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Back from Mexico and a brief rant
Happy New Year for all of you all over the world! May 2006 be a better
year than 2005 for all of us. We just returned from spending a great vacation in Mexico, Tom's first x-mas with my family. It was a blast. I hope all of you who celebrate something this time of year had a good time. Now for the rant. We've used the same pet sitter to care for our crew for many years now. When we hired her she told us she would spend 30 minutes in our house during each visit, feeding, cleaning boxes, turning lights on/off, bringing mail and newspaper in, etc. *and* playing with the cats to keep them some company. We've never had a reason to complain. Until now. We recently signed up for a new home alarm system that keeps track of when the alarm gets turned on and off. Turns out the pet sitter spent an average of less than 10 minutes per visit, including one 2 minutes visit!!! We are livid! We've always been very generous with her, since she takes care of our most beloved cats. We always give her a 20% tip on top of her regular rate. We need a new pet sitter. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Back from Mexico and a brief rant
"Victor Martinez" wrote in message ... Happy New Year for all of you all over the world! May 2006 be a better year than 2005 for all of us. We just returned from spending a great vacation in Mexico, Tom's first x-mas with my family. It was a blast. I hope all of you who celebrate something this time of year had a good time. Now for the rant. We've used the same pet sitter to care for our crew for many years now. When we hired her she told us she would spend 30 minutes in our house during each visit, feeding, cleaning boxes, turning lights on/off, bringing mail and newspaper in, etc. *and* playing with the cats to keep them some company. We've never had a reason to complain. Until now. We recently signed up for a new home alarm system that keeps track of when the alarm gets turned on and off. Turns out the pet sitter spent an average of less than 10 minutes per visit, including one 2 minutes visit!!! We are livid! We've always been very generous with her, since she takes care of our most beloved cats. We always give her a 20% tip on top of her regular rate. We need a new pet sitter. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he Yes, you need a new pet sitter -- and tell her *why.* Maybe she will learn from that and not take advantage of her next client. (I would be outraged, too, just as you are.) MaryL |
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MaryL wrote:
"Victor Martinez" wrote in message ... We've used the same pet sitter to care for our crew for many years now. When we hired her she told us she would spend 30 minutes in our house during each visit, feeding, cleaning boxes, turning lights on/off, bringing mail and newspaper in, etc. *and* playing with the cats to keep them some company. We've never had a reason to complain. Until now. We recently signed up for a new home alarm system that keeps track of when the alarm gets turned on and off. Turns out the pet sitter spent an average of less than 10 minutes per visit, including one 2 minutes visit!!! We are livid! We've always been very generous with her, since she takes care of our most beloved cats. We always give her a 20% tip on top of her regular rate. We need a new pet sitter. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he Yes, you need a new pet sitter -- and tell her *why.* Maybe she will learn from that and not take advantage of her next client. (I would be outraged, too, just as you are.) MaryL Exactly. I'm reminded of folks who hire baby sitters and the sitter doesn't know they have cameras in the house... they catch people doing awful things in their home *and* to their kids. This woman needs to be told in this world of technology you just never know when/if Big Brother is watching. 2 minutes on one visit? That's not even enough time to clean ONE litterbox, let alone multiples. Jill |
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Back from Mexico and a brief rant
"Victor Martinez" wrote in message ... Happy New Year for all of you all over the world! May 2006 be a better year than 2005 for all of us. We just returned from spending a great vacation in Mexico, Tom's first x-mas with my family. It was a blast. I hope all of you who celebrate something this time of year had a good time. So how was Christmas. Had Tom been around the whole family at once before? What special meals do you have over the Christmas holidays? Jo |
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Back from Mexico and a brief rant
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... MaryL wrote: "Victor Martinez" wrote in message ... We've used the same pet sitter to care for our crew for many years now. When we hired her she told us she would spend 30 minutes in our house during each visit, feeding, cleaning boxes, turning lights on/off, bringing mail and newspaper in, etc. *and* playing with the cats to keep them some company. We've never had a reason to complain. Until now. We recently signed up for a new home alarm system that keeps track of when the alarm gets turned on and off. Turns out the pet sitter spent an average of less than 10 minutes per visit, including one 2 minutes visit!!! We are livid! We've always been very generous with her, since she takes care of our most beloved cats. We always give her a 20% tip on top of her regular rate. We need a new pet sitter. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he Yes, you need a new pet sitter -- and tell her *why.* Maybe she will learn from that and not take advantage of her next client. (I would be outraged, too, just as you are.) MaryL Exactly. I'm reminded of folks who hire baby sitters and the sitter doesn't know they have cameras in the house... they catch people doing awful things in their home *and* to their kids. This woman needs to be told in this world of technology you just never know when/if Big Brother is watching. 2 minutes on one visit? That's not even enough time to clean ONE litterbox, let alone multiples. Jill No, it's not enough time. It takes me at LEAST 10 minutes to clean 1 box and I have 2 to do. (But then again, I'm really anal about cleaning the boxes.) She obviously didn't play with the cats, either. Get a new sitter! kili |
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kilikini wrote:
No, it's not enough time. It takes me at LEAST 10 minutes to clean 1 box and I have 2 to do. (But then again, I'm really anal about cleaning the boxes.) She obviously didn't play with the cats, either. Get a new sitter! I do cat sitting, and after the basic feeding and scooping duties, I like to spend at least half an hour, sometimes an hour, just hanging out with the kitties - because I LIKE THEM! That's why I do it! I now have a few regular folks I've cat-sat for several times, so I've gotten to know the kitties and have developed relationships with them. They like me, and want me to play with them, brush them, cuddle on the couch with them, and so on. Hey, these people have TVs. I know how to relax with the remote in one hand and a cat purring on me. If I didn't need the money, I'd do it for free, at least for my friends. I just did two concurrent catsitting jobs last weekend (over Christmas) and one of them was a sleep-over. This was for a very cute tabby girl who was the only cat in a tiny apartment. At first she didn't seem very impressed with me, and didn't like me to pet her very much (although she did enjoy nuzzling my fingers with her nose, and rubbing her cheek scent glands against my hands). But she kept her distance otherwise, until I discovered some of her favorite games. Then I was her best friend. The other job required me to stop in once a day and let the cats in from outside so they could eat. There was a cat flap in the door, but it only opened in one direction - from inside to outside. So if I left the house with either or both of them inside, they could get out if they wanted to, but then couldn't get back in again. This was because there was a neighborhood cat who would come in and pee in the house. This job was very easy and just required me to show up, open the back door and call them. If either was around, they'd come in and chomp on the dry food, which was always down for them to free-feed on. But I would hang out for a while because one of the cats liked to cuddle with me on the person's bed, and get brushed. The other one was more remote, but would occasionally meow at me for pets and scritches. I really enjoy cat sitting!! Joyce |
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Back from Mexico and a brief rant
"Victor Martinez" wrote in message
We've never had a reason to complain. Until now. We recently signed up for a new home alarm system that keeps track of when the alarm gets turned on and off. Turns out the pet sitter spent an average of less than 10 minutes per visit, including one 2 minutes visit!!! We are livid!/// I'm not surprised that you are furious. I would be absolutely fuming too. My morning routine of feeding 4 cats & cleaning 2 litter boxes properly takes a MINIMUM of 15 minutes. For 7 cats, multiple litter boxes, washing dishes etc it would take AT LEAST 20! As for the 2 minute visit - there is no way that she would have been able to clean boxes. That is a throw food at them and run. Helen M -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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Back from Mexico and a brief rant
"Victor Martinez" wrote in message ... Happy New Year for all of you all over the world! May 2006 be a better year than 2005 for all of us. We just returned from spending a great vacation in Mexico, Tom's first x-mas with my family. It was a blast. I hope all of you who celebrate something this time of year had a good time. Now for the rant. I'm not surprised you are angry. I'd be furious too. You need a new cat sitter and the current one needs to be told why she has just lost a client. If you know any of her other clients, perhaps they need to be informed??? Oh, and a happy new year Cheers, helen s |
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Back from Mexico and a brief rant
Jo Firey wrote:
So how was Christmas. Had Tom been around the whole family at once before? X-mas was great! Tom had already met all my sisters and one brother-in-law. He also knew all but 3 nieces. It was a lot of fun, albeit a short visit with the whole family. What special meals do you have over the Christmas holidays? For x-mas eve dinner we had bacalao (dry cod fish prepared mediterranean style), romeritos (a plant that looks kinda like rosemary, cooked with shrimp patties and mole), a turkey and my famous shrimp bisque. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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