Posted on 12/06/2021 5:51:13 PM PST by simpson96
HELEN, Ga. (WXIA) - A Georgia grandmother and her 6-year-old granddaughter were kicked out of their hotel room in the middle of the night after providing a three-star review, out of five, of the business.
Susan Leger, 63, and her 6-year-old granddaughter were ready for bed on the first night of what was supposed to be a three-night stay in September at the Baymont Inn & Suites in the resort town of Helen, Georgia.
At 8:40 p.m., her cell phone rang. It was the hotel manager, Danny Vyas, saying he had called police and they had to leave the room.
“The man is screaming at me. He was saying, ‘You get out now. I call the police,’” Leger said. “My granddaughter’s like clinging to my leg and crying so hard. This was scary. This was just horrifying.”
Vyas called 911 after Leger responded to an email from Hotels.com asking how she was enjoying her room. The grandmother gave the hotel three stars out of five and listed some complaints, writing, “Rundown. Pool’s not open. Toilet doesn’t flush well.”
During the 911 call, Vyas can be heard telling the dispatcher, “We are getting ready to refund because they have reviewed that the room is dirty and the place is rundown.”
“He was basically saying, ‘You get out… You lie. You gave me bad review.’ And I’m just sitting there going, ‘Oh my gosh, is this a prank call?’” Leger said.
But Leger soon received a knock on her door from an officer with the Helen Police Department. He told her she and her granddaughter had to leave.
“‘They can truly kick me out for giving a review of three out of five?’ And he says, ‘Yes, ma’am. It’s within the law,’” Leger said.
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I’m sure there’s more to the story.
Several years ago, I taught at a high school that had a large Gujarati population. I had classes where at least half of the students were surnamed Patel.
Most of the Gujaratis seem to have moved on, but now many of the students are offspring of Chinese Communist Party bureaucrats who bought homes in the town so they could send their kids to the school, one of the highest rated in the state, to get a good education.
I have a good friend who is originally from India. One time on a road trip we were looking for a place to stay for the night. We drove up to what looked like a decent motel and I was about to park the car when the manager peeked her head out. My friend saw the dot on her head and told me to drive on to find a better place to stay.
The same goes at restaurants. Don’t insult the staff until after you eat.
Motels are gross. Especially those you listed
I wonder if the Air BandBs of this world do the same....give a bad review and then get black listed...
“This is how they do things in India”
I think you nailed it. They can’t un-think that whole caste system thing from “ back home”. About 20 years ago I had to explain the facts of life in America to some Indian woman who was decorating my boss’ house — an “artiste”.
According to my boss, she was from a family in an upper caste level and brought that attitude to the USA. She’d come to the office, or call, and demand that we let her speak to Gary NOW, or accommodate her another way NOW. We couldn’t sometimes and she’d be verbally abusive to us.
She respected him because he was the owner, but anyone who worked for him was subservient and worthy of abuse. One day I’d had enough, glared at her, and explained to her that this isn’t India, we don’t have a caste system, she wasn’t special, and the staff wouldn’t tolerate her attitude any longer. It worked — in a way. She tattled on me to my boss, and he let HER go.
A “NO SOUP FOR YOU!” kind of thing?
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