Respect does not go both ways here…read more
Linda was Molly (my dog)'s walker at Fido and Friends. Nothing ever felt truly right with her. I also didn't appreciate how the owner, Chandra, handled some situations.
1. Linda would throw out Molly's waste in my kitchen garbage. It would obviously smell and I had asked her to stop doing that. Initially, she had "liked" my iMessage, so I thought that was that. This kept happening, so I asked her AGAIN to stop doing that. Linda told me, "I'm not the one doing that, I also had meant to ask, do you have anyone else coming to walk her?" The answer is a hard no, but to suddenly "ask" me that question is to commit to her lie and to try to blame it on some ghost. I don't understand why she would do it at all, or why she kept continuing to do it when there are plenty of trash bins outside, including right on the corner.
2. This was seemingly small, but irritating because I had asked her 10+ times to stop doing this. She would send me photos of Molly, then at some random time, she would "like/love" the photo that SHE sent on iMessage, so I would get an alert. I asked her to stop doing this because it would wake me up, if I wasn't awake, and it was just overall disruptive and unnecessary. I can't have my phone on silent due to being on call for work. But she KEPT DOING THIS. I don't understand why she couldn't comply with a simple request.
Even after I switched walkers, she continued to do this and I asked her to stop. She told me that she chooses to react to them because it's on her phone? Why can't she just look at them? I blocked her after that. She claimed that she wanted to let me know she was available if I needed her again, but she didn't say a word?
3. She lost my keys, not once, but twice. Each time, she would basically try to garner sympathy and talk about how upset SHE was, without being apologetic. When I asked for the keys and locks to be replaced, the owner (Chandra) had the nerve to ask me to wait a few days. This is MY SAFETY. Yeah, I doubt you'd replace anything if I had gotten robbed, or even worse, attacked in my own home, all because your irresponsible walker lost my keys and you were too cheap to replace the locks. Thankfully, someone in my building returned them. The second time, she had just left it on the counter for the doorman but never actually handed it to anyone. You would think that someone would be more careful with another person's keys, especially after what happened the first time.
4. Random last minute cancellations. I understand emergencies happen, but a two hour notice that she has to go to family court?! Unlikely. Regardless, I didn't like how this was handled. For example, I would still be charged for a walk if I cancelled at the last minute, but this clearly did not go both ways. Also, the more walks you do per week, the cheaper the walk is. However, I would pay more because I had "fewer" walks that week, due to no fault of my own. I did get some of this back, but only after calling her out.
Chandra will nickel and dime you, without giving you any form of mutual respect or courtesy in return. Linda was absolutely UNHINGED. I had to ask my doormen to make sure that she doesn't gain access to my apartment, since she still walks dogs in the building. I blocked her number due to the reason above. It's been a while since Molly has been with them, but reflecting on this now after having had an amazing walker makes me realize how ridiculous it was to have stayed in that situation as long as I had.
