A WOMAN who claims to be a former Airbnb employee shared her own horror story during her time at the company.
Marie shared her story on her TikTok account, @msmysteryjones, which has several other videos about working at Airbnb.
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Her favorite story was about a host who apparently fed their guests spaghetti with dog food in it.
Marie claims she received a complaint about a host listing their rent as a “private space” when in fact it was a shared one.
She said she told the host to change the listing as soon as possible to avoid fines. The guests who made the complaint were kind about it, according to Marie, before another problem arose.
“The [guests] was like, ‘hey, here’s this second problem. She made us spaghetti, ” Marie explains. “I was like, ‘Oh, well, that was very nice of her.’
However, Marie says the guests started telling her that the meal tasted strange, which prompted them to search for the host’s rubbish.
“‘We could not find any canned minced meat or canned minced meat or any styrofoam packaging for minced meat,” Marie said, repeating what the guests allegedly told her.
“‘We did get an empty can of dog food, though.'”
Marie said she looked at previous reviews of that particular host where guests praised their spaghetti and said she was shocked.
In the caption of the video that has now been deleted, Marie wrote: “Refund money exchanged hands that day.”
Marie’s story sparked a debate among commentators, as some argued how safe it is to take food from strangers, while others tried to give the host the benefit of the doubt.
“That’s why my parents taught me never to eat anywhere if you did not see that it was cooked and you did not. [know] the person personally, ”wrote one user.
“Maybe the meat was in her freezer in Tupperware?” another wrote.
A third person argued: “there was no evidence that it was dog food.”
In a follow-up video, Marie said she theorized that the host was probably an elderly person who could have confused canned beef with canned dog food.
“She did have a dog,” Marie said. “It could have been an honest mistake. Either way, I just felt really bad about the whole situation. “
The Sun reached out to Airbnb for comment, saying, “This person has never been an Airbnb employee.”
Marie told The Sun she was hired by a third-party call center hired by Airbnb to do their job.
“But yes, I technically done works for Airbnb. ”
The videos were picked up and the third-party company that hired Marie reached out to her through his HR department and asked her to remove the video.
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