Trying to get a group of friends together for Wednesday drinks is hard these days, but this guy managed to get his crew to go on along weekend trip to another city. Bravo. Only problem is,he didn’t manage to get his money back. Turns out settling up the funding part was basically a lost cause. …
Seguir leyendo ‘I am not rich. I’m a tour guide’: Group skips paying their friend back for an organized trip he planned, then accuse him of public shaming when he posts receipts in their group chat
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‘Tony, you did a fantastic job’: Coworkers at a Utah hotel call out and leave trainee alone at the front desk, understanding guests show empathy and help him excel
Welcome to the world of hospitality. This career path can help train you in how to deal with some of the worst Karens in the world. That’s right, international man and women Karens love to throw the biggest tantrums at hotels. Why is that? Who knows? There are many possibilities. Grumpy from traveling, extreme entitlement, …
Seguir leyendo ‘Tony, you did a fantastic job’: Coworkers at a Utah hotel call out and leave trainee alone at the front desk, understanding guests show empathy and help him excel
54-year-old mom scolds her 19-year-old daughter’s roommate for being uncomfortable with her sleeping over in their dorm room: ‘I don’t know her mom well enough to want to sleep in the same room with her’
She literally has a hotel room that her daughter could spend the night in. Overnight guests can be a contentious debate amongst roommates. When you have your own bedroom in a rented house or apartment, it’s a lot easier to have a parent, siblings, friend, or romantic partner stay overnight without causing much commotion to …
Seguir leyendo 54-year-old mom scolds her 19-year-old daughter’s roommate for being uncomfortable with her sleeping over in their dorm room: ‘I don’t know her mom well enough to want to sleep in the same room with her’
‘I am not comfortable sharing a room with somebody that one, I hardly know and two, I supervise’: School district forces employees to share a hotel room for conference
If your company is forcing you to share a room with someone, they don’t have your best interests at heart. Sharing a room with someone is best done with your close friends and family. You’re comfortable around each other, have a sense of each other’s personal lives, and there is a huge level of trust. …
Seguir leyendo ‘I am not comfortable sharing a room with somebody that one, I hardly know and two, I supervise’: School district forces employees to share a hotel room for conference
‘You are horrible people for cutting in front. Some of us have been here since 6:30’: Hiker shuts down couple cutting 20 people in a 2-hour line for a national park cave tour after park ranger refuses to intervene
Great Basin National Park’s cave tour line looks nothing like a line and everything like a sleepy morning picnic. People with camping chairs, crumbly muffins, even travel mugs acting like everyone’s just here to swap hiking tips. There’s no rope, no sign, just that weird, silent contract where everyone tries to out-casual each other while …
Seguir leyendo ‘You are horrible people for cutting in front. Some of us have been here since 6:30’: Hiker shuts down couple cutting 20 people in a 2-hour line for a national park cave tour after park ranger refuses to intervene
‘Make sure the house is spotless by 5 pm’: Guests cancel their $2000/night Airbnb reservation after the hosts demand they clean up after the previous guest
Home-sharing apps have gotten out of control. People saw the opportunity to get rich quickly with a ramshackle house in a decent area, and realized that they could flip an insane profit off the backs of their guests. Naturally, riding the coattails of the hard work of the guests staying in their house. Because when …
Seguir leyendo ‘Make sure the house is spotless by 5 pm’: Guests cancel their $2000/night Airbnb reservation after the hosts demand they clean up after the previous guest
Brother-in-law camps out in bathroom for hours while staying at his sister-in-law’s 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom house: ‘I told him I really had to go. It took him an hour to get out.’
When you live in a house with four people to one bathroom, you have to be hyper-aware of not hogging the space during incredibly inopportune times. You can’t blow-dry your hair for twenty minutes during high-traffic times, like weekday mornings. Other people’s showers and trips to the toilet are more important than standing in front …
Seguir leyendo Brother-in-law camps out in bathroom for hours while staying at his sister-in-law’s 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom house: ‘I told him I really had to go. It took him an hour to get out.’
Single friend refuses his Europe vacation buddies’ demands he sleep on a couch while couples get private rooms, the couples instantly back off when he suggests upgraded accommodations: ‘I don’t like sharing bedrooms, we are not children’
If you ever want to watch your adult friends regress to the politics of middle school gym class, just suggest a shared vacation rental and wait for the bedroom negotiations to begin. The couples in this friend group claim territorial rights faster than you can say «queen-sized bed.» And single traveling members of the group …
Seguir leyendo Single friend refuses his Europe vacation buddies’ demands he sleep on a couch while couples get private rooms, the couples instantly back off when he suggests upgraded accommodations: ‘I don’t like sharing bedrooms, we are not children’
Cash-grabbing Dublin host ends up indebted €235 to their customers after getting caught trying to force them to cancel their €115/night accommodation for St. Patrick’s weekend: ‘And I got a free upgrade’
We live in a society that’s obsessed with a good grift. In line with the cash-grabbing opportunists and your average snake oil salesman, grifters come in many forms, but when it comes to travel, you can always count on your home-share host to be the capitalistic version of themselves. Like the worst landlord of all …
Seguir leyendo Cash-grabbing Dublin host ends up indebted €235 to their customers after getting caught trying to force them to cancel their €115/night accommodation for St. Patrick’s weekend: ‘And I got a free upgrade’
Friendship group falls apart before a big vacation, leading one friend to cancel everyone’s hotel rooms without a word: ‘I do not want to stay at the same hotel as them’
When you enter a new romantic relationship, one one the main things people warn you about is the idea of scheduling something months in advance before you are sure the relationship is serious. You don’t invite a potential boyfriend or girlfriend to your sibling’s wedding in September before you are sure they are actually going …
Seguir leyendo Friendship group falls apart before a big vacation, leading one friend to cancel everyone’s hotel rooms without a word: ‘I do not want to stay at the same hotel as them’