To think this house sitter was bloody cheeky?

[Littlefluffyclouds81]

My DM recently got a house sitter for 10 days whilst we all went on holiday. She had used her once before and all seemed fine. She seemed very professional - took detailed information about all the animals, signed contracts, she is fully insured etc.

She was supposed to sleep at my DM's house each night, although my DM was aware that she would need to pop back here and there to exercise her own dogs (she lives with her parents).

She was paid over £600, and for that she had to look after 2 dogs and feed a cat. There are also 2 horses at my mum's, my mum's horse who is a big cob, and my daughter's pony. She wasn't expected to do anything with the horses.

While we were away the house sitter emailed to ask if it would be ok if her partner's kids came to meet the horses. My DM said that was fine. When we got back, my mum had a good chat with her and the house sitter said that the kids had come over and groomed my mum's horse, but not my daughter's pony because she was grumpy (she is grumpy).

I was the first to go into the tack room, and noticed that the bridles weren't in the right place. I didn't really think anything of it. But today my DM said that there is grease on the bottom of her saddle, from where the saddle pad hasn't been put on properly and it has rubbed the horse, which she wouldn't do. Also her bridle had been done up all wrong. The stirrups on both saddles were at different lengths to how they'd been left by Us. She suspected that the house sitter had taken the kids riding on our horses. This was confirmed when she went for a ride around the village today and a neighbour (who has booked the same house sitter) said that the house sitter had emailed a picture with the kid sat on her horse!

Not only is riding someone's horses without their permission incredibly rude, it is also a really stupid thing to do. She knew nothing about our horses, they could have had any kind of quirks, and putting 2 kids on them (when she doesn't appear to know much about horses herself) was just bloody dangerous.

Not only that, but my DM said there's no way that the bed was slept in for 10 nights, so she suspects that the house sitter had left the dogs overnight which she wasn't supposed to do.

WWYD? I absolutely think that something should be said to the house sitter, but my DM is veering towards leaving it, and just locking the tack room if she uses her again! She was paid a lot of money, and in my opinion, took the piss.

[Daffi]

This could be a difficult story to relate to, I have a Skoda and children without a Skoda are allowed to travel in it, but I am not paying anyone 600 for 10 days, although as that is a 24 hr a day role it works out at £2.40p an hour. Sorry, I can't help further.

[Jack100]

Can everyone relax, no one died- just don’t use her again. What’s the big deal here.

[DdraigGoch]

@Jack100

Can everyone relax, no one died- just don’t use her again. What’s the big deal here.

Actually a cat did die.

But as this wis a five year old zombie thread, I expect that the grief has now subsidised.

[Furries]

To the tune of Spider Pig:

Zombie Thread
Zombie thread
Does whatever a zombie thread does

Interesting to look back in time and see that there are always some posters who are deliberately obtuse/argumentative just for the hell of it.

AIBU to want to know what the new kitten looks like now?!

[Terrazzo]

I mean the opening sentence is a massive clue to the zombie status 🙄😂

[Furries]

@Terrazzo - 😂

[SingleMamaG]

It makes you wonder what else she did. Not to be trusted

[Pinkylemons]

God that’s really bad about the horses. What a stupid, reckless thing to do! I’d be absolutely furious.

[Wauden]

It is a fine thing to be able to judge how many days a bed has been laid in. With how many horse riders in it?

[Littlefluffyclouds81]

Haha I feel a little bit honoured that my thread has risen from the dead so I felt compelled to name change back to my old user name to update.

Firstly, it’s funny that 6 years on the salient point still seems to be that my mum is some kind of magician for knowing that bed sheets hadn’t been slept in for 10 nights. If your bedsheets still look/smell the same after 10 nights of 2 people sleeping/shagging in them during the summer, versus say 1 or 2 nights, please share your secrets because I’d love to know how to reduce the amount of laundry I do.

The only really exciting thing to report is that the shitty house sitter is no longer house sitting or responsible for looking after people’s animals, which is a blessed relief for local animals I’m sure.

[SchrodingersImmigrant]

😂
Amazing

[JustJoinedRightNow]

I just read the whole thread and I’m so pleased it’s ended with a 6year post thread update. Thanks OP. Shocking behavior from the house sitter.
Did anything ever happen about the partner and his job in the military?

[CrikeyMatron]

Anyone remember the thread about the elderly male house sitter who left a big dildo down the side of the sofa and played naked tennis? How big is your mother’s ‘kitten’ now @Littlefluffyclouds81?

[Littlefluffyclouds81]

@justjoinedrightnow no I gather he’s still in the military. This thread inspired me to have a little stalk of the house sitter online (for the first time in years, I’d completely forgotten all about her). Turns out now they have a child together and she’s started a really cringy blog all about being an unmarried partner of a military man, as if she’s spearheading some brazenly brilliant new way of doing things, when in fact as we all know actually she’s leaving herself vulnerable to getting completely fucked over if he buggers off or dies. Oh well.

@CrikeyMatron Cat-a-ham grew up into a fine fellow, and a year after getting him my mum got his full sister from another litter, they are both gorgeous. They get fed prawns several times per day, and my mum’s DP often gets relegated to the spare room because now with two cats there’s just not enough room for him in the bed. She’s mad. Will see if I can find a pic.

[Littlefluffyclouds81]

Here’s the most indulged cats in the universe, Cat-a-ham is the one on the right.

[CrikeyMatron]

Those felines have got it bloody made @Littlefluffyclouds81

All hail Cat-a-ham!

[FunMcCool]

@Littlefluffyclouds81 did you ever hear from them CO on this?

[ifIwerenotanandroid]

Aw. The nicest kind of update!