r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 7h ago

Society New Airbnb rules ban hosts from making guests wash dishes, do laundry & other checkout chores

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/new-airbnb-rules-ban-hosts-from-making-guests-wash-dishes-do-laundry-other-checkout-chores-3420832/
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u/Tweegyjambo 7h ago

All the strangers in the world are one locked door are away from my stuff. It's my front door.

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u/dashingdrew 7h ago

Yeah but exterior doors are usually a lot sturdier than interior doors

Its surprisingly easy to punch through most interior doors.

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u/rabbijuan 7h ago

The standard security measures of a standard home really only keep out people that don’t want inside your home. If someone really wants in your things they’ll get in without much issue.

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u/Hans_Olo_1023 6h ago

Right. People forget that windows are a thing. You don't need to be a lock picking rogue to B&E. If someone REALLY wants inside my house, there are plenty of rocks right outside in my garden that will create an entrance in about 0.5 seconds.

The thing that's preventing this is social convention.

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u/jimbo831 6h ago

The thing that's preventing this is social convention.

And the risk of going to prison.

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u/colonel_bob 3m ago

And the risk of going to prison.

That's part of the social convention

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u/JezSq 7h ago

“Hello, it’s lock picking lawyer…”

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u/Ok_Two_2604 7h ago

It’s a deterrent, not a prevention. And the guy might have put thicker doors inside. You aren’t required to use the paper mache doors, they are just cheaper.

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u/Haurassaurus 7h ago

Believe it or not, you can replace your interior door with an exterior door. It's not against the rules.

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u/dashingdrew 7h ago

Believe it or not, the cheapest ones are usually the most common

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u/resttheweight 7h ago edited 7h ago

It’s also relatively easy to break through windows. Measures taken to keep people out of your house provide more comfort than actual protection or security. They’re just deterrents.

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u/jimbo831 6h ago

Do you know how easy it is to break a window? If someone really wants inside your house, they're going to get inside your house. The fact that they're staying in a separated section of your house isn't going to make that more likely.

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u/Blametheorangejuice 7h ago

Of course. But there’s not someone a few inches from my front door 24/7.

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u/Hans_Olo_1023 6h ago

Apartment complexes? Townhomes? Condos? There are lots of perfectly normal situations where people live in close proximity to strangers who walk right by their front door on a daily basis.

Not to mention hotels and motels, sometimes you'll even end up in a suite with a shared doorway to the next room.

My point is: you're describing a situation that literally hundreds of millions of people live in every day. It's not at all unusual.

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u/Blametheorangejuice 6h ago

Perhaps I should clarify. I am thinking particularly about his situation. If someone wanted to murder him or steal his stuff he would be unable to do anything about it because of his physical condition.

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u/NukeAllTheThings 6h ago

He would be unable to do anything anyway. If somebody wanted to do those things its probably not going to be somebody who leaves a trail by renting from him.

If anything, having people in close proximity makes it more likely for him to get help than less.

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u/Blametheorangejuice 5h ago

I guess I shouldn’t worry about the randos in the home, then.

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u/roxictoxy 4h ago

Yeah probably not

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u/Blametheorangejuice 4h ago

Certainly the stats show that most crimes are carefully planned by complete strangers and not impulse crimes by people closest to them. Nope

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u/Orleanian 5h ago

There absolutely is, lol.

What are you, some sort of cornfield layabout?