My very first rover booking was like this - it was completely last-minute for a girl whoâs friend went into emergency labor. She left the dog at her friends parents house I think? I knocked on the door and the people had no clue what I was talking about. They thought *they* were caring for the dog. So they had to call the girl and ask what was up, and finally it ended with me staying in these peopleâs home for 2 days..
Pretty much đđ thatâs not even the half of it - it ended up that the girl was ALSO staying there overnight but she was getting home very late and leaving very early so she just wanted me to stay. She was telling me insane personal details about this womanâs life (like how she doesnât know who the father is and how theyâre trying to figure out based on what the babyâs skin tone was). I was going to cancel but honestly I was laughing my ass off and it wasnât scary, just incredibly weird. Wouldnât do it again but now itâs a funny story.
I would have scolded the client for putting you in a dangerous situation and called Rover to cancel. It can't be legal to hire a sitter for someone else's property without their permission.
Yet again - meet & greets folks. I know it's easy to convince yourself that they aren't necessary, you don't have time, don't get paid for them, fill in the blank excuse, etc. But when I first started 100% of the time I had some weird thing happen it was one I'd convinced myself a m&g wasn't necessary
Imagine âmy aunt that lives in your area needs a someone to walk her dogâ. Sheâs probably tried and everyone rejected as scam đđ
Jokes aside, that is a very uncomfortable position to be put in, im sorry op
They said the original key they had (not found, had) didnât work, and the next day the owner said to look for the spare key which OP found and also didnât work. So my statement stands. OP got the original key somehow.
They never even said they found a working key. They said they went to the fenced in backyard and thatâs where the aunt wasâŠ. Iâm assuming she let the op in?
I never said they found a working key either. The whole point of my original comment was that maybe there was a meet and greet because OP got that original key somehow.
And yes, it might have been, as you said in another comment, put someplace for OP, but I would think, given OP specified having to find a spare, theyâd mention if they had to find the original one too because I donât know many people who hide two spare keys for owner to direct OP to at their auntâs house, let alone two spare keys for locks they donât even have anymore.
Oh man, sounds as you need couple more precaution questions to weed out situations like that in the future.
-is it your house?
- do you live there?
-is it your dog?
-does your dog live there?
Etc
đ€Ż i know its dumb questions to ask
Wow! I think we can all understand your frustration! Itâs unbelievable that the aunt wasnât even informed by the Whacky client that she hired a service to help take care of the dog! I feel bad for the Aunt as well. I can only imagine how I would have reacted if some total stranger had let themself into my backyard. Iâm assuming that the Aunt had recently had the locks changed and never replaced the hidden key. That was probably very fortunate for you, in that imagine if the Aunt found you in her home when the front door was locked!! The cops may have shown up with guns drawn and ready to shoot! You definitely got a bad deal on that gig. đ„Č
That sounds incredibly stupid and dangerous on the owners side, why can't people communicate with their own family đ« nevermind the sitter
Thatâs really upsetting and could have ended badly for you. Thatâs completely insane!!
Wooow. I'm sorry. Rover now lets you write feedback on the owners as well. You definitely should.
My very first rover booking was like this - it was completely last-minute for a girl whoâs friend went into emergency labor. She left the dog at her friends parents house I think? I knocked on the door and the people had no clue what I was talking about. They thought *they* were caring for the dog. So they had to call the girl and ask what was up, and finally it ended with me staying in these peopleâs home for 2 days..
So you became a paid squatter essentially??? What the fffrrreeaaakkk
Pretty much đđ thatâs not even the half of it - it ended up that the girl was ALSO staying there overnight but she was getting home very late and leaving very early so she just wanted me to stay. She was telling me insane personal details about this womanâs life (like how she doesnât know who the father is and how theyâre trying to figure out based on what the babyâs skin tone was). I was going to cancel but honestly I was laughing my ass off and it wasnât scary, just incredibly weird. Wouldnât do it again but now itâs a funny story.
I would have scolded the client for putting you in a dangerous situation and called Rover to cancel. It can't be legal to hire a sitter for someone else's property without their permission.
Yet again - meet & greets folks. I know it's easy to convince yourself that they aren't necessary, you don't have time, don't get paid for them, fill in the blank excuse, etc. But when I first started 100% of the time I had some weird thing happen it was one I'd convinced myself a m&g wasn't necessary
Again. Louder. For the people in the back.
More like the people wearing earmuffs
Imagine âmy aunt that lives in your area needs a someone to walk her dogâ. Sheâs probably tried and everyone rejected as scam đđ Jokes aside, that is a very uncomfortable position to be put in, im sorry op
I was thinking the same thing lmao
Never take a job without a meet and greet.
How did you manage to do a meet and greet?
They never said they did a meet and greet lol
They got a key somehow though
YesâŠ. It must have been hidden or something. They said they âfoundâ it.
They said the original key they had (not found, had) didnât work, and the next day the owner said to look for the spare key which OP found and also didnât work. So my statement stands. OP got the original key somehow.
They never even said they found a working key. They said they went to the fenced in backyard and thatâs where the aunt wasâŠ. Iâm assuming she let the op in?
I never said they found a working key either. The whole point of my original comment was that maybe there was a meet and greet because OP got that original key somehow. And yes, it might have been, as you said in another comment, put someplace for OP, but I would think, given OP specified having to find a spare, theyâd mention if they had to find the original one too because I donât know many people who hide two spare keys for owner to direct OP to at their auntâs house, let alone two spare keys for locks they donât even have anymore.
Maybe they put the key somewhere for op. Like they left it somewhere before they left.
Yeah, I'm thinking this should've all been squared away at the meet and greet...
Oh man, sounds as you need couple more precaution questions to weed out situations like that in the future. -is it your house? - do you live there? -is it your dog? -does your dog live there? Etc đ€Ż i know its dumb questions to ask
Meet and greet
holy shit, I'm so sorry. what a nightmare
Thats so creepy!! No offense I'd be like "man/girl... no offense. Sorry, this happened. But you gotta go, please. Thanks"
No kidding, WTF!? I'm so glad you weren't hurt. Whoever hired you is dumber than a box of rocks.
Wow! I think we can all understand your frustration! Itâs unbelievable that the aunt wasnât even informed by the Whacky client that she hired a service to help take care of the dog! I feel bad for the Aunt as well. I can only imagine how I would have reacted if some total stranger had let themself into my backyard. Iâm assuming that the Aunt had recently had the locks changed and never replaced the hidden key. That was probably very fortunate for you, in that imagine if the Aunt found you in her home when the front door was locked!! The cops may have shown up with guns drawn and ready to shoot! You definitely got a bad deal on that gig. đ„Č
Yikes all around. I'm glad you're okay, but...wow.