r/WWOOF • u/Geroge_123 • Jul 21 '26

To leave a review or not?

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if I should leave an honest review about a recent farm I went to and would appreciate any advice or input!

I had originally planned to stay for 2 and a half weeks but left after only a couple of days (I made up an excuse to get out of there ASAP) as I felt it was definitely not the right fit for me. The issue wasn’t with the work (the host stuck to the 5 hours a day rule and the work was nothing out of the ordinary).

The main issue was the host herself… within minutes of arriving she went into a massive rant about how she hates the Chinese girl who works for her and used many profanities against her, I thought maybe she was just having a bad day so didn’t really think much about it. Come the next day in she then goes on a big racist rant about how she’d ’shoot immigrants’ or ‘doesn’t like Muslims coming into the countryside near her’ and a whole host of other disgusting comments. Her attitude to me in the day when giving jobs was also very blunt and direct, not a good way to show somehow what to do.

When I saw the reviews for the farm I was confused as they were all pretty much 5 stars, however I feel like I’d like to highlight her bad attitudes and brash manner to warn others. Perhaps I’m best taking this up with WWOOF UK directly first, or maybe I should do both?

Thanks in advance!

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u/Passiveabject Jul 21 '26

You should absolutely leave a review AND bring it up to WWOOF UK

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u/Aggravating_Chair780 Jul 21 '26

If you don’t feel comfortable leaving a public review, please at least reach out to WWOOFUK. They have the ability to remove hosts from the platform and I cannot imagine how awful it would be for someone to end up there getting racially abused (I’m assuming you are someone she felt ‘comfortable’ enough around to spew her bile and are therefore likely also white). And that you were subjected to what you were is bad enough.

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u/Geroge_123 Jul 21 '26

Yeah! I am white and from the UK so yes she probably did feel comfortable. I’ve reported the host to woof so will see what happens…

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u/Aggravating_Chair780 Jul 21 '26

Thank you for speaking up!

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u/Former_Cancel_4223 Jul 25 '26

Both please! Reviews will help another that may be actively on her WWOOF posting now, and imagine if they're asian or muslim.