1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,640 Speaker 1: The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show podcast. 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 2: So we've just been doing double thumbs Up Friday, and 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:08,399 Speaker 2: perhaps was raving about a dog chew that I will 4 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 2: actually be begetting because our dog, god German Shepherd Tessa 5 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 2: a lot of these so called indestructible dog chews. And 6 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:17,799 Speaker 2: perhaps he showd that she'd left a review on the 7 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 2: kmart website, which I have right here. That's actually a 8 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 2: really nice fair review. I mean, obviously put a bit 9 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:25,920 Speaker 2: of time to do it, you know, That's what I'm 10 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 2: always surprised that people that have the time to leave reviews. 11 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 3: But anyway, probably did it during the show. 12 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 4: Check. 13 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, it be about two minutes before the news at eight. 14 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 2: Arma, Emma loves your five dollars chumb bone bone dog toy. 15 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 2: So addicted is he that he carries it everywhere and 16 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 2: sleeps with it. Your description states that no toy is indestrunctible, 17 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 2: but this one really is. 18 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 1: Yep. 19 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 2: It stands the test of time, getting thrown in the air, 20 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 2: fetched and still has. 21 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 1: Its squeak up, providing many hours are fun. Five out 22 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: of five. 23 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 4: It's a brilliant Wilson, brilliant product. 24 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 1: Lovely. Yeah, someone's just texted in here who knew pats 25 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:07,759 Speaker 1: was an. 26 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 4: Influencer that on Insta the other day? 27 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 2: Oh wow, then I find this one of a hotel 28 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:17,400 Speaker 2: you stayed at in New York with your big epic 29 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 2: American trip. Well, we let's never fall. 30 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: Out with Patsy. 31 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 2: If we have to get rid of her, she will 32 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:29,400 Speaker 2: burn this station, torch us all alive, terrifying. 33 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: This is okay? 34 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 2: So the subject heading on this is on trip Advisor 35 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 2: hotel in New York where Patsy stayed. Uh, the heading 36 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 2: of her of you? You know you can put like 37 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 2: a subject in inc you sometimes location isn't isn't is 38 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 2: in block capitals everything, while the location of this property 39 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 2: is desirable. This is Patsy scathing you. Unfortunately we couldn't 40 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 2: say our recent experience here was the first room we 41 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 2: were booked into was freezing cold, the curtains dirty and 42 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 2: even tall in places, and the bed skirt and Louns 43 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 2: chair Lownes chair both badly stained. You sure that he 44 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 2: wasn't where we love God? Both the double beds had 45 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 2: deep dips in the middle and looked very quite worn. 46 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 2: Grammar so angry typing we demanded to be moved. 47 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 5: Yes, it is well, we demand to be moved, and 48 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 5: we are met by a very repugnant staffer, repugnant, repugnant, 49 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 5: who informed. 50 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: Us that's what you booked, that's what you. 51 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:36,920 Speaker 2: Got, and no one has informed me of any problems 52 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 2: with the room, to which we replied that we were. 53 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 2: Now this, someone we now realized was a member of 54 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 2: the housekeeping team, knocked in our door moments later and 55 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 2: said they are moving you, before walking off. The manager 56 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,079 Speaker 2: later accused us of refusing to let her in the 57 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 2: room when block capitals, when in fact, A she's broken. 58 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 2: The next scalapuis down as ABC on this you A 59 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 2: she didn't introduce herself be no request was made to 60 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 2: inspect the room and see we had no clue who 61 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 2: she was. 62 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 4: Now we move on to the hair drawing led a 63 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 4: stranger in the room. 64 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 2: The beds disgusting, the curtains are torn. We've got that 65 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 2: pre stained chair. Now the hair dryer. The hair dryer 66 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 2: looked as though the filter had never been cleaned. Inspecting 67 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 2: their hair. 68 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 4: No, if you saw it had about an inch of 69 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 4: hair and dust. 70 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 2: It was fel The hair dry looked like the filter 71 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 2: had never been cleaned. 72 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 4: The event, did you say the photo. 73 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 2: W are you John McLean and Diard? Whereby love Gobin 74 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 2: shoved into the event. Let's get up, don't have a 75 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 2: look around. The event in the b was filthy. 76 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: The FBI those little screwdrivers. 77 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 3: Into No, it was. 78 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 2: The room in the shower. 79 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 4: It was visual to the eye. That's how bad it was. 80 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 2: What else is it going to be visual to your ass? 81 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 2: It's visual to the eye. 82 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: The event in the bathroom was filthy. There was hair 83 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: on the pillows before it fell. 84 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 4: I swear. 85 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: There was hair on. 86 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 2: The pillows before we got into the bed. The desk, 87 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 2: who uses that business desk anyway? 88 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:19,599 Speaker 3: It's always where you put junk and that's it. 89 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's it. 90 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 4: The business desk, charge the phone. 91 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: The desk was terribly scratched and marked. The bear. 92 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 3: Would you notice as you sit down to write this review. 93 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: One of the blinds now wrong. 94 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 2: One of the blinds was stuck closed and couldn't be 95 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 2: raised through our entire state. 96 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 1: We can't see New York. 97 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 4: Now, couldn't see the empire state. 98 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:42,479 Speaker 1: We haven't finished yet. 99 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 2: There were no amenities in the room, amenities in capital, 100 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 2: not even a single teaspoon, no coffee maker, kettle which 101 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 2: you will find a stand in another properties throughout the 102 00:04:54,520 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 2: Manhattan area. 103 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 1: Manhattan Repugnant Manhattan. 104 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:10,280 Speaker 3: Tea boots teaspoons are as standard in all Manhattan hotels. 105 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 2: Other properties throughout the Manhattan locale. 106 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 1: There are dormant at the property. However, most could be 107 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 1: seen leaning. 108 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:19,279 Speaker 3: They were useless, leaning. 109 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: Against a pillar. 110 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:24,160 Speaker 4: Yes, so what they meant to take you back? 111 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 3: Open the door? 112 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 1: The rich? 113 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 4: What were they doing there? 114 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 1: We love God? 115 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 4: What were they doing? Leaning up against the. 116 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 2: Dorman of the property. Most could be seen against the 117 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 2: pillar In this. 118 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: Last bit, I don't know whether we should read it out. 119 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 1: I don't think we're on to the homeless people now. 120 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 4: It was really sad. 121 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: A few homeless. 122 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 2: People sup adjacent to the hotel, which made us cautious 123 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 2: of walking by with a young child after dark. 124 00:05:59,920 --> 00:06:00,919 Speaker 1: The scoop up. 125 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 4: No one was doing something not nice, and that's I'll 126 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 4: leave it at that. 127 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 3: No, I mean, that is a problem in New York. 128 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 3: But that's the hotel's. 129 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 1: Foley, I know, but you know, so, just so we 130 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 1: just tacked this off. 131 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 2: Then, so you didn't like the it was cold, count 132 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 2: off the points outside, even good about the cold room curtains. 133 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 2: She hated the bed, skirt, loundes, chair, double beds were 134 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 2: dips all right. Then there was that the blinds that 135 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 2: were stuck. No teaspoon, hair dry, filthy, airvent filthy, no amenities, 136 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 2: not even a teaspoon, no coffee making, no kettle. 137 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:50,359 Speaker 1: Dormant homeless people. How many points of complaint did she 138 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 1: have in the review? 139 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 3: Fourteen? 140 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:55,840 Speaker 4: It was a fair review. 141 00:06:56,839 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 5: It was no one escapes the dormant homeless home. 142 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: The Manhattan area. 143 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 3: The cleaning lady just coming knock on. 144 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 4: The door was a lady. She was not dressed in 145 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 4: a uniform. She could have been anyone. 146 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 2: Absolutely could have been a terrorist out there, Chris, for 147 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 2: all we know. The manager replied, you know, when they 148 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 2: do want, I feel so denial. 149 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 4: Didn't even address any of my they wanted. 150 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 2: What they must want to do is just like you, 151 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 2: and they go, We're so sorry. 152 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 4: They're in hospitality. That's their job. 153 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 2: Well, Patsy, I'm going to I now know what you're 154 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 2: called online. I'm going to make sure I have alert 155 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 2: for any more of your reviews. 156 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 1: Thank you, Patsy. 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