During long and short holidays, family and friends travel, homestays are an important choice for accommodation. In many cases, B&Bs are more cost-effective than hotels, and they are a form of accommodation that travelers like to see.
However, when the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, and there are many homestays. More and more bloody plots, business traps, roosters, dog thieves and disputes have appeared in B&Bs in various countries.
In the past few days, a "big extramarital affair case" in the United States caused by staying in a homestay can be said to have aroused extensive discussions among netizens around the world, and there are many fierce exchanges of different views.
Today we will talk about this "bloody case", and also talk about some other "shocking" B&B stories.
Staying in a homestay for two days, causing his wife to be separated from home?
On an ordinary Friday in September 2022, Sean from Mississippi. Shawn Mackey rents a B&B in Memphis (known as "a little more rustic") for a weekend get-together with old friends.
Sean. McGee booked his stay for September 9-11 with a total of four guests.
According to the email attached to the complaint, Sean was in a relationship with the B&B landlord Pamela. Pamela Fohler said in an exchangeHe may invite other friends over for a "very low-key" dinner, but they won't stay overnight.
It sounds like a good time," Fowler replied, "and I'm glad to host you all." ”
Fowler rents out this three-bedroom, two-bathroom home for up to 12 guests for $567 per night**.
The house is quiet and nice, and the landlord has a good reputation, with a super host level.
No one thought that these quiet years would eventually turn into stormy waves, causing both sides to lose.
Anyone who has booked a B&B knows that in general, there are some behaviors that are prohibited by the landlord on the booking page, such as not smoking, not making too much noise, not parking in front of the garage, etc.
Of course, the landlord, Fowler, has these rules, and there is no dispute about this.
However, Sean noticed an unusual special rule:
Guests are required to register all visitors to the property, even if they will not be staying overnight. Additional visitors brought in by a guest who don't inform the host will face a $250 penalty and cancellation.
This is the key point of this incident.
After completing the B&B reservation, Sean emailed Fowler that the two of them might invite some other friends over for dinner, because there was a football game in the evening, and they were going to ** together.
Fowler's reply was fine, she said, "It sounds like you're going to have a great weekend, and I'll be happy to entertain you." ”
She also added two key messages:
1. "You can add visitors to the registration form at any time".
2. "Security cameras outside the house are used throughout the day to verify the number of visitors, as well as the presence of noise and disturbances. ”
Things were all normal up here, but the rest of the process began to take a turn for the worse.
Sean and his party arrived happily at the B&B, but the landlord Fowler changed his mind!
Sean handed Fowler a list of nine guests for dinner, four or five of whom would stay overnight.
After about ten minutes, Fowler replied. She said the house could only accommodate up to eight visitors, and that even those who didn't stay overnight would be charged an "extra fee."
Obviously, the landlord was different from the previous statement, and Sean didn't know what to say, so he didn't reply.
However, it was clear that the matter would not be resolved because the tenant did not reply, and the landlord messaged Sean again three quarters of an hour later, this time in a tough tone:
"Hello, Sean: I ask you to either add additional guests right away or let them go right away. We have also received complaints from you about loud, noisy and swearing in the parking lot. We are a peaceful community and we need to be quiet. Thank you for your cooperation. ”
Eighteen minutes later, the landlord added another message:
I'm so sorry, but you're violating our rules that don't allow parties. My neighbors have been disturbed by the shouting and swearing you are coming from the parking lot. I ask you to leave now, I cannot allow you to stay. I'm sorry. ”
Of course, the friends who came all the way were very unhappy. What's more, the crowd didn't make a lot of noise in the parking lot at all.
Later court documents show that Sean dismissed Fowler's allegations of yelling and swearing, calling them "baseless allegations" and stressing that "none of these are true."
He complained that, unlike the other guests originally listed, only one additional guest appeared out of a total of five guests, and they"There were no parties and no one in the parking lot yelling or swearing, it was just an excuse for the landlord and B&B to charge more. ”
With nowhere else to go, McGee calls Fowler, however it is her husband Jamie who answers the call, who assures him that he can "continue to stay without further consequences or interruption of accommodation".
The next day, Fowler emailed Sean to confirm that he would be checking out the next day and provided him with additional instructions – "Don't forget to turn off the lights, lock the door, and have a safe trip!" ”
Sean left the next day as planned, believing that "all the issues were resolved, just a misunderstanding". But no one expected that it was just the eve of a storm.
The nightmare began, and so did the lawsuit
There are too many things in the world that can't stand to be recalled, and the more you think about it, the more you can't bear it.
Sean is clearly the kind of person who likes to reminisce. The ball was not good, the wine was not drunk well, and he was framed for making a big noise, and he was almost forcibly driven away, and what was even more annoying was that the landlord clearly said another set when booking the room.
As a result, Sean threw a bad review at the landlord on the B&B** and asked for a partial refund of 502$46.
But these were rejected, and his bad reviews were allegedly deleted.
What Sean never expected was that this bad review would stab him in a hornet's nest.
According to court documents, Sean said that "apparently the landlord was worried that her title as a 'super landlord' would be affected by bad reviews," so he began to harass him repeatedly and repeatedly.
A representative from the B&B platform first contacted Sean and told him that the company would suspend his account and was investigating his claim, potentially blocking his account as a result. However, blocking the account is the most polite, compared to the "catastrophe" later, the pediatric blocking account is nothing.
Dramatically, Sean himself is also a host on the B&B platform, and blocking the account has a big impact on him. He denied violating any regulations and urged the B&B platform to obtain ** from the house to verify Fowler's allegations against him and his guests.
It was this requirement to obtain ** that not only made him poke a bigger hornet's nest, but also made him cocoon. When you look at the back, you will find that Sean is completely digging a hole for himself.
A few days later, McGee allegedly received a text message from Fowler, which made Sean shudder.
The text message reads: "Hey Sean, I hope you are doing well. ”
I'm sorry, but it took so long to find the ** you asked for to record your stay. But I'm confident, driven by integrity, so I promise to publish this content for you and the B&B platform. ”
"The ** at 3:16 a.m. is especially striking. Should I give ** and *** to Teresa (Sean's wife) or ** to you? ”
Court documents show that the message was attached "to a ** showing Sean intimately appearing at the door with another woman, not his wife, which was filmed by a camera set up by Fowler at the property."
As shown in the picture, the location of the shooting is the main entrance.
An email to Sean's wife's work mailbox.
Fowler not only threatened to pass the ** to Sean's wife, but also threatened to put these **and** on the YouTube pipe "soon" for netizens around the world to eat. Her excuse is also hilarious, saying that because the files are too big to be transferred by email, they can only be uploaded to YouTube.
Two days later, Sean received a $960 bill from the B&B platformThis includes a $160 fine for four additional guests, a $500 penalty for violating two House Rules, and a $300 fine for inappropriate bad reviews
Sean refuses to pay, and then, a critical blow that he didn't expect comes!
The landlord, Fowler, set up a fake email account with a sexually suggestive handle shawn69@outlookcom6
The name of this email account is Sean 69, and 69 represents a physical state between two people in Western culture.
The landlord then used the account to send an email with the subject line "Pretty Bag" to Sean's wife's work mailbox, which included the "**" of Sean and another woman
Read the accompanying message as:"I like your bag, you bought it from? ”
McGee reached out to Airbnb about Fowler's alleged behavior for help.
Seeing that the whole family was about to break (or is already broken), Sean angrily sued the "superlandlord".
Now, because of this case, Sean and the strange woman's "door**" has appeared on the news pages of major ** around the world, which is more than N orders of magnitude greater than the spread of uploading YouTube**, Sean can be described as "overnight fame".
Regarding the lawsuit, Sean said: "The B&B platform did not react to this illegal, abhorrent and ** behavior like any honest person, or even an honest company, but sided with its super landlord and its co-defendant Fowler!" ”。
In a response filed in December, Fowler denied sending an email containing ** and also denied ever communicating with Sean's wife, according to The Daily Beast.
Sean's claims include actual penalties and moral damages, as well as asking the court to pass an injunction to "prevent similar actions against other customers."
The B&B platform and the landlord Fowler said that the lawsuit will be fought to the end!
At present, the whole litigation is still in progress.
Fierce comments from netizens around the world!
This dramatic lawsuit has been reported around the world, and even the distant New Zealand and India have taken readers to eat melons together, and many Chinese ** have of course been widely conducted**.
Netizens around the world have made a lot of comments, let's first take a look at what netizens around the world have to say.
I can't stand a business like a homestay. They turned a quiet residential area into a fraternity gathering area. They should be illegal. City politicians who allow this may be paid. ”
A netizen replied to him fiercely:
The vast majority (B&Bs) are located in ordinary residential communities. If I had one in my neighborhood, my neighbors and I would make it the worst place you've ever lived. We would harass the guests who stayed there one after another until the account was left with only bad reviews and bad reviews。Kill it in the bud. ”
This netizen and his neighbors are indeed ruthless enough.
And the next comment is a typical melon-eating comment:
"It's been amazing. I'm curious to see how his wife copes. ”
The reply downstairs is also classic :
It sounds like a breakup or kicked him out."
Curious if she got a new bag (corresponding to the landlord's meme)".
Probably as miserable and lonely as you are now".
It makes me feel that people like us are really lucky not to have to whitewash themselves on **. My wife who has been faithful to us for decades has raised children who live better than us. Yes, my child will soon become a doctor and will no longer need student loans. Finally, it is worth mentioning that his tuition fees were not obtained through lawsuits, but were earned by hard work. ”
This dude is obviously a "man from the past", and he is boasting about himself while also degrading the disgraced Sean.
Well, it hurts my head to see it. It seems that the host of ABB is B (referring to the fact that the host of Airbnb is B*TCH). She should provide a complete ** showing people coming in and out, and she should get a statement from a neighbor about the noise.
Can they refer the matter to arbitration instead of filing a lawsuit? Won't her camera catch the noise?
For $567 per night, he can rent a suite or penthouse in Las Vegas. ”
The B&B is full of hidden cameras.
Unless you want a hidden camera and microphone to record your every move (like Google), don't stay at a homestay. ”
They are each other! Enjoy the courtroom! ”
On some Chinese platforms, netizens even argued over this.
Intimate ** shooting location, it is true that it is not in the house.
In fact, with the development and rapid expansion of the B&B platform in the past decade, all kinds of bizarre scandals have indeed been heard from time to time.
Just two months ago, also in the United States, the son of a landlord was sentenced to prison for taking a bath and blackmailing and harassing a female resident.
Of course, on the other hand, there are some tenants who are broken to the bone and make the landlord miserable. Some tenants deliberately rented B&Bs to party, leaving the whole house in a mess and devastation. The landlord has to spend a high cleaning fee and even have to redecorate, which is a huge loss.
There are even professional ** tenants, who specialize in extorting landlords, and there have been cases of setting up bureaus to extort $200,000 from landlords, and the space is limited, so we will not repeat them one by one.
To sum it up:
Although there are so many stories of dog blood, most of the world's homestays are still in normal operation. As a tenant, you must abide by the rules, and as a landlord, you must not bully people, this is the win-win road for harmonious development.