Don’t Let These People House Sit For You

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This week Bobby & Lindy opened up the confession session for people to let go of a secret that’s been bugging them for a while. One of the confessions that came through was from someone who had been asked to look after their boss’s house for a few days. They admitted to drinking some of the boss’s expensive whiskey and topping it up with some cheap liquor. So Bobby & Lindy started talking about etiquette when it comes to house sitting and some of the incidents that you may have experienced or even been responsible for.

There are definitely some people in Cape Town we wouldn’t want looking after our houses:

In case you wanted to get an idea of how bad that foil wrapping prank got:

One of our callers has a house sitting business and has gotten some odd requests:

From stolen cars, to animal incidents, and even a story about a swimming pool that’s hard to believe – there are some calls you’d get that would be hard to believe:

Now imagine getting a call from your neighbours that the cops are raiding your home:

Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange is the producer of the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast show and has been with Smile 90.4FM since it's inception in 2013. Through his work on the breakfast show he has won two national radio awards. He has been in broadcasting for 15 years and has honed his talent at 6 different radio stations. Outside of radio he is also a podcast producer and award winning stand-up comedian.

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