tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post7012829168279574930..comments2024-03-28T21:28:11.465+00:00Comments on nourishing obscurity: Wednesday [1 to 7]James Highamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-87836684445073598242021-06-16T08:24:58.973+01:002021-06-16T08:24:58.973+01:00You're forgiven. :)
Before I forget
This:-
...You're forgiven. :)<br /><br />Before I forget<br /><br />This:-<br /><br />REVEALED: 'Airbnb has secretive 'black box' team paying out $50 million a year to keep disaster stays out of press and gives staff blank checks to help rape victims and clean-up dismembered human remains'<br /><br /><br />The secretive safety team - known as the 'black box' inside the firm - is made up of around 100 agents across cities including Dublin, Montreal and Singapore<br />Team members have the power to spend any amount tackling the worst crises at their rentals including sexual assaults, murders and deaths<br />They are tasked with providing support to guests and hosts and also working to keep the incidents out of the public eye<br />Nick Shapiro, ex-National Security Council adviser to Barack Obama and deputy chief of staff at the Central Intelligence Agency, worked as crisis manager<br />Shapiro, who has since left the role, told Bloomberg the crises facing the company reminded him of the White House Situation Room <br />A rape victim received a $7 million payout in exchange for agreeing not to 'imply responsibility or liability' on Airbnb or the host<br />The 2016 incident saw an alleged 'career criminal' use a duplicate key to enter a New York City rental and attack her at knifepoint<br />In 2018, Carla Stefaniak was murdered by a security guard at a Costa Rica Airbnb, while in 2019 five were shot dead at a mansion party in California<br />Airbnb has spent an estimated $50 million every year on crisis payouts "<br /><br />Source Daily Fail 15/6/2021.<br /><br />Airbnb a cover for nefarious activities? Reminds me of the Wayfair debacle Polly uncovered in realtime on her twitter feed last year.<br /><br />Sidenote - we had a run in with airbnb about 2 years ago. Never used them or had any contact with them but some little slimeball in Dublin lifted nearly 1000€ from our bank account. We got it back but not without a struggle. <br />Distant Relativenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-91175658405297325882021-06-16T07:54:51.724+01:002021-06-16T07:54:51.724+01:00Goodness - of course, you're further south, I&...Goodness - of course, you're further south, I'm north-west and we have about 15C. Apologies.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-52863271406495993872021-06-16T07:24:51.401+01:002021-06-16T07:24:51.401+01:00#7 It is already over 30C outside and it is only j...#7 It is already over 30C outside and it is only just after 8 a.m. here. Last evening the temp indoors was 28C - eurgh! Opening a window atm is like opening the oven door! Bit of a contrast to around 10 days ago when we were still having log fires because it was unseasonably cold then suddenly here we are. Distant Relativenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-61138723793050974552021-06-16T06:42:07.087+01:002021-06-16T06:42:07.087+01:00#3 https://www.wikihow.com/Use-the-Internet-Archiv...#3 https://www.wikihow.com/Use-the-Internet-Archive%27s-Wayback-Machine<br /><br />I drop links into it from time to time and I've not had to pay or sign up to do that.<br /><br />And that is my contribution to the day - the heat is getting to me, the fan gives me a headache and the web is glitchy - might be the heat getting to that too! It is early morns and see Ester in the afternoons for the foreseeable. Distant Relativenoreply@blogger.com