WATCH: SA accommodation host receives backlash for posting disrespectful TikTok
Be careful about what you post on the internet because it can come back to bite you...
We've all heard accommodation-related horror stories, but you usually find yourself siding with the guesthouse or apartment owner.
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It doesn't happen often that the majority of the audience agrees with each other, but when the people saw a recent TikTok, they all knew one thing: this is wrong.
The video in question, which has since been deleted, shows accommodation host, Qinisile Dlamini (@ladique), explaining that she and her co-host cancelled a guest's stay at their residence mere hours before the guest was supposed to check-in.
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While she intended the video to be funny, she did not get the response she had hoped for.
Instead, her audience thought that it was rude and unprofessional for her to have acted in this way.
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Dlamini's explanation is why it did not sit right with viewers:
We had gotten this lady’s booking maybe like a week before she was supposed to check in. Her booking was for only one night, about R2 000 or something like that. The day before she was supposed to check in, I think he got a very big booking on his side, maybe like R8 000 or R10 000, now the obvious point is to cancel that booking.
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Essentially, they left this woman without a place to stay because they wanted to make more money.
Home girl refused. She did not want the money. She’s like I want that place! I’m like my sister I’m so sorry it’s not available, like I know it’s so messed up and I know I’m only telling you this. She’s like I want that place, I will call my lawyers.
Here are just some of the responses her video received:
There is no way this is right. Imagine your host cancelling on you in the morning because they got a better offer?? Or maybe I’m emotional as she says pic.twitter.com/gSmMLqvGMU
— Palesa🌸 (@PalesaMbaliee) February 17, 2023
This is so messed up on so many levels and she posted this still not realising how wrong this is, the giggles and laughter are so infuriating too
— Lynette Engelbrecht (@Lynette_SA) February 18, 2023
What is funny about this situation? Absolutely disgusting from this lady and her co-host. They should not be in business.
— Sbu Mpungose (@SbuMpungose) February 18, 2023
Also if their only concern is money then set a min nightly spend - their chancers i’m sorry
— Mlu👨🏾💻 (@Mlu_taj) February 18, 2023
Worse they leave you high and dry on the day . What are the odds you’ll get accommodation in the same area of the same value ?
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Although she had deleted the original video, Dlamini did make a video in response to the criticism she received:
@ladique Replying to @Emily_NCAPHE ♬ original sound - LadiQue
While she may have tried to explain her way out of this one, you can't help but feel the damage to her business has already been done.
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Main image courtesy of @PalesaMbaliee/Twitter