Re:Renting a Friend in Tokyo
by justifier on Friday March 25, 2016 @02:36PM
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i'll replace this notion of friend with a metric of how much time is spent with a person
i agree with the comment noting expectations, and also want to emphasise that i have spent lots of time with either type of houseguest
but what i have found interesting is it is easier to fall into spending time when the money exchanging hands is roughly the amount i would want to pay for the service
for instance, on airb.. i have set my price on the room i offer both under, on, and over what i myself would want to pay for the room
when i charge less than what i would pay for my space i can get guests that i feel are rude or disrespectful to me, my home, andor my neighbors
if i charge more than i would want to pay for the space, i can get people who have high expectations: arguably, fair expectations on what they get for the price; or are just absent because someone else paid the bill and they are there to work
when i charge a rate that i think would be fair if i were to be paying for the space i find i spend more time with the people
the worst part is when you enjoy the time you spend with people you know are going back home across the country or globe
i agree with the comment noting expectations, and also want to emphasise that i have spent lots of time with either type of houseguest
but what i have found interesting is it is easier to fall into spending time when the money exchanging hands is roughly the amount i would want to pay for the service
for instance, on airb.. i have set my price on the room i offer both under, on, and over what i myself would want to pay for the room
when i charge less than what i would pay for my space i can get guests that i feel are rude or disrespectful to me, my home, andor my neighbors
if i charge more than i would want to pay for the space, i can get people who have high expectations: arguably, fair expectations on what they get for the price; or are just absent because someone else paid the bill and they are there to work
when i charge a rate that i think would be fair if i were to be paying for the space i find i spend more time with the people
the worst part is when you enjoy the time you spend with people you know are going back home across the country or globe