I've just remembered! Elvira was using a magnifying glass in the other people's places! She should have done the same in her own.

She should get 2 and make them into a pair of specs to wear during her cleaning rounds.

sadly a very mentally unwell "nutter" too...

noticed that too and thought, ewwwwwwww

I'm absolutely certain that there was very sharp editing there. I think she was about to burst out laughing or say something along the lines of "yeah, right" and it was edited out leaving her to look a deluded prat.


Probably need to wear reading specs or similar so they can see detail. It is probably quite easy to miss hairs on a table cloth - or napkins - if you need glasses for reading.


We have several cats who are not allowed in the guest areas and particularly not the bedrooms. However, the hairs do transfer off guests themselves if they pick up a cat to stroke it, are spread by dusters, microfibre cleaning cloths, brooms, my clothes... one of the most important things in my cleaning basket is Sellotape or similar. I use it to pick up any hairs I spot as I'm making beds, I use it on myself - on my front - to make sure I'm not transferring stray hairs, I have it in the kitchen when I'm laying the table, I vacuum several times a day to try and pick up any stray hairs that might become airborne... avoiding animal hairs can be done but you have to be quite OCD about it.


I can only think that they've not revisited their standards over the months / years they've been in business and they assume because everything was pristine five years ago, it will be now because their cleaning routines haven't changed. It's human nature to stop paying the same level of attention to regular jobs and you have to be very careful not to let your own standards slip without noticing.

If I were on 4iaB (and I never will be) I'd get several very picky friends round beforehand to examine everything to make sure I wasn't missing something - like cat hairs. I suspect that a lot of the long-established b&bs need to do the same to make sure they've not become complacent and a bit slipshod. A sanitary check...

I like Zak and Mike the best. They both seem very reasonable. Today's hosts weren't as bad as I expected them to be when they saw the feedback.

Overall, those two women are the most annoying. Jane always has to find fault and then announce it to everyone else - very loudly and then go on and on about it. David has been similar in the past but some of the time Jane has asked him for his opinion hoping for support for her complaints.

I hope either Zak or Mike win the comp. If those two women win I hope the others rip off their awful plastic nails one by one!

The reason for The Great Blu Tack Shortage of 2014/15 has been found anyway. They must have used a whole pack in each corner sticking the feedback forms onto the book the hosts were reading from. Finishing touches certainly isn't the production company's strong point.

I have decided to give it a miss. Its RUBBISH. I dont believe it. They only had a few rooms to make sure they were SPOTLESS. Wouldnt YOU, go and check everything 10 times lol....

Hairs on sheets.....well my dog sleeps on my bed EVERY night, and i dont have hairs on my red sheets........ I get them all over me though lol, so they can travel.

I expect to be honest, everything is done in a rush. They go off to visit someone, then its their turn whilst they are away who looks after their gaff?

That women should have told them about the hairs on the tablecloth and showed them why not...i would have. But it all seems contrived some how.

What i dont understand is how can CHEFS panic over a breakfast for gods sake. I used to cook for 50 guests for breakfast at the hotel i worked at if i did cover for the chef if he was off sick.

The thing is most of it is pre cooked apart from the egg anyway lol.

I mean an omelette is easy to make, and poached eggs, its not rocket science. Jeez. Are they chefs .... or wannabee chefs.......

I think that big woman has a little tin with hairs in it and takes it with her.and slugs!

There is a difference between "dirty" which is something contaminated with dirt or debris and something possibly slightly stained as in the odd teacup.

She totally looks far more like a Vera than an Elvira to me.


Agreed, housed itself very attractive externally. I hated it inside decoration wise. All those curtains and pelmets everywhere made it look chintzy and gave it an air of contrived grandeur. I also thought it looked very dated.

^^ This

Spot on as per Normandie!

I love animals but have my own levels of what is acceptable and not. .I don't do animals sipping my tea or having access to plates etc..whether finished eating or not. .I wouldnt stay at a hotel with free roaming cat or dog. .animal hairs on a table cloth whilst im eating would actually put me off to the extent I wouldn't eat. .

Same here.

I'd have been out of there like a shot and what about the pet hair on the knife?

Ewwww - beyond the pale for this customer.

Hard to believe the couple with the hairy house is the same couple that used a magnifying glass looking for hairs.

Sometimes, you just have to laugh

You know what I have been wondering about? Mushrooms for breakfast. Why? They are so damn slimy. Mushrooms belong in a sauce.

Right?

Just provide earplugs! I use 'BioEars' they're fantastic.

Fresh coffee was available but she used instant. DOH.

So she serves instant because it's cheap? Proper coffee isn't even that expensive!

David doesnt seem very social, he looks like he despises other human beings

Quite fair payments. I hope they don't win though!

Blimey he kicked up so much fuss and then underpaid by only £5, you would have thought it was the end of the world going by the conversation

I'm so with him on that one. Especially when they are the likes of Jane.