u/allaboutdorinda

I recently stayed at a Vrbo which required a pre-paid refundable $1500 deposit. I don’t use Vrbo very often, and stupidly thought it would just be a hold on my card, similar to what hotels do, but it was taken out of my account when I paid for the stay. I checked out Sunday, and inquired when I’d be receiving my deposit back. On Monday, the host messaged that it was set to refund yesterday (Sunday) but nothing has gone back onto my card, as of Tuesday. Has anyone dealt with this before? I’ve come to understand this pre-paid deposit doesn’t seem to be the norm. Also not sure if it just takes a few days for the refund to go through? I’m not sure if I should be taking this to Vrbo yet. Thanks in advance.

I work at a head start. This morning during drop off, a man in his 60s had two off leash dogs in the school parking lot, about three feet from where parents drop kids off in their classrooms. These dogs were lunging at and barking in the toddler’s faces. The kids were screaming and crying. The mom outside was yelling at him to get his dogs away, he was refusing, saying she was out of line and overreacting. The dad of the children comes over and again asks him to get his dogs and leave. The man, again, refuses. The dad of the children then kicks one of the dogs to keep it away from his children (as a dog lover, I would have done the same). The man then said he was going to shoot the parents, all while they have their children with them. The man starts reaching in his pocket, and the father of the children shoves him back, also punches him in the nose. I calmly continued to ask him to leash his dogs and get off school property. He continued to refuse. He said he was calling the police, I encouraged him to. He then called me a “deadbeat teacher with a sad salary” and that I should find a “real job.” He then said a bunch of things about “the types of people that send their kids to head start.” Because he threatened to shoot someone, school goes into lock down. While inside with the windows covered and the lights off, the window covering fell down. I went to put it back up, and there he was, sitting in his car, staring directly at me through the window. We had to move every classroom on that side of the building to another room because of this. Police came about 10 minutes later…and were no help. They ended up leaving before him, which gave him the opportunity to come back, go to the front doors, and take multiple pictures of the school. He eventually left. We took his license plate, but are unable to figure out who he was. Honestly, wish I wasn’t at work so I could have told him how I really felt. The entire time he felt like he was in the right…with two aggressive off leash dogs in the faces of toddlers, screaming he would shoot parents while on school property. Good for him.

UPDATE-

I’d first like to address those that think this is a made up story. I really could not care less if you believe me or not. I have no desire to defend myself or my story to random strangers on Reddit.

What I will say about the lack of detail, there are reasons I am not being extremely specific. I work with a vulnerable population whose privacy is protected by federal law. I’m not willing to say which city, police department, school, or even my role at the school. I would rather not come anywhere close to providing identifying information on a public forum. There’s also a limit to what I can do about this situation, without getting into hot water with my employer. I’d rather not toe the line of possibly being fired from a job I absolutely love.

To be honest, after thinking long and hard about this situation, I am not going to provide any more information about what is currently happening and how this has evolved. The situation has escalated quite a lot, and I no longer feel comfortable updating strangers on this deeply troubling matter.

Administration is involved. Complaints have been made to high ups at the police department. Hopefully, this guy won’t just get away with threatening to shoot a family at a school.

I am certainly not sitting by and not letting this go.