I agreed to take care of a good friend's cats while they are on vacation. We agreed on $15 a day for 2 weeks to change the food and water, deal with the litterbox, and socialize a bit. I have done this before while working for a cat rehabilitation organization, but I still wanted some details on where stuff was and how they wanted it done in particular. 

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The day they left, I went to do my rounds and walked into a home unprepared for departure. There was raw food and open containers in the fridge, litter from the box everywhere (and more poop in there than 10 hours worth, which was much appreciated). Windows were unlocked and open. Now I was told to get the mail and deal with one of those fancy amazon tvs too (I had to set up the settings and reprogram it every day). 

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So I talked to them and cleaned up the fridge and floor. After a few days, more issues arose. The thermostat needed to be adjusted but they didn't tell me where it was or how to use it; I needed to vacuum up glass, but the vacuum was so filthy I needed to clean it myself or it wouldn't work; their mailbox ends up with a lot of their neighbor's mail so it needs to be sorted through and returned, but I had to repeatedly ask for names and info to know what to keep and where to put it all the while being told to just hang on to it because it happens all the time. And their stove and oven is potentially leaking gas.

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My friend is claiming that there was no way they could have anticipated these issues, and that the stuff like cleaning and mail sorting is "my choice" and I didn't/don't "have to do all that", but it is stuff that SHOULD be done or should have been done before they left, if they had cared enough to do so.

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AITA for asking for $20 a day instead of $15 due to having to deal with all these extra issues and jobs?