If you follow sports, sooner or later, in almost every league, we encounter a situation where a football, basketball or baseball player, or any representative of team sports, overperforming this season, comes to the conclusion that the current contract is too small for them. And a real soap opera begins, with only one goal – to change the terms of the contract to better ones.

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The author of the post had been working as a house/cat sitter for another lady for several months

Pet sitter enjoys a drink while a cat sits on a wooden dresser in a vintage-styled room.

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The author’s main duty was to take care of an elderly, sick cat, but the client also demanded chores from her

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Tabby cat resting on a patterned blanket, eyes closed, relaxed setting.

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The author got $25/day for this work and she started to realize it was actually too cheap

So finally, the author wrote to the client claiming that from now on, her rate is $40/day plus an extra $15 for bad weather – and immediately got fired

So, the Original Poster (OP) tells us that she has been working as a house/cat sitter for one lady for several months now, and her main responsibility is totake careof her elderly, sick cat. When the author negotiated with the client about payment, the contract she signed didn’t specify a daily rate, and basically only listed her duties.

Currently, the OP charges $25 per day, but almost every day, her range of duties in caring for thecat, as she admits, expands. For example, on Halloween, she had to sit outside and pass out candy, instead of just putting a bowl outside. The owner of the house also wants the author to vacuum and dust despite having a cleaner, and whatnot.

However, if the author expected the client to agree to her counter-conditions, then she didn’t know her client well. In a response, this lady called the OP’s behavior “extremely unprofessional,” stating that she had tried to involve her poor cat in “manipulation.” After that, the client declared that she no longer needed the author’s services, leaving our heroine wondering whether she had done the right thing here.

Text exchange about a pet sitter raising their rates due to extra tasks from a client.

Text conversation about pet sitter increasing rates due to client demands and inclement weather conditions.

Text message criticizing pet sitter’s unprofessional and manipulative behavior concerning pet care.

Text conversation from a client firing a pet sitter over aggressive behavior allegations.

Well, let’s say right away that, when agreeing on this work, the original poster clearly sold herself short. At least,specialized resourcesfor finding cat sitters claim that the averagenational costof a 30-minute cat sitting service is $30.20 nowadays. For half an hour – not for a whole day! And even if you consider that the author, apparently, is not a professionalcat sitter, this doesn’t change the situation much.

And in general, where is that fine line that allows, for example, an NFL wide receiver to bargain with the front office about revising the terms of the active contract, but the cat sitter is forbidden, shamed and dubbed “blatantly unprofessional” for doing actually the same? At least, most of the commenters to the original post criticized the OP for this deed.

“She’s demanding but she’s right, it’s incredibly unprofessional to hike your rates at the last second like this,” someone concluded. And what do you, our dear readers, think about this story?

Reddit comments on a pet sitter facing backlash for raising rates after extra tasks were added by a client.

Comment advising pet sitters to refuse extra tasks beyond pet care scope.

Pet sitter looks at phone, appearing frustrated, with a city background reflecting in the glass window.

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Comment criticizing a pet sitter for increasing rates due to extra tasks imposed by a client.

Reddit comment discussing a client and pet sitter’s conflict over extra tasks and rate expectations.

Text exchange about pet sitter raising rates after extra tasks were added.

Comment on Reddit about “unchristian like behaviour” in response to a pet sitter post.

Comment criticizing a pet sitter for waiting until the last minute to address extra tasks.

Comment on pet sitter being called intolerable and discussing issues earlier.

Reddit comment discussing pet sitter rate controversy and timing issues.

Reddit comment discussing pet sitter’s rate increase and professionalism.

Comment on a discussion about a client adding extra tasks for a pet sitter and conflict over raised rates.

User comment on pet sitter raising rates due to extra tasks, discussing timing and justification.

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