Submitted by NecessaryMistake9754 t3_zch644 in nyc
DeathPercept10n t1_iyx2ggw wrote
Reply to comment by grandlewis in Airbnb likely to lose more than 10K listings in NYC under tight new rules by NecessaryMistake9754
Seriously though. A few years ago our neighbours at the time used to do this all the time. One night my gf comes home late and I'm already asleep. She wakes me up cuz she smells a strong gas smell in the hallway. We tried banging on the door but no answer. We called Con Ed and they sent the fire department immediately. They busted down the door and these idiots were passed out drunk with the stove on but no flame. If there was any spark before they came we'd all have died. Thank God those idiot neighbours moved away and now there's been no more random people jeopardizing our home.
JustHereToLurk247 t1_iyxcg2u wrote
A similar thing happened to us! We smelled gas really strongly, my husband ran downstairs to the airbnb unit, banged on the door and helped the guests turn off the gas. They didn’t know they left it on. It could have been bad.
ambiensmachete t1_iyxnvmf wrote
Me as well!! Do people staying in airbnbs just not know how gas stoves work???
grandlewis t1_iyy67xg wrote
Yes. Many of them are from different countries, and different cultures, and they have no idea what they are doing. Many of them can barely read English and don’t fully understand the instructions from their “hosts”. Hotels are completely set up to deal with this, apartments in the middle of a residential building, in the middle of a residential block, are not.
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