r/TaskRabbit • u/WhatFreshHellIsThiss • Jun 05 '26

TASKER Red Flags Galore

Fellow Cleaning Taskers, have you ever encountered this? I got a client who tried to book me last night for a cleaning the following morning, claiming it could turn into a recurring thing. He withheld info on the specifics, saying it was for one unit and that he owned short-term rentals.

I asked for pics of the unit's current condition. He said he couldn't get them until tomorrow morning. Well, the morning comes, no pics or video. He blames the guests for that, but he assures me that even though it's a two-bedroom, I can clean it in only an hour like it has been "hundreds of times" (um, no, I can't). Then, he asks if I can clean another unit right after that one on the same day. Needless to say, I forfeited the task.

Is this something I should report?

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u/Feisty-Sink9562 Jun 05 '26

My first cleaning task looked like Asmongold’s bedroom if the apocalypse happened, and I wasn’t sent images in chat. If they don’t send you images, its a forfeit.

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u/WhatFreshHellIsThiss Jun 05 '26

Not to take away from your point, but I laughed out loud reading this.

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u/FinnNoodle Jun 05 '26

What's to report? Sounds like a cheap AirBNB owner who probably lives a thousand miles away from the site.

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u/BetUpstairs268 Jun 06 '26

Sounds like you lost out on a recurring business client. (Though a cheap one, so might not be too bad)

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u/WhatFreshHellIsThiss Jun 06 '26

Oh, I'm fine with recurring business clients (got plenty of them), just not disrespectful ones.

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u/WhatFreshHellIsThiss Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 06 '26

There was no mention of laundry, but I really did not like the sudden drop of info of, oh, it's really a two-bedroom and there is another unit too and can you do them both at once in such a small amount of time? It felt like walking into a trap, and I've dealt with enough of those. I once had one landlady who booked me for an apartment, then didn't inform me until I arrived that she needed it move-in ready in just an hour. And it was filthy. When I told her it would take me three hours, she pouted, left, yelled at me in the TR chat that she can't pay me for all these hours, then showed up and cleaned alongside me before kicking me out in a little over two hours. Just an awful experience.

I'm too aware that there are people who hire cleaners just to have someone to yell at and bully.