Last month we went on holiday and rented a house via Owners Direct.
In the lead up to the holiday the owner (a man) rang me frequently under to 'see how my holiday plans were going' and to see if there was anything we needed.
It was a bit weird tbh. He'd phone on the weekends and stuff and the conversations would sometimes get personal - like he'd ask me about my job and stuff (I lied and told him I worked somewhere I don't!). And he'd suggested meeting for drink before we left so he could get to know us and tell us about the house, etc. He also seemed to be under the impression I was going to be staying there with my girlfriends. Even though I kept correcting him to say I'd be there with my family, he kept on about meeting up with me and 'my friends'. Needless to say I'd always decline.
It got on my nerves and I thought about cancelling. But the house was lovely and since he was in the UK and the house was abroad I figured once we were there it'd be fine.
Which it was. We had a lovely time. I did get one slightly shirty email from the owner saying 'I thought you would've been in touch with me before you left' which I thought was nuts, but apart from that, the managing agent over there looked after everything very well.
We're back now and last night about 9.30 I got another fucking call from the owner. He sounded shitfaced. Wanted to know how my holiday was and what I thought of the house. I couldn't be bothered to speak to him so pretended it was a bad line and hung up.
This morning I've got an email. Could I ring him today and also leave feedback on the website?
I feel like saying that the house was lovely but we've been really put off by the amount of unnecessary and slightly intrusive contact.
On the one hand I have in the back of my mind that MN thing if women being conditioned to be too nice and being afraid to call out bad behaviour for fear of not seeming polite. So I want to tell him what I think.
On the other hand I wonder whether he's just a bit eccentric and now that we've had our nice holiday maybe there's no point being negative.
What do you think?
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DietCherryColaPlease · 10/09/2013 12:14
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