Honestly, everything started out well enough. It’s definitely a pretty space and centrally located. The first two days were great. Then, on the third day I got out of the shower and saw a cockroach where the ceiling and wall met that only needed a saddle to give the kids rides. I know bugs happen. I’ve lived in Georgia for 10 years so I’m experienced with them. I contacted Anne and let her know because it was in a spot that I couldn’t kill it or trap it. She said that she would have her property manager take care of it. I was heading out to go to work (new job in Austin), so I didn’t really think about it until I returned and it was in the exact same spot. She said she’d had a friend come by, and they didn’t see it. Well, while I doubt it left and returned to the exact same spot, that’s fine. All that matters is it’s taken care of. I message her to ask when it will be taken care of because it was getting into the evening, and I didn’t want to spoon it that night. Up until this point our interactions had been entirely pleasant, but her response to not wanting to sleep in the same room as it was that if bugs bothered me that much I shouldn’t move to Austin or stay in Airbnb’s. Again, I live in GA so I’m used to it. I get the exterminator to come 4 times a years (she said she gets them to come twice a year). Also, I did text two friends who have been Airbnb hosts for years to ask if her behavior/handling of the matter was normal, and they both said absolutely not.

I ended up taking care of it myself, which meant going to HEB to pick up some gear since I couldn’t reach it based on where it was located. I let her know I’d taken care of it, and she said it was good practice for moving to Austin. Then she said that someone had come by and looked (while I was gone picking up dinner for 20 minutes), and it wasn’t there. Well yes, I told her I’d taken care of it, and she had responded. I thought that her messages might haven’t gotten messed up, since that didn’t make sense, but no, she seemingly thought I’d glue its corpse to the spot where it had been hanging out for so long?

Honestly, I’m not upset with her because of the giant cockroach. I know they’re wile. It’s because she suggested that not wanting one around meant I shouldn’t move to the amazing city where I’d gotten an awesome new job, and I shouldn’t use Airbnb in the future. That’s just handling it all wrong.