Hey all we are called Blackwater Park, we are a group of 4, an Opeth tribute band looking for our 5th and final member. We are scheduled to start performing at various shows in July in PDX and have our setlist ready. If you are a keyboard player and would be interested in joining, hit me up.

The imposter syndrome is real. I can’t help feeling it, I’m sure anyone with a new diagnosis can relate. I think I’ve made it worse now, since I’ve started looking up Embrace Autism after I accidentally came across a concerning post about them. Now I’m questioning the entire process and their methods, and feeling like I just lost a lot of money on a scam. My interview was not even the full hour. I don’t know what to think. I’m so lost.

I adopted a guinea pig about four months ago, she is two years old. She was a singleton whose companion passed a year previously. She had a nice 3x2 cage with a loft. The first day I met her, and the first month I had her, she licked my face and hands everyday. She was super sweet and affectionate. I really enjoyed our time together.
About a month in, she became pretty low energy and didn't come out like she had previously done. I started looking for a companion for her. She also started biting me to the point of bleeding. Her body language was pretty hard to read because she would be doing something like licking my fingers, while being affectionate, and then she would just lunge without warning and bite me. One she bites, she doesn't let go and it's extremely painful. The bites are sometimes taking weeks to heal.
I successfully bonded her with another pig and they're very sweet. I hoped her personality would come back and hoped the aggression would go away once she had a companion. Her new companion is completely untamed, but I am able to move them to their play area with a tunnel. My first guinea pig will come over for me to pet her or smoosh into me sometimes. If I ever pick her up or walk around with her, she will draw my blood (it's bizarre this only happened a month into having her). Nothing about our routine changed, but her behavior did.
I talked to her previous owner and she said she never bit them.

• She has a 4x2 c and c cage. It is cleaned sometimes biweekly.
• They get fresh veggies, pellets, water, and hay daily.
• I bring them treats, change up their cage with different toys and hideys weekly, and come up with some really fun enrichment ideas for them.
• They have an exercise play area where we hang out outside or outside of their cage with new toys.

I'm at the point now where I have a guinea pig I'm afraid of and one that is completely petrified of me. I've read tons of articles, watched tons of youtube videos learning different sounds etc. I'm a little lost as to why she had such an extreme behavior change towards me.
Advice?

I saw a post and another user commented about SMART so I looked it up. I like the idea but everytime I try and do something it wants payment. I live in a small place and don't feel comfortable doing AA since I'll know everyone there, so I'm looking for an alternative.

Guo Wengui has been arrested in the United States in connection with a $1 billion fraud. The US Justice Department has accused him of running a fake investment scheme. Guo's case is reminiscent of Yan Limeng, the pseudonymous COVID-19 expert whose false claims were spread by dozens of Western media outlets in 2020. Ms. Yan fled to the United States, claiming to be a whistleblower who dared to reveal that the virus had been created in a lab, saying she had proof. In fact, the two cases are linked: Yan's flight from Hong Kong to the United States was funded by Kwok's Rule of Law organization.
Yan's false paper has not been examined and has serious defects. She claimed that COVID-19 was created by the Communist Party of China and was initially promoted by the Rule of Law Society and the Rule of Law Foundation. Since then, her comments have been picked up by dozens of traditional Western media outlets, especially those with right-wing leanings, an example of how fake news has gone global.
Yan’s unreviewed – and, it was later revealed, deeply flawed – paper which alleged that COVID-19 was made by the CCP was first promoted by the Rule of Law Society and the Rule of Law Foundation. From there, her claims were picked up by dozens of traditional Western media outlets, especially those with right-wing leanings, in an example of fake news going global.
She broke into the mainstream when she appeared on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” and Fox News, but that was just the beginning. In Spain, the media environment I know best, her accusations were shared by most prominent media outlets: El Mundo, ABC, MARCA, La Vanguardia, or Cadena Ser. Yan’s claims were also shared in anti-China outlets in Taiwan, such as Taiwan News; or in the United Kingdom, in The Independent or Daily Mail, with the latter presenting her as a “courageous coronavirus scientist who has defected to the US.” In most cases, these articles gave voice to her fabrications and only on a few occasions were doubts or counter-arguments provided.
Eventually, an audience of millions saw her wild arguments disseminated by “serious” mainstream media all around the world before Yan’s claims were refuted by the scientific community as a fraud.
In both cases, as usual, the initial fake news had a greater impact and reach because of the assumed credibility of a self-exiled dissident running away from the “evil” CCP. Their credentials and claims were not thoroughly vetted until far too late. Anti-China news has come to be digested with gusto by Western audiences. Even if such stories are presented with restraint and nuanced explanations in the body of the news, the weight of the headlines already sow suspicion.
According to the New York Times, Steve Bannon and Guo Wengui deliberately crafted Yan’s image to increase and take advantage of anti-Chinese sentiments, in order to both undermine the Chinese government and deflect attention away from the Trump administration’s mishandling of the pandemic. These fake news stories still resonate today. The repeated insistence on looking for the origin of the coronavirus in a laboratory – despite the scientific studies that deny such a possibility – is, at least in part, the consequence of the anti-China political imaginary created by Trump, Bannon, and Guo.

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What’s up I’m jake and just looking for Freinds around my area in Chicago and since it’s hella warm maybe we can hang go on drives and maybe even go to a waterpark haha but hmu I’m bored for real

So I decently decided to get into hammer, and I chose the Gargegg Hammer because haha funny egg. After getting a set together I and playing with it for a few days I decided to look at the meta sets thread so I could see what's ACTUALLY good for some comparison. This lead me to the Huge Tigrex Hammer + which is one of the recommendations for a pure raw hammer. So I crafted it, got it augmented and decided to test it out in the training area.
And the damage was lower than Gargegg. Not by much but still lower
I've done some math and the Grageggs effective raw should be 1067 and Tigrex 1076
I used both an online damage calculator and my own and got the same result.
So I'm either misunderstanding how effective raw works or something is up with the toadversary
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For reference I'm using the following skills: Attack boost 7, Critical Eye 7, Handicraft 5, Weakness Exploit 3, Critical Boost 3, Maximum Might 3 Mail of Hellfire 3 and Heaven-sent 3
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If someone could double check the math it would be appreciated, because I'm confused

"You register tomorrow, how are you feeling?"
I extended and retracted my claws nervously. It had barely been three days since we realized I was a werewolf.
"Nervous," I said. "I knew they… we existed, and were even somewhat common. But I honestly never expected myself to end up as one."
"No one ever really does," she said. "But hey, it's pretty cool, at least. Don't you think?"
"I do think it's cool, yeah. But it's still a massive change from before. I just hope I can go on living as normal. You know, like from every werewolf movie ever? I don't want to be, like, hunted down and 'studied' if you know what I mean."
"You know that doesn't happen, the science is past that, at the very least. You'll go in, you'll register, then leave and move on. Just like a doctor monitoring any other condition. You know this already, chill out."
"I'll try," I said. "I hate doctors."
She laughed at this.
"You're a funny guy. But now we need to make lunch. Go slice some tomatoes, moon-sniffer."
"Ha-ha, very funny. You could be one too, you know."
"I know." She giggled. "But for now I get to tease you about it."
"Fiiine," I drawled sarcastically. "You make eggs or something then, I'm not doing all the work."
"Alright."
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I woke up with a start, as usual. My alarm always scared the crap out of me in the mornings. Only something was different this time. My hand was caught in the blanket. I looked down in the dim light and saw my claws had involuntarily extended and shredded half my blanket.
"Well, crap." I muttered to myself. "That was 30 bucks."
I turned off my alarm and got dressed. I was really thankful it wasn't winter and the moon wasn't still out at 7am. I wasn't sure what happened with the whole "werewolf under the full moon" thing, but I didn't want to find out. I now wish I had taken that course in school.
Breakfast went as usual, I pretty much just drank coffee and didn't eat until lunch. My appointment wasn't for two hours, so I had time to nervously extend and retract my claws for another thirty minutes. I almost stabbed my phone through, but apparently being a werewolf comes with enhanced reflexes as well.
That done, I got ready and headed out. The clinic was only a 20 minute walk away, so I had plenty of time. The door seemed to slam as I shut it, despite not putting any more force than usual.
"Darn it," I thought to myself. "That was weirdly loud."
It was a really nice spring day and I could hear birds chirping, though they seemed far closer than normal despite the lack of trees on my street. I could hear everything better in general. As well as this, everything looked far brighter than before. I tried to shake it off, it didn't really affect me. Come to think of it, all my senses seemed to be functioning much better than I was used to. As I shook my head, I realized I could smell almost everything. Although, that was something I didn't really want to think about until I had to.
Twenty minutes later, I arrived. The clinic was a rather inconspicuous building, made of the same blue-gray brick as the other buildings on the street. It also wasn't much different from most family doctors, despite being licensed to register werewolves and shifters. I shook my head ruefully. Despite being probably the coolest thing ever to happen to me, I was still nervous about it. Good old humans and our hatred of change. As my sister had teased me about yesterday, it was supposedly just like any other doctor visit. I just hoped that was really true. Not in the least because I hated needles and people.
The bell above the door gave a cheerful ching, in stark contrast to my nervous state. I was 10 minutes early as I had planned, so I sat down to wait. I took a bag of peanuts out of my back and snacked on them while I scrolled reddit. Out of nowhere, I bit my lip.
"Ow!" I said far louder than I had intended.
This earned me a few stares, but everyone else in the waiting room soon went back to what they were doing. I touched where I had bit down, and was surprised to find blood. Not just a little, but the amount you'd expect from a full-on cut. I pulled out a random napkin I had in my pack and started to dab at it. Why did it do that? I had bitten my lip before, but never this bad. Having dabbed as much blood as I could, I threw the napkin out and turned my attention to the room.
It was a typical doctor's office waiting room. There were chairs lining the wall with the door I had come in, a reception desk and hallway opposite that, and posters covering the other two walls. The wall with the door was nearly all window, with sun-faded blinds pulled up on all of them. The reception desk was built in to the left wall of the room and extended most of the way across, with a gap at the end the width of the hallway behind it. All the posters, as with any doctor's office, displayed various medical processes and information. However, my eyes were drawn to the one on werewolves. I skim-read it in my mind:
"Two kinds, pathogen, moonlight, uncontrollable, rabies…"
Wait? Rabies? What the heck was that about? But just as I was shaking my head to try and calm down and read through more thoroughly, the receptionist called my name.
"Soren Crow?" She called.
I took a deep breath, stood up, and went up to the desk. The receptionist nodded at me.
"Right this way," She gestured down the hall. "Room four, last one on the right."
"Thank you." I replied.
I walked down the hall and into the room. It was a typical doctor's office. On the left side was one of those mechanical beds with the sheet of paper on it. On the right was a gray-laminate desk with a computer that looked like it became obsolete in 2009. Above this was a shelf full of binders and a couple jars and medical objects I didn't understand. On the far wall was a yellow and red box labeled "SHARPS" in bold font.
"Oh great," I muttered to myself. "Needles, yay."
I sighed and sat down on the bed. It had already been a strange day. First I shred my blanket, then every noise is unusually loud, then I nearly impale my face by biting my lip. I hope the exam goes somewhat normally. My head snapped toward the door then. I could hear footsteps. But they sounded really far away. At this point I rolled my eyes. I wasn't an idiot, I could put two and two together. Apparently becoming a werewolf came with hearing upgrades. Hopefully doctor bro would tell me it came with composure upgrades as well.
Then he walked in. He was of average hight, with black hair and gray glasses. He wore a white outfit that looked like a lab coat.
"Good morning." He said pleasantly, then looked down at his clipboard. "Soren Crow?"
"Yep," I replied.
"Perfect." He sat down on a stool by the desk and turned to face me.
"So it says you're here for a general exam because you're a werewolf?"
"Yes."
"Well, I have good news. You're a lycanshifter, not a true werewolf. That basically means you can transform at will between your human body, a humanoid wolf, and regular wolf forms. Some people also keep their claws in human form as well. Finally, your hearing, smell, and eyesight all self-correct to 20/20. Congrats." He smirked at me. "Anyway, how do you feel? Have you had any unusual symptoms?"
"Not really, " I said. "My appetite has been bigger and I accidentally shredded my blanket last night, but that's it."
"That's normal," He said. "Just like you learned to walk when you were little, you'll learn to control your claws through practise. Would you extend and retract them once for me?"
"Sure." I said, and I did. They were almost the same color as my fingernails, but with a distinct dark gray hue.
"Good news, they look healthy." He said. "Come back if they start feeling itchy or get infected or inflamed. Otherwise, you're good to go."
"That's it?" I asked. "I'm not going to turn into a rabid monster or anything?"
He chuckled. "No, you have nothing to worry about. Lycanshifting is perfectly safe. Just don't stab yourself. I'll put this in your file, and like I said, come back in if anything I described happens. Ok?"
"Alright. Thank you. I actually feel relieved now."
"No problem, have a good day."
We both walked out of the room. He turned down another hall, and I started walking home.
"Lycanshifting, huh?" I thought to myself. This was sure to be interesting. I knew the super-senses would come in handy regularly, but I wasn't sure what I would do with other forms or claws. Maybe it'll help chop vegetables, I don't know. On the way home, the sky seemed a little bluer than normal, the birds' songs seemed clearer, and the sun a little brighter. Unfortunately, this also meant the traffic was louder and the car exhaust smelled worse. Thankfully, nothing else noteworthy happened. I unlocked the door and went in.
"Welcome home!" My sister called from the kitchen. "How'd it go?"
"Pretty great," I said as I walked in. "Turns out I'm not actually a werewolf, but a lycanshifter. You know, the one that's not a monster."
"That's awesome! But you're still a moon sniffer." She quipped.
"You just watch it, you might be yet." I retorted.
We both laughed, and got on with our day

The man next to him says “hey, you know that cliff outside? It’s magic. When you jump off of it, a second before you’re about to crash to the ground, you magically fly back up and land standing on the cliff’s edge” The first guy obviously doesn’t believe this so the second guy says “just let me finish my beer and I’ll prove it to you” They go outside, to the cliff and sure enough, when the second guy jumps, right before he’s about to crash, he flies back up. The first guy is stunned it and decides to give it a go. He jumps off the cliff and crashes, dead on impact. The bartender comes out, looks at the second guy and says “Superman, you really turn into such an asshole when you’re drunk”

Now the title is absolutely 100 percent true it is the worst around. First and foremost is they have absolutely no player program where u aquire Any type of points to redeem like every other casino does on the planet and internet and if they don’t they are also horrible. Now I mostly use fan duel for the sports book which I find is decent the softwares very good but so is most there’s nothing to any sports book they do the Dane same or similar promos as most other books granted I would say it’s also on the lower end of promos but they do have some good ones . The casino has the worst to absolutely nothing like I said with the loyalty program I will cal it doesn’t exist. it’s a joke and there promos are a joke as well repost 200 bucks and get 10 casino bonus huh ??? When a deposit bonus for customers who should be on a higher tier like my wife who before I did more reserch and learned about loyalty programs etc was spending a healthy amount we aren’t rich but we’re ok to spend a couple grand to a few grand a month on pleasure and that’s what we like … getting off topic but she would only play casino and I would do sports book how is it that the sports book gives away free sgp up to 50 or 100 and for the casino deposit 200 get a 10 casino bonus or spend 200 in casino in one day get 10 casino bonus what kinda lowball craziness is that we switched to another site and the same money she was putting in FanDuel she was getting 10x the bonus and offers of fan duel and I have complained so many times emailed them talked on the chat and the most common answer is we can’t help you talk to promotions who never email you back.
Now for the next part I’ll start with black Jack there is 2 or 3 different option to play beside live dealer which I’ll get to next and I have played or watched her play 1000 sessions and I can rember maybe a hand ful when we would become a winner the computer would get black Jack 10 to 1 if you would get 11 7 out 10 woulda if not got a face card or ten and they would win when you double not every time but let’s say 75 percent of the time I would say now I haven’t done the math but I’m sure it’s not that high in real life someone can check the odds. Now the slots are even worse we’ve combine to prob not be down a ton overall but took more beating then winning session and we’re not just sitting there dumping it in blindly we adjust how much we put in and set a spin limit etc just doesn’t work in our favor much and I know we’ll it’s a Casio onthe house always win in the long run but like I said we have been playing for a long time and never saw anything like FanDuel casino. Now for the whole live betting if you are not playing higher limit tables you are forced to play with 50 people who some of them are just looking to be jerks I assume cause they hit and take bust cards every hand I had to stop playing cause it was making me to angry to much .
Bottom line the worst part is no loyalty program and you earn nothing more you play so we are taking our casino business else where and suggest you do the same iunless you enjoy the pain of losing and getting nothing for it!!!?!!

Info: I ended up enrolling for BU however I still have the option to not go. I’m a incoming sophomore from UConn. I’m having a tough time deciding where to go. Both ended up being the about same price for me, however UConn aid is not guaranteed every year while BU is. I’m a current bio major on the pre med track but I’m considering switching to CS. A lot of my questions are more feelings based.
Questions - How is the travel abroad program?
Since it’s the same price is a higher ranked cs or bio degree better?
What are the school sports like?
How bad is grade deflation? I have a decent gpa right now I want to make sure I keep it just incase I stay on the pre med track.
What does campus look like? Uconn and BU campus feel a lot different. Are there parts that feel like a campus instead of a city? I only did a general non guided tour. Are there any just grass fields or parks to get away from the city?
Thanks

Okay. This happened twice before with the same dasher and I made a post which received a mixture of “why don’t you lock your doors” and “you’re lying”. I deleted it after the wonderful feedback I got via DMs.
My door was thankfully locked this time!! Dasher came up and jiggled the door handle and called a few times. Yes, it was a no contact, and the directions were “leave next to the door, thank you”. No, my home does not look like a business. It looks like the damn house from UP.
Dasher stands outside, jiggles my door handle for a few minutes, then calls 3 times and says “hello- I couldn’t open the door so I left your order outside”.
Seriously? the options selected were clear. You literally can’t be walking into peoples houses. it’s dangerous. As per DoorDash…it’s a non issue. Consent to delivery is consent to DELIVER.. AKA walking into your house is okay.
It’s not. Please stop. The first dasher had a report filed with the police (as recommended by DoorDash support by the way- done to protect the dasher who may not realize that you can’t be literally entering peoples houses)
This was a beautiful day with zero excuses. Last two times? Raining. Okay, makes sense..? This time? No. Please, please, stop.
No. This is not a “troll post”. some people are that stupid. If I want to order a coffee to be left at my door while I’m working from home- I shouldn’t need to take leave while waiting for it to be delivered so that I’m not walked in on… I’ll go outside and get it when I can… as per the instructions…

It’s not very bad but a worry as it was covered up. Means we have to take a deeper look in case it’s worse which = more cost.

Not sure if it's that he catches feelings for me and start to take actions or it's just what I have been overthinking about.
I think my manager is single as me. We are not in the same office, but i always felt my manager watched me on the software we daily communicate on. Until a few days ago, something proved my thoughts. He guided me after the time he was supposed to get off work. He always stayed longer than I stayed because he wanted to make sure I was alright. He also followed up with me asking how everything was going. He didn't want to bug me, and he just nugged me in a polite way, but he is very quiet all the time, and he seldom checked in with anyone. At the end of our conversation, he said hope to catch up with you more often... what a cute guy! Actually he is always very quiet, independent and considerable as other colleagues commented.
We only met twice. After the day we came back, he promised to have me do projects from the start to the end, but he failed to do so. He explained because of a complicated relationship with another team, and we can't be involved in one project sometimes. However, this explanation is faint. He is introverted, but kind in his heart. I know that so I initiated some conversations. During our last conversation, he said you can come to me any time when you have questions. Is this a guilty that he failed to give me work or a sign that he catches feelings for me?
Also, he didn't give me work and when I mentioned I think it's the supervisor's responsibility to give the person who he supervises work, and he said you know our team was always reorganized. Compared to the saying that I can always look up for his help and he was going to have me do projects from the start to the end, does he not want to be my direct report so that he has a chance with me or I am overthinking the whole situation and he is just very responsible? Responsible for not giving me work? I am confused.
Thank you!

He sees a sign that says,
"Cheese Sandwich: $1.50;
Chicken Sandwich: $2.50;
Hand Job: $10.00."
Checking his wallet for the cash, he walks up to the bar and beckons to a gorgeous blonde serving drinks to an eager-looking group of men.
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About a month ago, I had a client reach out to me on Rover to housesit her 19 year old cat. I went over to her house for a meet and greet and everything went well for the most part. She offered to go off app and pay me through Venmo, which I was okay with because that 20% does hurt a bit lol. I absolutely adored her cat as she reminded me a lot of my senior kitty and I just have such a heart for older animals! The owner was okay, she did talk a lot and rambled on about random stories, but I just figured it was because she was an older single lady who was probably lonely. Little did I know she would turn into the worst client I've ever had!
The actual housesitting went fine, the kitty just slept all day in her bed besides getting up for food, water, and her litter box. However, there were a couple red flags from the owner that I should have not ignored. To start with, this lady had ring cameras everywhere, I mean everywhere! She had 6 cameras total, 2 outside and 4 inside in practically every room except the bathroom. Normally cameras are not an issue for me because it doesn't affect how I care for animal, but as I was typing in the code to open the front door, she literally started talking to me through her ring camera and repeated all of her cat's care instructions that she already told me the day prior. It completely caught me by surprise and kinda rubbed me the wrong way but she didn't do it again for the rest of the stay. I just figured she had some anxiety about leaving her baby with a petsitter, which I totally understand so I didn't mention it or let it affect the rest of the stay. Halfway through the stay, she also messaged me asking if I could send her a picture of my ID. I told her I was not comfortable sending a photo of my diver's license, but reassured her that Rover does background checks on every sitter before they can accept bookings. This still did not satisfy her, so I offered to send her a picture of my university ID because that only has my name and my picture. She was good with that. During the day, I would leave to go do other drop-ins, walks, and go back to my house to feed my own cat and spend time with him too. She was aware of this before the booking, but anytime I left the house even if it was just for a couple hours, she would repeatedly text me asking me when I was going to be back. It was frustrating because it felt like she was micromanaging me and not letting me do my job. It also kinda made me uncomfortable to know that she was tracking my every single move through her obsessive amount of cameras. Eventually, the end of the stay came and she was very grateful and paid me promptly.
A few weeks go by and she asks me to housesit her cat again. I really didn't want to, but I like to make money and I have a hard time saying no to people. This time she asked me to housesit from Monday evening to Friday morning. I had recently set my profile to "away" for housesitting because I could tell my body needed a break from it and it was hard to be away from my own pets and fiancé all the time. I told her I wasn't offering house sitting at the moment, but I would be more than happy to do drop ins. She agreed and the only instructions she gave me were to stop by once in the morning and evening, no specific times. Looking back, I should have asked her for specific times, but I figured that she was trying to be accommodating and let me decide depending on my schedule.
The drop-in visits went great and sometimes I even stayed a little longer than 30 min just because I really enjoyed her kitty. I always sent her plenty of pictures and updates every visit that she was happy with. One night around 9pm, she texts me asking if I could send her a picture of her cat because she missed her, so I sent her one that I had taken a couple hours prior at the drop-in visit. After that her whole demeanor changed and she stopped responding to any texts or pictures I sent her altogether. I continued the drop-ins with pictures and updates even though she wasn't responding and sent her one final message after the last one letting her know her cat was happy and waiting for her to get home and that she could venmo me the $135 when she got the chance. 24 hours go by without a response from her and I started to get worried if she made it home safe or that she cat was alone without food/water since she never acknowledged that she made it back home. I sent her another text asking her to please let me know if she made it home safe. Another 12 hours go by and nothing. I try to call her and she doesn't answer. At this point, I'm worried and I can't help but think this is why she suddenly stopped responding to updates a few days ago. I sent a venmo request to her for the amount and decide I'm going to wait another 12 hours before I call the police to do a wellness check.
The next morning she finally responds to my venmo request, but only sends $100 and not the full total of $135. She leaves a message for me in the venmo transaction saying that she's only paying me $100 because I lied to her about being at her house when I actually wasn't. Before I could even process what was happening, she texts me and says that she was in the ER so that is why she didn't respond. She claimed I took pictures of her cat and then sent them later to make her think I was there when I actually was not. She said "You must have forgotten I have cameras and neighbors with cameras. You know her schedule and ignored it. Obviously you're no longer needed and you should be ashamed of yourself. You're also blocked so no need to reply." She had also gifted me a bottle of champagne before she left because I had just graduated college and told me "Oh and you're welcome for the champagne".
I was totally stunned and horrified. I was so hurt that she accused me of lying about taking care of her cat, I would never do that to any animal. I am the number 1 Rover sitter in my area and I take my business and care for animals very seriously. Why would I lie about that when I am painfully aware she has cameras? Also, what schedule could I possibly have ignored? There was no schedule because she never gave me one. It was just flexible times in the morning and night and I did that. At first, I thought she was misunderstanding that one night I sent her a picture of her cat and thought that was me trying to say I was there when I wasn't, but she was the one who asked me for that picture. She also made it very obvious that she watches all the footage of her cameras, so she would know if I was there or not. The more I thought about it, the more I felt like she was watching me the whole time trying to find something I did wrong to get upset about or accuse me of. Instead of just asking me if I was at her house that evening like a normal person, she asks for a picture and then assumes that is "proof" of me saying I'm there when I was not.
Safe to say I definitely learned a lot from this situation about how I'm going to handle bookings with clients in the future. Thankfully, because this booking was not on Rover she can't leave me a bad review, but I still don't like the way she spoke to me. She was so rude and petty. She said she trusted me, but clearly she didn't because she was watching me all the time. I hated how she micromanaged me by watching my literal every move through her cameras. Why didn't she just communicate her feelings/concerns to me right away? I should have known she was going to give me a headache and she will definitely not be missed!
Have y'all had any experiences like this?