I was not comfortable in Jon's home as it seemed like I was more of an intrusion than a welcomed guest.
I felt there was not clear boundaries about what was my rented space, what was common space or his like access to the kitchen or what was an offering to guests or not.
- Access to kitchen was not clear or welcoming
- Locking of doors was not clear - like locking after entering, or where to put the key when you leave. I did my best but directives ahead of time would have been nice.
- I saw his rule about no guests but didn't fully understand that a friend could not even come over for a short visit - very isolating and cumbersome for social planning.
- There were eggs in a carton on the kitchen table that I thougt were an offering to me as a guest but came to find out through a disturbing and angry phone call later that morning that they were for someone else, but not marked as such.
I would never have touched them if I didn't think they were there for guests. I used to be a Super Host with a Farm and gave a dozen of my eggs to every guest for free so I wrongly assumed there, but truly an an innocent action on my part.
- it was an uncomfortable stay with rules in the rears of actions. Not welcoming environment but used strickly for extra income with as minimum of impact on him as possible, yet the accomodation was in the rear of the house so you had to go through his private space to get to your designated space. .
- The bath tub did not have a stopper that worked so baths were not a possibility and the tub was not clean.