What should a host do if the already-over-stayed guest just won't leave? I had a real bad experience. I understand that my guest (with few additional members) had some official work to complete besides visiting few tourist places. What was supposed to be an overnight stay, gets extended to the 4th day. Unfortunately, that 4th day was a monday and it was getting tough for me to manage the "mehman-nawazi" - taking care of breakfast, packing lunch, their bedrooms, etc. Finally I had to dictate them the process to get their official work done. I had to force them to get their things done and "avoid over stress" for his other family members. I think I might have overreacted. But if I won't have reacted, then I'm not sure how long I would have dragged the problem.
Things that I learned, since ours is busy family during work-hours in weekdays, was that insist on having a well defined timeline and define it well in advance.
What do you think? How should such situations be handled. Obviously courtest, respect and maintaining the relationship takes priority over any preaching. But where to draw the line?
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Originally posted by sville
What should a host do if the already-over-stayed guest just won't leave? I had a real bad experience. I understand that my guest (with few additional members) had some official work to complete besides visiting few tourist places. What was supposed to be an overnight stay, gets extended to the 4th day. Unfortunately, that 4th day was a monday and it was getting tough for me to manage the "mehman-nawazi" - taking care of breakfast, packing lunch, their bedrooms, etc. Finally I had to dictate them the process to get their official work done. I had to force them to get their things done and "avoid over stress" for his other family members. I think I might have overreacted. But if I won't have reacted, then I'm not sure how long I would have dragged the problem.
Things that I learned, since ours is busy family during work-hours in weekdays, was that insist on having a well defined timeline and define it well in advance.
What do you think? How should such situations be handled. Obviously courtest, respect and maintaining the relationship takes priority over any preaching. But where to draw the line?
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