Help in our family guest house while enjoying the Alps!🇦🇹

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I have very mixed feelings about this experience. On one hand it granted me a perfect opportunity to connect with nature and relax, on the other one I had one of the scariest experiences of my life when the hosts got drunk and aggressive and kicked me out, wich came literally out of the blue. Nevertheless it was the parents of Marie who acted this way and not her, and as I understood they are leaving the guest house for good, so other volunteers shouldn't have to experience this. Marie herself was very sweet and showed me around. And the work itself was very acceptable too.

2 anos atrás


Marie-Nicole respondeu

Unfortunately I also have mixed feelings about the experience. As a first time host, i really had bigger expectations.
I asked you to come whenever you want, but to be done with eating breakfast by 10 am. Everyday you would come 10-15 minutes before ten and would eat until even past 10:30 and skipping your work. The only time you had to help me with preparing the breakfast in the morning you came and fell asleep twice on the couch in the kitchen. Do you really believe that’s acceptable? You constantly made faces when me and my parents would ask you to do your tasks and would talk back at us, I find that extremely disrespectful towards someone who is 30 years older than you. The time I wanted to give you your free day you immediately went into panic mode, because it wasn’t the day you demanded. I guess you tried manipulating me by crying, because when i told you it’s okay we will figure it out, you stopped crying immediately and hung up the phone. You would drink alcohol almost everyday, get drunk and break or drop things.
At the time you applied for our position, I only was able to provide breakfast, although I told you you can use our kitchen and if we invite you, you are more than welcome to join us for dinner, but I never promised you both lunch and dinner at home. You would always enter our private rooms (even when we are not at home) and you would take from our personal products and cook for yourself and wouldn’t even clean afterwards.
You got everything from us what was promised, but always demanded more, but we never got in return what we asked for. Instead of the 4 hours a day, you almost never worked more than 2-3 hours.
There were so many other little moments where, you showed disrespect towards me and my parents, but my parents they don’t tolerate disrespect.. which I totally understand.
Nothing came out of the blue, no one was aggressive, no one kicked you out.. we told you it’s best for everyone if you would leave. I even helped you and drove you the next day to the station.
I hope that in future if you still decide to volunteer that you have more respect for your hosts.

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