#6 Can't be justified? (cracks fingers)
Ever been a property renter?
First, no don't think she took a dive, the staircase has a turn with funny steps. That looked classic putting a foot down on a step which isn't there. Besides, if I took a dive it would be the tumbleweed, certainly not the Shia Labeuf career path. I would not rule out totally high (we are well to do art-teests in Amsterdam on summer vacay) + high stress situation = dizzy or even fainting. It is mentioned she fainted upon impact...most people flail like a wind puppet in a tornado when falling.
They were not a few minutes late for checkout, unless 90 is a only few. Arrogance, or a half-truth. Artists I knew, it would be both.
Am I correct that Air B&B has a rating system? What if the room is trashed and stinks of weed and the next check-in is 30 minutes out?
Do Air B&B property owners get a say on who stays there, a profile of the renter? If so, if the guy hates Africans, why would he initially accept the contract? If the conversation went as told, owner knew something of the renters.
Like SteveS, there is likely more to this story. I tend by default to take the side of the property owner, as they are the side who initiates the contract by deciding that their property may be available for rent. As they are risking their property for the opportunity of profit. So when a property owner rejects a renter, the only part of the equation which has changed is, who is the renter, and what have they done? Failure to pay, excessive damage, renting past accepted date.
Both are wrong. Knocking people off balance on a stair case and gravity gets a say. The renters initiated the conflict by violating the rental agreement. Not by a few minutes, or thirty, but by an hour and a half. Note how he is throwing articles of clothing and not suitcases or backpacks - Tells me they are not even close to ready. Imagine the review, probably by someone of influence's kids. "Traveled 16 hours and arrived at The Flying Dutchman's B&B. Restroom was a wreck, no towels, still trash in the canisters, bed sheets smelled used, and everything smelled of weed." Close shop, he's done...not that he isn't now, but he knew for certain going into this, I'd suspect. This is not a hotel where an alternative room can be offered, and an unused rental property costs money - summertime, popular destination, done right renters are lined up like planes landing. |