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Comment on Can you afford your teenager’s social life? by Wendy

Wendy — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:44:55 +0000

My son has been applying for a lot of part time jobs so hopefully he will get one soon. It is good for teens to earn their own money and gain a work ethic as soon as they can.

Comment on Can you afford your teenager’s social life? by Liz

Liz — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 21:51:59 +0000

I’m a 21 year old, and I’ve been buying myself clothes, accessories, shoes, cosmetics and technological things since I got my first job at 15. My mum does enough for me by feeding me, keeping a clean house and allowing me to live with her still. I think it gets to a point where if it’s something that the child *wants* versus *needs*, the parent must put their foot down and say the child can buy it for themselves if it’s not a necessity.

Comment on The law regarding free tap water in UK restaurants. by Wendy

Wendy — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 19:04:26 +0000

He can say all he likes, tap water is often better than bottled which you pay far too much money for with a meal. They wash and cook the food in tap water so it is good enough to drink. Your husband is talking utter rubbish.

Comment on The law regarding free tap water in UK restaurants. by mitzi

mitzi — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 06:30:21 +0000

Hi,
Just wanted to tell you that I was recently told by by husband (of all people!) who works in a 5-star institution, that I should not ask for tap water, especially in expensive restaurants because, he claims, I would be laughed at. You can imagine my wrath when he uttered these words and I will certainly continue to do exactly as I always do.

Needless to say, I think he now sees my points:
1) The reason I would be ‘laughed at’ is a form of ‘snobbery’ from the very people who do the laughing.
2) Every person has the right to FREE tap water (and a ‘bale of hay’ which is, I heard, stipulated in a UK article of law….not sure)
3) Bottled water does not contain the bacteria that naturally occur in tap water. The result? A more sensitive stomach which means frequent runs (no pun intended) to bathrooms when one travels, especially to third-world countries.
4) It’s better for the environment (less plastic and glass bottles even if they are recyclable.
5) A huge savings!

Even if I had all the money in the world, I will continue to exercise my rights to free tap water!

Comment on Hotel Owners Unite: Does Tripadvisor give you a fair deal…? by Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:31:23 +0000

Lorraine your experience certainly mirrors so many of us who have been stung by this repugnant website. Bear in mind that TA make a lot of money out of those reviews – they pick up bookings through them and so it generates revenue for the company. This is why it is so easy for individuals to place ‘reviews’ and so damn difficult for owners/management to ‘respond’.

I also find they contradict their own terms of service; they stipulate that reviews must be in english and yet publish reviews in foreign languages – stupidly if a guest posts a review about your property in, say, spanish, you as the owner MUST respond to that review in spanish…whether you can speak it or not. We were only able to respond to some of our reviews because we spoke both french and spanish – many other owners would not have been able to.
I find this totally underhanded in the extreme.

I am going to write an article about this company – I am also writing a book about our experiences in France and there will be a whole chapter dedicated to our relationship with Tripadvisor!

Comment on Hotel Owners Unite: Does Tripadvisor give you a fair deal…? by Lorraine Bryan

Lorraine Bryan — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:31:18 +0000

5 years ago when I owned a hotel I had an agressive couple inform me that they had a gold and diamond necklace stolen from their room. The drama was unbelievable and I was sick with worry. It was found a few hours later caught up in a hoover. It was the cheapest trinket imaginable. It caused so much fuss and their very abusive behaviour was quite frightening and completely over the top. I was on my own on a Sunday afternoon and was very shaken. Before the police could come they left. But for all of this time , 5 years there has been a nasty libelous report is on TripAdvisor with a completely untrue version of the incident. The new owner has requested that it be removed but it remains . It is still on the site even though I sold it 4 years ago and the new owner still gets asked about it.
Now the new owner has discovered that someone has put another report on a Google maps site that gives a completely incorrect and nasty report concerning them. I happen to know all about this incident as I was helping out the new owner at the time. This woman was completely crazy and totally off her head so much so that we had to call the police. But she has slandered the hotel and personally named individuals on this site. People do take these reports at face value, they do not read between the lines. It is so unfair. Anyone who has the slightest dissatisfaction real or imagined may print total untruths and damaging lies and what can you say really to refute the allegations.Trip Advisor is an abomination. So may times I have said we should be able to do something about it.

Comment on The BP oil spill – anyone remember ‘Union Carbide’ by any chance…? by Gerard Urbanozo, PeopleBrowsr

Gerard Urbanozo, PeopleBrowsr — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:51:13 +0000

Such a terrible catastrophe! Could have it been prevented, of course! Can we still do anything about it? Sure we can! Or maybe not us, but those who possess the capacity to handle such large scale disaster. Who are we talking about? The President of the United States! The Chairman or CEO of BP! These people and more should do something to at least control the already worsened situation.

Then next time something like this won’t happen again, that there won’t be 11 lives lost and billions of dollars wasted.

Comment on It’s the law: restaurants MUST provide tap water for free. by David

David — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:14:11 +0000

I am from Arizona and there if you are refused water with ice, then the restaurant gets closed down even. Then again, it gets about 45 C (120 F) out there. That is a little steep of 20,000 pounds.

Comment on Disclosure by Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:34:47 +0000

Hi Wendy, can you mail me your contact e mail

Comment on How NOT to run a pub… by Wendy

Wendy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:17:24 +0000

What you have written should be appearing in the national papers so that the confusion should be cleared up. I don’t understand the ‘racist’ element as Irish is a nationality not a race – but I can see how people put it down to her being irish and refusing to sell the poppies even though that was not the case according to what you say.
I hope it all ends well for everyone concerned.