in his room, considering he was out half the day-some beer but mostly hard liquor. 

I had less interaction with him than most of my guests, as he kept to himself, but he never appeared to be drunk, which I sure would be if I consumed as much alcohol as he did in 5 days. But I realized he was a closet alcoholic and that might have accounted for his reclusive demeanor.

Gee, every week you seem to get yet another oddball communication 🙂

[Laura2592]

@Sarah977 Not every week. Just most weeks. My last guest was also a host and very normal 🙂

[Laura2592]

Just an update on this-- the guest went to the neighbors and knocked on the door because she locked herself out. We have a keypad with a code. The neighbor contacted me and I gave them the code. They let the guest in. The neighbor said the guest was polite but obviously tipsy. Got a few questions this morning about where to find various things in the house and how to order delivery in the area. Not sure why I wasn't contacted about the code. Just watching this stay with fingers crossed.  I understand everyone handles drinking differently and not trying to shame, but I do have concerns about a guest wandering around by themselves in my unfamiliar house for several days of uninterrupted booziness.  Hopefully they have it all under control and my concerns are unnessecary.

[Sarah977]

@Laura2592  Good luck. Locking herself out right off the bat isn't a great portent of things to come, but fingers crossed for you. Just hope she doesn't go wandering out in the snow and pass out somewhere in the bush.

Maybe you should ask your neighbor to phone you if he notices or hears anything concerning, as it seems he's already aware that she's a drinker.

[Laura2592]

@Sarah977  she just texted that she is taking a bath and can't figure out how to work the stopper.  Praying she doesn't figure it out and pass out in the tub....

This is going to be a long stay. 

[Emilia42]

@Laura2592 Boozing aside. This guest reminds me of that older couple you hosted awhile back who would text you throughout their stay with little comments and questions to no end. Every once in a while I get a guest that just has to talk. By talk, I mean to bombard you with nothingness. Every single one of their questions could quickly and easily be answered with a google search or simply by opening their eyes. And what's with the steam of messages during dinner hour to tell me that they used all the tissues in the second bedroom but not to worry because there is a full box in the bathroom?? But then when something pressing emerges, they suddenly forget how to use their phone to notify you/ask for help. There has to be a specific personality type for these people. I'm meeting more and more of them.

[Sarah977]

@Emilia42  The house sitter from hell I had several years ago would email me almost daily to say things like she turned the dishdrainer around the other way and it works much better like that.

My friend who I was staying with in Canada would ask me every morning "What did she email today?" It was our daily entertainment over coffee , like a TV series.

[Laura2592]

@Emilia42 this is a guest with a LOT of stays under her belt. So she has to be somewhat familiar with how things work. Most hosts I have stayed with have a house guide of some sort. We have a pretty detailed one with a page titled "Where is...?" and a list of commonly asked-for items. All of the things she has asked about, save the tub stopper (which is obviously self explanatory as no one in over 100 guest stays has ever inquired about how to use it) are listed in the house guide. 

I will say that on occasion when I myself have over-imbibed I have gotten really texty 🙂