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O yes, definitely! We all remember Shawn, the shower guy:joy:
If it was only multiple showers a day. Then there were âgirlfriendsâ half his age that very much looked like hookers, and sex all night with sounds straight from porn videos. Laundry every day with 2 pairs of underwear swimming on extra load. Open windows with AC blasting. Horrible elephant sound he made with his nose at all hours . Phone conversations at 5 am. Arguing with us about everything, drinking like fish every day. And then finally moving out one day suddenly and taking all my hangers:joy:
bahahahahhahahhah, Yana you crack me up! I have had elephant honkers myself and whatâs bad is I live upstairs and can hear them honking through the walls! Sometimes later on I discover that the walls were not spared the honking junk. Ewwww, sorry for the bad image!
Yana, you are definitely a writerâŚa colorful writer! (Where is that other thread about writersâŚ!) You are so fun to read because everything comes to life with your descriptions. I remember those odd-ball guests of yours and I am chuckling and hitting the wrong keys as I am typing.
Youâve added a couple more descriptions which add to my âjoyâ. Now I am picturing two of Shawnâs underwear twirling round and round on their own in the washing machine and his âelephantâ sound nose-blowing.
Hehehe⌠thank you @SandyToes for liking how I write . @konacoconutz, itâs is eww, I am drinking coffee as I read, thatâs gross!
Shawn did not blow his nose , he kind of made these sounds out of habit. Even when he was talking to me. But it was all day long and even at night.
I forgot to also mentioned 80 shirts. I am
Not joking , I calculated them when I was cleaning in his room . Which I would not care if he did not take all my 80 hangers
The thumbs down is helpful but the hotel comment is insufficient. The guest in the OP might be fine in a private room that had itâs own bathroom and was at the other end of the house. But loud anything, even snoring, doesnât work well in my private room next door to mine.
âThis guest would be better suited to staycations at home.â
I spoke with an Airbnb rep this morning and told him that I wanted to resolve this issue. I suggested either to alter my review of X, by explicitly stating that it was my strong suspicion the house rules were broken rather than a proven fact, or to have the review removed completely along with her review of me ( not my ideal choice, because I would rather have the imperfect review I wrote remain for others to see ); or suggest an alternative he thought would be the right course of action in a situation such as this one. He concluded that neither of our reviews violated any Airbnb policies, so both would remain unchanged. As for a potential lawsuit, he essentially suggested I wait until I receive a summons ( if ever ) and he will escalate the issue to their legal department then.
I guess I will just sit tight for now.
I would definitely not rely on the judgement of a twenty-one year old AirBNB customer service agent to determine your final course of action here.
I think the ethical and judicious move here is to edit your review so that it doesnât make assumptions and doesnât appear judgmental of her moral character: âI suspect she broke my house rule about registered guests âŚâ seems sufficient, in addition to your remark about inappropriate behavior in shared spaces.
lol Airbnb are a joke lately. How on earth can a review that contains conjecture not contravene Airbnb policy? Only a few months ago they removed @konacoconutz 's review because it was hearsay (apparently!).
No⌠you should not even post a supposition. Just the facts or nothing at all.
The first CSR she talked to wonât allow an edit, so I think she should keep escalating and either edit the assumption out or remove it entirely.
She can escalate but I wouldnât be suprised if theyâve just decided to shut it down. Itâs like Airbnb make their decisions based on which way the wind blows.
Airbnb : Oh itâs a westerly wind today? Then today we can ignore all the guidance and conditions weâve written on writing reviews.
Yes⌠that is why I say keep escalating. They only reinstated the review Zandra mentions because I made my brother a co host and apparently co host may be a party to the review. In escalating to twitter, a supervisor agreed with me and reinstated it.
I still feel guilty because my poor brother had to deal with my second worst guests ever during his holiday to Hawaii.
My terrible review of these guests now stands. Thank goodness!
I totally agree that the suspicion shouldnât be mentioned (esp when the guest confirmed that this wasnât correct prior to her checking out) but OP seems pretty determined to put it in.
Well⌠Iâm nearly 40 and I look like Iâm in my twenties. Some of us are lucky (or maybe unlucky) in that department.
And I just want to add no this isnât self delusion; this is much younger people talking to me, asking my age and fainting in shock when I tell them the truth.
I have had elephant honkers myself and whatâs bad is I live upstairs and can hear them honking through the walls! Sometimes later on I discover that the walls were not spared the honking junk. Ewwww, sorry for the bad image!
for now.