ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Lil Bitta Pod - 20th January 2025

Episode Date: January 20, 2025

On Today's Lil Bitta Pod; Fletch found an unusual hotel charge on his card...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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it's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley's Little Bit of Pod. Welcome to A Little Bit of Pod. Now, over the holiday break, obviously I went away, and one of the nights... Obviously. That's why you're going to smile on and we're like, hey.

I'm not rubbing it in. But one of the days on my way back home, I stayed in Miami. The city of Miami. Oh my god, that's my basketball team, Miami Heat. I saw all the basketball singlets for sale. Wait, so you saw all the basketball singlets for sale for my day and thought of me?

I would have actually bought, because I love the pink Miami. The pink ones are so good. But they're only doing white. Oh, white with the pink and blue hair. I don't do white because I have a lot of condiments. Yeah, he does. He's a sauce boy. And you just, it's an absolute nightmare.

You're asking for it, yeah. For washing, constant washing. Anyway, so I get an email from the hotel that I stayed at, and this has become a thing in America. You owe us some fucking money for these towels. Well, wait. Oh, no. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

So I get an email, and a lot of American hotels are doing this now. You book it on Expedia or wherever you book hotels and it'll be like, it's a couple of hundred bucks. iHeartRadio. That's wherever I book my hotels. No, they don't do hotel bookings. Find a great place to do the weekly shop. That's right.

Click and collect with iHeartRadio. So anyway, I booked this hotel on iHeartRadio. It's a couple of hundred dollars the price. I'm like, lock it in. Great. Prepaid it. Great. And then I get an email when I Great. Hey, prepaid it. Great. And then I get an email

when I check down saying, here is your facility fee. And a lot of hotels have started doing this, especially in the big cities. Hidden secret extras. Hidden secret, and I,

fuck, I'll be honest. The shampoo, how many pumps of shampoo did you use? It fucks me off because you think you're paying for what you're paying

and then you get this extra fee and it's like, well, it's just a junk fee. And anyway, there's this charge on this, aside from this, that I noticed for eight dollars us and i'm like what's that what is it like i don't even know why yeah like 11 12 new zealand dollars maybe 13 um at the moment and it says guest damage and i'm like the fuck did i damage i always when i check out of a motel hotel and

airbnb i will leave it very clean. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I will put all the towels on the floor in the same place. Yeah, same. Pull up the duvets and stuff. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, you know, like someone's got to come in and clean that up. Have some respect.

And I just emailed them back. I'm like, excuse me, guest damage, $8, question mark. Also, what's getting repaired for $8? $8. Yeah, $8. That's what? That's like, that's bullshit. Anyway, so I get an email back

hello carl after each checkout our housekeeping team and speak inspects the rooms thoroughly they found that a washcloth was damaged beyond repair which is why we had to charge what the fuck did you do to that we hope this clears things up what did did you sleep with a woman? It just comes out on a cold wash. I didn't even... I know, that's the thing. I was like... And I was like, what? If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.

Now, I understand if you had a Sheila in your bed and she wiped off her face with the makeup, you destroy them. You do. Hotel towels have like... But I didn't even use... Will they give you a brown one or a black one? I don't even know what they're talking about.

I don't even... Email back. Photo evidence is is required that's the thing it's like did you wash this and then find out that it wasn't did you wipe your ass no i didn't use what the hell the fuck did you do what it's kind of like at that level of like $8 where you're just like, it's not worth the fighting. Like there's no fair go anymore. But if you snapped a plastic thing or the chair wheel or something, but the flannel.

Also $8 for a flannel is wild. Yeah, $8 for a flannel is so funny. No, those US hotel flannels would be $0.99. You're telling me that you couldn't put that on a massive washing machine of bleach and it didn't fix it? Get real. I need to see this flannel. I need to see a photo.

Shall I email back and say, can I please ask for a photo of the flannel? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Surely if you're invoicing, you took some evidence. Given that no one was wearing makeup, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Yeah, how is this possible? I'll just take you to court.

Yeah, over this $8 flannel. We'll take you to court yeah over this eight dollar flannel and then you'll be in court and they'll bring photos of this absolutely soiled flannel yeah and I'm like oh I have no defense

and that goes on the internet and you'll be like yeah that was me is that not toilet paper that's what he'll say yeah yeah wait a minute I don't use flannels

for toilet paper I thought this was a high end establishment I flushed the rest of them well anyway I'm down $8. Oh, my God. I'd have to know what they considered damaged beyond repair.

I think you should email back. Like I didn't cut a hole in it? Yeah, that would be it. Why would you do that? If you tore it in half? Yeah. No, because then you've got two flannels, so technically you should be charging them.

Or technically they should give me the flannel. I see your one flannel. I've made two fl charging them. Or technically they should give me the flannel. I see your one flannel. I've made two flannels. But then they should give me the flannel. Because I'm buying the flannel now. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you are actually. I want photo proof of the damage. May I please request that you give me the flannel?

Yes. Seeing as I'm paying for it. Yes. Flannel guy. Give me the soiled flannel. Can I please request that you send me the soiled flannel? Yes. Yes.

A photo proof. And if they take a photo of it, then be like, I can't see anything wrong with that flannel. That's savable. Please send me flannel. I will wash it for you and return it to you. Can I please request the soiled flannel? Great. So good.

Seeing as I am now purchasing it. Because I got a new tub of sod yesterday? Yeah, great. So good. Seeing as I am now purchasing it. Because I got a new tub of sard yesterday. Oh, great. You can sort out his flannel. Your best mate's crusty American flannel. Yeah. I'm going to send that away. I hope I can handle it.

Have you seen that? I've sent that away, and we'll see what they say about the soiled washcloth. Stay tuned. What a fantastic series of events here. Excellent. And then if they tell me they've thrown it away... I'll just be like, you have no proof that I soiled this flannel. I shall not be paying that $8.

Sounds like bullshit to me. Sounds like you're trying to make money out of me here. And I won't pay.