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Thursday, August 16, 2012
3:40 pm
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Gordon sits down for a levelheaded chat and warns Robert that he will really struggle to remain calm, but if he starts to smell the BS of denial, he will unload in true Ramsay fashion. Yes! Pleas provoke him, Robert. I love true Ramsay fashion.
When Gordon asks to hear the logic behind allowing a bunch of freeloading friends to overrun the place and not leave tips, Robert claims he wanted them there to boost the energy of the place. That’s great Robert, but vibes alone don’t pay the bills. Here’s what I don’t get: Robert wouldn’t very well condescend to hang with poor people, and to be honest, poor people would probably make it a point to tip, since most people with little money have worked their share of customer service shit jobs and know what it’s like to rely on tips. So who are these people? What kind of friends would accept thousands of dollars in freebies like that and not even tip the people bringing the free stuff? Are they just nouveau riche trash who don’t know any better?
Robert justifies his tip mooching by saying he’s earned those tips in training the staff. Oh, there’s that BS Gordon mentioned. Then he says that he trains them to complete tasks a certain way, and takes a portion of their tips to motivate them to do the job properly. TAKES A PORTION OF THEIR TIPS TO MOTIVATE THEM.
If this dude was any more delusional, he’d be on Hell’s Kitchen.
After hearing this nugget of crazy, Gordon is starting to lose it, and Robert’s at least shamed into admitting that he thought he’d invited his friends with the understanding that they would tip the staff. He says he’ll call them and tell them they needed to pony up, and Gordon says he doesn’t have the balls. Robert, not about to let his balls take that kind of insult, pulls out his phone and to his credit he starts confronting some poor woman on speakerphone. I wonder if this will reveal he’s full of shit, or if there really was a misunderstanding. Maybe the woman will be a real bitch and flat out say she doesn’t tip. But sure enough, bullshit wins the day. Gordon hears the woman say quite clearly that she left tip money…with Robert! At this, Gordon just books it out of that trailer before he bashes Robert in the head with an antique pig statue. Another similar call takes place, and I don’t know if Robert honestly just didn’t realize that the money left behind was for the staff, or if he just tucked it away or funneled it into more antiques, or whatever. It sure didn’t make it to the staff, and I doubt it ever will. As Gordon storms away in his SUV, Robert breaks down and weeps.
I don’t like to see men cry, but it’s sort of hard to feel sorry for him after that whole motivational tip theft thing.
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Yeah, I’m worried about the pigs, too. Maybe if they had sweaters on they could mix in the dining room, too, with the poodle.
I wish they had an update at the end of the episode, like Kitchen Nightmares, when they say what has happened in the weeks/months since Gordon’s visit.
You guys did a great job on this show! Specially since it looks like this was supposed to be their April Fool’s special. That they called up Eugene Ionesco’s spirit to write the script for.
I know everybody’s been googling. And knows they didn’t really get a miracle healing.
Robert’s got a bad case of the hoarding sickness. And Ari’s batshit for letting him spend their old age $ on imitation furniture. The time to get it checked out’s before you buy it.
Everything they do with the B and B comes straight from Opposite Land too. Including going on this show. Nothing about it makes a lick of sense. And it’s all got that suspicious creepy stink to it.
How come they didn’t just let it be their private home in the 1st place?
Somebody needs to go rescue those pigs.
I am so happy that your toddler recognizes Gordon Ramsay. You should win a mom-of-the-year award for that!
I want to see a crossover of this with “Tabitha Takes Over.” There would be so many angry British accents!
@PopePhilly Tabitha’s Australian.
Speaking of Tabitha, Robert reminds of the owner of that Bed and Breakfast Tabitha took over.
I want to know how much Robert paid for that junk, especially that painting.
I like the show so far,but like melonhead I wish we got an update.
@sagittariuskim: I suck today! Between thinking Gordon called Robert a “muppet” and thinking Tabitha was British, I’m really turning into the “ignorant American” stereotype. The funny thing is, I think I even knew Tabitha was Australian. The part of my family in NZ likes to point out differences in NZ and Australian accents, so I’m sure they brought it up!
A couple of thoughts:
- Is it just me, or does Ari look like the answer to every question would involve somebody dying.
“That table wobbles? Put a corpse under it.”
- If you love tipping stories, I highly recommend the book “Waiter Rant”. The guy also has a blog waiterrant.net — I highly recommend reading it from the first post.
- My kids were watching the Mad show today, and they had a quick sketch of celebrities without their makeup… they showed Fred from Scooby Doo. Without his makeup, he was Gordon Ramsay. I laughed.
Awesome recap, as usual.
@PopePhilly I think you were actually spot on in thinking Gordon called Robert a “muppet” – it’s a very common UK slang term for an idiot – much like “pillock” which I believe you’ve previously referenced.
My wife and I looked at the rates on the website and these two pecker heads are still charging the rates they were pre-Gordon. It looks like they kept the less cluttered decor…at least that is the photos on the website.
I can’t wait until the blacklights come out and we see biologicals on the walls and ceilings in addition to the beds, lol!
@ChefP–EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Free the pigs, Sparkle Dingo Babies!
Did I hear Sparkle Dingo Babies? I’m here!
@Gypsy…HOLLA!
What struck me as the most honest, sincere moment on the show was when Ari said that he wanted this to be his and Robert’s private manor house. He treated the staff like his personal servants and everything in the hotel as his personal possession rather than part of the hotel decor. Even Robert admitted, at the start, that they only wanted guests who met their standards. Why bother running an inn?
And as for Robert’s crying episode? Oh please!! Give me a break!! My daughter has been crying on demand since she was 3 and has always been more believable! I didn’t buy that for an instant!
I was really scared when Ari smiled. And then when he smiled and laughed – I ran out of the room.
The show was filmed in February. It’s now August and Juniper Hill’s owners are bragging about being on “Hotel Hell”. Check reviews left by customers on tripadvisor after filming ended. They tell the true story. Despite what Ramsay told the owners to do, prices are still high, there are upcharges for everything possible, nothing has changed and customers say they’re never coming back. The owners’ snobby attitudes and disregard for customer care continue. Some people never learn. Juniper Hill deserves to go down the tubes.
“If this dude was any more delusional, he’d be on Hell’s Kitchen.” LOVE that!
Just FYI, the Finns are notorious for their “cool” demeanor. In fact, Finland suffers from some of the world’s highest rates of suicide, depression and alcoholism.