‘I would have screamed’: Airbnb guest’s window opened directly into NYC restaurant, viral video shows

WWLP ^ | Michael Bartiromo

[BenLurkin]

A young woman visiting New York City recently discovered that her hotel room — which she booked through Airbnb — literally shared a window with a Japanese restaurant, allowing her to sneak a peek at the patrons as they were chowing down.

The woman, who identified herself as Desiree Baker, first shared the odd experience on TikTok earlier this week, remarking on discrepancy between the actual room and the online listing, which allegedly indicated a bedroom overlooking the city.

As seen in the clip, Baker lifts the shade and nervously peeks at a couple enjoying their dinner on the opposite side of the glass. The diners, however, are unable to see Baker because of a reflective coating on the other side, she later discovers.

[BenLurkin]

Hoax?

[BenLurkin]

https://www.tiktok.com/@desireerosebaker/video/7043567145640316166

[SaveFerris]

(a bedroom overlooking the city.)

a bedroom overlooking the city residents as they eat

[NWFree]

Some people pay extra for that 🤪

[srmanuel]

If that video is real, I don’t know what’s more creepy watching people eat or sitting at a table while you look into someone’s hotel room.

[Larry Lucido]

On Police Squad someone had a Japanese garden.

[Skywise]

Nah - looks like the restaurant took over the street/sidewalk as part of the Covid protocols to survive.

[skeeter]

If things went south the police wouldn’t know whether to arrest the hotel patron for exhibitionism or the diner for peeping.

[hinckley buzzard]

Yeah, “Desiree Baker?” I think there is a little more to this story,

[BenLurkin]

Not to worry. They would arrest the man. Whichever side of the window he was on.

[SaveFerris]

I should have watched more of it

[livius]

Grow up, so lady. I’ve stayed in many nice places aboard where the rooms open onto an interior courtyard with bar or patio with restaurant. Now they’ve soundproofed the windows so your room is ok for sleeping. But even before then, it was fun just to watch people, listen to the band (always nice and quiet) , etc.

I’m just surprised NY still has something like this

[Deaf Smith]

One-way reflective glass tends to reverse when the interior light is much greater than the exterior.

Example is when one drives past office buildings at night and are able to see those still working in their office.

[higgmeister]

In 1981, the ITT company that I worked for booked me into the famous Algonquin Hotel in NYC and my nondescript room had plumbing pipes a couple of feet from the ceiling, running across the room.   It was a crude and dismal subway ride south to the ITT Building downtown.

At the time I had never heard of the "Algonquin Round Table" or Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, and Robert E. Sherwood.

Since then I have seen a few Robert Benchley short films that I appreciated.   Then, the humorous anecdote from Dorothy Parker when she was asked to use the word horticulture in a sentence replied "you can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think" was very clever in my opinion.

But at the time I stayed there, I didn't even feel anything of the historic ambiance.   I only thought, no motel room I had ever stayed in had pipes near the ceiling.

[BenLurkin]

Interesting!

[PghBaldy]

Dorothy Parker also supposedly said,

“If you laid all the people in this room end to end... I wouldn’t be a bit surprised.”

[Clutch Martin]

I would have tried to work some deal in regards to free restaurant food.

[\/\/ayne]

In the '80s I worked for this company that took pride in their huge expense account. I had to stay over in Houston so they put me up in this gigantic expensive hotel with a great view, I was 15-20 stories up, I think. I really wanted to lean out the window to get this great shot of the city but it didn't open.

Well, I had a huge toolkit with me for the work so I just took the window off, leaned out and got my picture, then put it back on.

So that's my hotel window story. I guess we all got one.

[BenLurkin]

Can just imagine the headlines if something had gone wrong. 8^)

“Man falls 20 stories while taking pictures. Camera was clicking all the way down.”

Or almost as bad: “Window falls 20 stories from hotel.”

[Larry Lucido]

All six episodes are on YouTube. Here is the first one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYdUZfHGP04