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I've always thought I was a decent host. As a kid it was the whole 'you want a drink, we only have water, but it's cold...' or 'want some chips?' As I got older I was always made sure the fridge was stocked, usually made sure to cook up a good tea, whatever.
But at the flipside of this is that if you stay at someone's house – few nights, few weeks – you reciprocate. You're getting free accomodation, a homely vibe, proper sleeps, and even if your host is working they'll always help you out with things to eat and see that you might not have. It is, or I thought it was, expected that you return the favour. If you've got no money, buy and cook tea a couple of times. If you're travelling, shout them a meal. Always clean up.
Yet this seems to be dying out.
People religiously crashing on your floor and not rocking up with a carton, people staying for two weeks and barely even going halvies in a counter meal. I'm currently at someone else's joint and a friend of a friend is here for two nights. It's a tight squeeze but my host is pretty generous. They haven't even come down and said hi, they're always locked in their room, and they've just pissed off down the Queen Victoria Markets and they've offered to grab some wines for tonight... and I just realised, they're not even paying for it! They've taken said host's card, which was left there as a bit of a token gesture. For *'s *in sake, what the hell is wrong with people?
A host should offer but the lodger should always be the one who actually brings something to the table.
Jesus.
Have you ever been ripped off? Do you generally disagree with this idea? Ever had someone stay too long?
But at the flipside of this is that if you stay at someone's house – few nights, few weeks – you reciprocate. You're getting free accomodation, a homely vibe, proper sleeps, and even if your host is working they'll always help you out with things to eat and see that you might not have. It is, or I thought it was, expected that you return the favour. If you've got no money, buy and cook tea a couple of times. If you're travelling, shout them a meal. Always clean up.
Yet this seems to be dying out.
People religiously crashing on your floor and not rocking up with a carton, people staying for two weeks and barely even going halvies in a counter meal. I'm currently at someone else's joint and a friend of a friend is here for two nights. It's a tight squeeze but my host is pretty generous. They haven't even come down and said hi, they're always locked in their room, and they've just pissed off down the Queen Victoria Markets and they've offered to grab some wines for tonight... and I just realised, they're not even paying for it! They've taken said host's card, which was left there as a bit of a token gesture. For *'s *in sake, what the hell is wrong with people?
A host should offer but the lodger should always be the one who actually brings something to the table.
Jesus.
Have you ever been ripped off? Do you generally disagree with this idea? Ever had someone stay too long?