Check-in went well until she compared her nieces’ race to us because we were interested in walking about the neighborhood and her “half Black nieces don’t like to walk”. The comment came out of left field but we brushed it off....
Towards the end of the stay the undercutting comments resurfaced again; this time with her friends present. Her friends were in the backyard telling stories of people from LA and mentioned how they were uneducated in comparison to Seattle —but they wanted to “make it clear that these individuals were White”. Again, race mentioned in casual chat which made me attempt to avoid talking longer than in passing because I might risk being uncomfortable.
On the last morning of my stay she ended it by beating on the door to tell me to get out. She had the cleaner on the way and a last minute customer book that morning so I need to just (as she gestured as thumbs up in the direction of the street) get out because she was panicked. It was so cringeworthy my sister had to help me hurry and pack, quickly dump the trash and then wait on the corner with me & my luggage on the side of the street. Nothing like making a paying customer who’s trying to quarantine feel like a squatter!