Inside Claridges

[wiskey]

It was creepy though, literally before you thought something there was a member of staff there with whatever your half formed thought was thinking you might want.

At one point I went down a deck and caught some staff unawares and instantly they morphed into non people, just blended in with the background unless I wanted them.

As much as I'd like them sometimes I am not designed to have servants . . .

ETA: @Manter here you go have a look http://www.superyachttimes.com/yachts/details/606

 

[Nine Bob Note]

DS firmly believes that were Matt Lucas and David Walliams to do a spoof, it would be exactly the same...

 

[Manter]

It was creepy though, literally before you thought something there was a member of staff there with whatever your half formed thought was thinking you might want.

At one point I went down a deck and caught some staff unawares and instantly they morphed into non people, just blended in with the background unless I wanted them.

As much as I'd like them sometimes I am not designed to have servants . . .

ETA: @Manter here you go have a look http://www.superyachttimes.com/yachts/details/606

looks swanky. Tho slightly lost in all the specifications.

I know what you mean- I was in a bar like that with work, and for about an hour if was fun, then it started to freak me out. I'd start to think 'ooh, I want a glass of water' and it would be in front of you. You'd think "different cocktail perhaps", and the menu would be in your hand, with someone murmuring (spelling?) in your ear about your favourite spirit....

 

[wiskey]

I changed the link to one with more photos. The stupid thing is it only sleeps 12 guests and about 25 crew.

I guess as the guy on the Claridges prog said 'if you can spend £10k flying to NY it's all relative'.

 

[Manter]

I changed the link to one with more photos. The stupid thing is it only sleeps 12 guests and about 25 crew.

I guess as the guy on the Claridges prog said 'if you can spend £10k flying to NY it's all relative'.

its nice, should I ever find myself in need of a yacht....

I know they can, but do they needto? Barking,

 

[Schmetterling]

I quite enjoyed watching that, I wouldn't like to stay there though. Last year we were on an £85m yacht with a staff of nearly 30 and tbh it was awful, I was handed a drink I didn't know what to do with and I carried the empty glass about for ages instead of making a ring mark on the polished mahogany

Do you think if you had chucked it over the sides there would have been a) someone in the water expecting it or b) someone would have jumped after it to retrieve it?

 

[maldwyn]

The story about the diver attaching fish to the end of a line sounded too far fetched to me.

 

[Firky]

Caught up with this on iPlayer, was very interesting.

I am going to demand that Lenny Henry is my butler at the Holiday Inn.

The eldery couple were really quite down to earth though. I think that is the differenec, they made their money over a lifetime rather than be born into it or be born with blue blood.

 

[neonwilderness]

I am going to demand that Lenny Henry is my butler at the Holiday Inn.

After they fit a jacuzzi and redecorate a room to your liking?

 

[spanglechick]

We stayed in claridges when grinder proposed. Not in a super suite or anything, but it was very nice and the same sort of money as a weekend break in Paris or something. And an amazing experience.

Staff were lovely and friendly but we didn't see much more of them than you would at a travelodge. Certainly not omnipresent at all.

But a small tub of Pringles in the mini bar was a fiver!

 

[Firky]

After they fit a jacuzzi and redecorate a room to your liking?

God I was so annoyed I never got to see that Japanese pop princess

The mental pictures I had...

 

[maldwyn]

The eldery couple were really quite down to earth though. I think that is the differenec, they made their money over a lifetime rather than be born into it or be born with blue blood.

Didn't she say she bought shares in Google? It was sad to hear she had died.

 

[Firky]

She did, yeah!

If I make it to my 80s and I'm super rich I am not going to Weston Super-Mare for my holidays either

 

[neonwilderness]

I've just found the phone guy's twitter account

 

[Firky]

tell me!!

he wouldn't fall to australian tricks

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Oh, fuck off, pretendy royals. You ain't the king of shit

 

[neonwilderness]

tell me!!

he wouldn't fall to australian tricks

Google his name

 

[marty21]

We stayed in claridges when grinder proposed. Not in a super suite or anything, but it was very nice and the same sort of money as a weekend break in Paris or something. And an amazing experience.

Staff were lovely and friendly but we didn't see much more of them than you would at a travelodge. Certainly not omnipresent at all.

But a small tub of Pringles in the mini bar was a fiver!

that is a classy proposal

 

[purenarcotic]

I won't lie, I'd fucking love to be able to afford to go for posh breakfast somewhere nice on a regular basis.

 

[neonwilderness]

Someone should tell him not to speak while eating, although given his history maybe that's why he gets away with it

 

[Firky]

Google his name

I only know him as "phone gadgie"

 

[neonwilderness]

I only know him as "phone gadgie"

Timothy Lock might be able to help you

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Phone man scares me. Is he real or animatronic!?

 

[Firky]

Phone man scares me. Is he real or animatronic!?

I bet he wanted a job as a butler...

 

[Firky]

Timothy Lock might be able to help you

Not what I imagined

Had to check teh photo haha

 

[DexterTCN]

Her name is Carmen Dell'Orefice and I agree she looks fab for 81.

A weird cross between Cruella deVille and Pussy Galore.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Gerry Parker. "retired bookmaker"

 

[Gingerman]

How do you get a job testing out hotel rooms? I could totally do that

 

[Cid]

I quite enjoyed watching that, I wouldn't like to stay there though. Last year we were on an £85m yacht with a staff of nearly 30 and tbh it was awful, I was handed a drink I didn't know what to do with and I carried the empty glass about for ages instead of making a ring mark on the polished mahogany

It'll be some bloody hardcore lacquer, has to deal with sea water after all.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Not what I imagined

Had to check teh photo haha

Heh, you got a reply from him. Seems like a nice guy.