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‘I would have screamed’: Airbnb guest’s window opened directly into NYC restaurant, viral video shows
WWLP ^
| Michael Bartiromo
Posted on 12/23/2021 2:47:19 PM PST by 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.
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TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: airbnb; desireebaker; hellhole; michaelbartiromo; newyork; newyorkcity; tiktok; whovisitsnyc
Hoax?
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posted on
12/23/2021 2:47:19 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
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posted on
12/23/2021 2:47:37 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
(a bedroom overlooking the city.)
a bedroom overlooking the city residents as they eat
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posted on
12/23/2021 2:52:30 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
To: BenLurkin
Some people pay extra for that 🤪
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posted on
12/23/2021 2:55:26 PM PST
by
NWFree
(Somebody has to say it)
To: BenLurkin
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.
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posted on
12/23/2021 2:57:27 PM PST
by
srmanuel
(`)
To: SaveFerris
On Police Squad someone had a Japanese garden.
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posted on
12/23/2021 3:09:46 PM PST
by
Larry Lucido
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To: BenLurkin
Nah - looks like the restaurant took over the street/sidewalk as part of the Covid protocols to survive.
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posted on
12/23/2021 3:10:08 PM PST
by
Skywise
To: BenLurkin
If things went south the police wouldn’t know whether to arrest the hotel patron for exhibitionism or the diner for peeping.
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posted on
12/23/2021 3:11:42 PM PST
by
skeeter
To: BenLurkin
Yeah, “Desiree Baker?” I think there is a little more to this story,
To: skeeter
Not to worry. They would arrest the man. Whichever side of the window he was on.
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posted on
12/23/2021 3:26:20 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: Larry Lucido
I should have watched more of it
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posted on
12/23/2021 3:35:18 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
To: BenLurkin
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
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posted on
12/23/2021 3:54:26 PM PST
by
livius
To: BenLurkin
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.
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posted on
12/23/2021 4:04:16 PM PST
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: BenLurkin
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.
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posted on
12/23/2021 4:53:30 PM PST
by
higgmeister
( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
To: higgmeister
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posted on
12/23/2021 4:55:26 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: higgmeister
Dorothy Parker also supposedly said,
“If you laid all the people in this room end to end... I wouldn’t be a bit surprised.”
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posted on
12/23/2021 5:12:09 PM PST
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team sco uts photo-op locations.)
To: BenLurkin
I would have tried to work some deal in regards to free restaurant food.
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posted on
12/23/2021 5:12:19 PM PST
by
Clutch Martin
(The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
To: BenLurkin
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.
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posted on
12/23/2021 6:39:50 PM PST
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
To: \/\/ayne
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.”
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posted on
12/23/2021 6:44:50 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: SaveFerris
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posted on
12/24/2021 7:15:44 AM PST
by
Larry Lucido
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