I politely asked you one straight forward question that left you the option to reply 'No, I'm afraid I don't' yet you reply with a tirade like this. That speaks volumes on many levels. I wouldn't complain about your treatment on here any more as it certainly isn't one way.

LOL, you are funny, you have spent the best part of 24 hours defending your mate against us evil people....... I hope you get free tea and cakes for all of your hard work.

What you fail to realise my dear, is I dont care a FIG about Sue and Louise or how they are or even who they are. I have no thoughts about them whatsover in the real world.

The can be as nice as pie and wonderful kind people but I care not.

~What I do care is them trying to assinate the good names of hard working contestents who were on the show with them.....making them out to be lax in their jobs to the point of paying peanuts for a beautiful room, yet still enjoying a free breakfast and showing ALL 3 B&Bs up as much as they could, by saying quite clearly they wouldnt stay there again.

IF you read my post answering you further up the page you will see what I wrote.

I thought they were behaving badly, and they were game playing you said so yourself, so they could WIN a stupid plaque to shove on their wall.

If you cant see it that is your problem not mine.

Like I said they have no interest in me as a people, just as contestents in a REALITY SHOW which i watched courtesy of my paid for T.V. licence.

IF they had anything about themselves they would come on here and talk to us and explain, not hide behind all their MATES now wouldnt they. Ciao... i dont have time to answer you again, things to do, chickens to feed. Enjoy your tea and cake.

Oh before i go please refer to post #1145

That was a tirade was it? You have certainly misinterpreted the tone.

I thought it was a full and frank answer.

I guess it must be something to do with the area I live - I talk a lot - I try to be straight talking and clear (I don't do concise).

BIB. But you are not are you? You have continued to try to defend the indefensible. As others have said, last week is over. The damage Sue did to her business will manifest itself in the future.

Time for next week's programme now.

Hold on a cotton-picking moment....feather allergy?

My son has a feather allergy and I can say from loads of experience in this area that if Sue had a REAL feather allergy her face would have been swollen, her eyes and nose would have been weeping buckets with sneezing and she'd have had itchy skin as soon as she encountered the bed. And despite taking the 'tablet' the symptoms would have persisted into the next day - one tablet does not fix things let me tell you.

Did Sue have streaming eyes and nose at breakfast? no.
Did Sue show evidence of red, itchy skin on her face? no
Was Sue sneezing in that room? nope

This is how a feather allergy affects you, even a mild reaction - as anyone on here with the same affliction would attest.

The verdict?......Sue was telling porkies.

Yes they are Tommo, i get so fed up of it to be honest. Chambermaids can loose hair easily, even when i used to check their rooms when they had cleaned the bath would show a loose hair lol...those pesky hairs...... its a hanging offence.

who cares unless the carpet is covered in them and the place is filthy.

Its so tiresome....to be honest and boring lol.

Yes take the p and avoid answering any questions raised from your posts.

You posted:
So they were playing a game - as in they had a game plan? Slag off all the other places, underpay everyone, say no to staying at any of the places again - was that it?

If they are so upset with 4IAB and the way they've been portrayed who set them up as the baddies; are they keeping the plaque? Have they got it on display, are they going to have it on display or have they binned it?

No, there was no answer to the direct question. 'No, I'm afraid I can't.' looks like the only full and frank answer you could possibly give.

Hi MadBetty we all agree or concur about the reaction to her errrr feather allergy which she actually said, she has NEVER SLEPT with a bed with feather pillows before so how she knew she was allergic is beyond me.

ALSO the clincher is The Castle she stayed at also has Feather pillows and duvets its on their website yeh weirdly enough she had no problem sleeping in that bed....

You can only be portrayed as nasty, if you are nasty, say nice things and you will be seen as nice, act like a complete git and thats how it will come across.

They had a game plan. Feather allergy was on the list!

The next day, even after taking a tablet she said her face was swollen. Thing is, she was the only one who could see it!

Is that a tea cup at the hotel or one bought by a contestant who claims that production forced her to go out and buy them all?

I think some of these people have issues...self-awareness issues.

I mean, if you go on this show and, all other things aside, seriously underpay nice people with very nice properties for the most trivial reasons then the viewers are not going to like you. Especially when you do it sitting there with po-faced arrogance.

The payments are supposed to reflect value for money, not be used to penalise or punish owners because the wrong bloody spoon was put on the breakfast table or a bathroom blind flapped in the breeze. Can these contestants not understand by now how puerile they look when they do this?

We are totally on the same wavelength Lucy.

Just sent you an important PM hun.

Yes i so agree with you. Its ludicrous. So use the bloody spoon who cares as long as its clean.

I felt sorry for Audrey actually, she even cooked them all a lovely supper, their rooms were well clean and presented, the breakfast lovely, and the crockery look smashing to me, and they still found so much fault.

The thing is too who would open a bathroom window and then have a shower NO one would.......... your aving a larf lol......

Mine didn't

Thanks a million Lucy. I have replied!

Well - enough has been said on the gruesome twosome now, but it's interesting to see that they have generated such a backlash on social media and on these forums - I can't remember any other host(s) generating so many pages - even Mrs T, Mad donkey woman or nasty Mike the other week......

I suppose the difference with Mike was that he and Karen made it abundantly clear to their competitors that they hated their places, wouldn't stay again in a million years, and thought the place was the dog's whatsits, so the comments and payments were no surprise.

I agree that when I stay at a hotel or BnB, I don't actually want to interact that much with my hosts. They can show me to my room and serve me my breakfast, but I wouldn't actively seek them out unless to sort a problem or ask advice on the local area. I'd chat to be polite, but wouldn't want to socialise - I'm a paying guest, not a friend!

That said, I have watched FIAB for years now, and actively look out for some of the places featured if I was visiting their part of the country, but will admit that if I thought the hosts were horrible, I wouldn't waste my money on them, but drive on to another.

Well - enough has been said on the gruesome twosome now, but it's interesting to see that they have generated such a backlash on social media and on these forums - I can't remember any other host(s) generating so many pages - even Mrs T, Mad donkey woman or nasty Mike the other week......

I suppose the difference with Mike was that he and Karen made it abundantly clear to their competitors that they hated their places, wouldn't stay again in a million years, and thought their place was the dog's whatsits, so the comments and payments were no surprise.

I agree that when I stay at a hotel or BnB, I don't actually want to interact that much with my hosts. They can show me to my room and serve me my breakfast, but I wouldn't actively seek them out unless to sort a problem or ask advice on the local area. I'd chat to be polite, but wouldn't want to socialise - I'm a paying guest, not a friend!

That said, I have watched FIAB for years now, and actively look out for some of the places featured if I was visiting their part of the country, but will admit that if I thought the hosts were horrible, I wouldn't waste my money on them, but drive on to another. That's the sort of trade that I'd imagine most participants are looking for when they sign up.... It is after all a weeks free advertising on almost Prime time national TV, and showcases their places to potential new customers. Sue and Louise have seriously damaged their chances of getting that.

Personally I thought all 4 places last week were worthy of a visit, especially the Clifton who IMHO offered wonderful value for money, and I live not far away enough from the Castle to warrant a stay, but I wouldn't put a penny in Sues pocket after what she wrote on the forms and paid the others.... I agree that editing and cut and splice can make a mockery of what was actually said - but they cannot deny those feedback forms or the payments were all their own work!

Interestingly, a seasoned ex-Digital Spy regular has stated on the FB fan page that Penny Crayon is a long time DS troll that is indeed male and has been banned on a number of occasions. They always come back but don't vary their posting style so are caught again. The aggressive style whilst avoiding answers and just blustering to s. stir is par for the course apparently. Time indeed to move on.

What a surprise - not!

Thanks Grump Wizard

Really?

I'd like to see the evidence of that.

I can hand on heart say that there is not one single element of truth in that - but you believe what you want.

Rather ridiculous that someone who simply comes in with a different take on things is called a troll and a previously banned member.

I'm sure that if you look around the DS forums there are plenty that'll vouch for me.

I'm not on FB - I would like to know who's spreading absolute rubbish about me though. Says far more about them than me.

Good day to you all.

Gawd some of the people on this thread are right up their own 'arris's.

Woe betide anyone that goes against the majority.

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