The Chateau Diaries #221 Hope Isabelle kept her legs shut! Snorty does love him some old china.

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@tarteauxfruits
What I find so infuriating is that she could easily do things properly - declare people - do her accounts - declare her costs and earnings for all of the airb&b business and pay nearly no tax after costs etc. This would provide social security for everyone involved.

The taxes here are high, but we have universal healthcare, good unemployment benefits, decent retirement plans ( and I know there are strikes etc about the recent reforms - but we're still much better off than most of the developed world.). We have good roads and infrastructure, tax credits for renovations, grants from l'ANAH, personal tax allowances, university here is still practically free, municipal music schools are subsidized, culture and artists are subsidized ( statut d'intermittent), maternity, paternity and parental leave allowances are high. The government (though an agency - VISALE) acts as guarantor for people in the private renting market. There is help to create businesses. There are automatic grants for lifelong learning ( 400 euros per year per employee in the private sector in what is known as CPF), childcare is subsidized etc etc I could go on and on...

This is historically French - it's part of the French DNA - a lot of it a legacy from the front populaire in 1936.

She claims to love France - by avoiding paying her taxes she's guilty of destroying the social system we have here... She just uses and exploits and gives nothing back ....
 
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@Casa de Trastamara
I don't know how long ago Selmar left Lalande - but to prove workplace harassment as I said earlier he's first have to get his time there officially requalified as employment by URSAFF - however there is a two year deadline to start proceedings for this - so I think he's out of time.
My opinion ( I'm legally qualified in France although not in droit du travail or droit penal) is that any "harassment" or "bullying" Selmar suffered from would not be sufficiently "qualified" to be able to make a case. I think ( again my opinion only) that the whole thing would be seen by the courts as friends falling out and nothing more. Him having "outed" peoples sexual preferences and activities on YouTube would also play in his disfavor.

What happened to Selmar was morally wrong yes - but moral and law are two different things.
 
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I wonder how much Annalise knows about the sordid shenigans? If she's privy to all the info then why the hell would she allow her kids on that property? Why would she continue to do Stephanie's hair? I find it hard to believe she's completely in the dark.
Oh wait, she let Dan the half assed handy man drop her kids in a septic tank! I only wish we lived in world where justice was guaranteed
 
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Yes, basically, that is what I gathered from Selmar's video. That despite it all he still wanted to mend things, notice how he never speaks ill of Fanny, meaning that in his eyes she wasn't the root cause of the problem, but the people around her were. So all he wanted was a warmer welcome and a pat on the head for good ol' times sake. Last time he posted a tell-all, a chat with Isobel was all it took for him to take it down and never bring it up again.
I did say previously that it is very telling how all they needed to do to treat Selmar right in his eyes was the bare minimum, yet they couldn't even muster that.
 
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The real shame for all these “shagaways” is that they spend their own money to travel to the P*ssy Palace to get the privilege of sleeping with the Floor Scrubber and she’s not even good in bed.
 
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Not a peep from @Yebo all during selmargate2.0
OMH what the hell have I missed!!!! I'm away at the moment and have been taking a break from the dilapidated lives in France of this grotesque bunch of fools. I'll catch up tomorrow ha ha
 
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According to Selmar, the issues with Nutty started when she became the B&B manager and she began bossing people around, which he did not respond well to. The whole turning down her advances episode happened prior to this promotion and it seems it was water under the bridge. And I can see how the promotion would be the catalyst of this behaviour, because going by what everyone says about Nutty, she can't be professional and courteous to save her life, so her idea of management is to bark orders at volunteers, employees and guests.
 
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Your expertise is great appreciated. I hope Selmar heeds your sage advice. It is always dangerous when people offer well meaning but misguided advice.
 
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Escape to the Chateau DIY will be filming a spin-off….

Escape to the Chateau STD. Episodes will follow inhabitants of LowLand as they do renovations while battling various STDs.

For some reason this tickled my immature funny bone!
 
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Two seconds - she’s not doing it properly clearly.
Hello @Dragomiroff! I've seen you in the comments section using Tattle terminology, so I knew you were one of us menopausal hags even if I hadn't seen you comment here. Which is ok, I think I lurked for a full year before starting to participate in the commenting.
 
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The real shame for all these “shagaways” is that they spend their own money to travel to the P*ssy Palace to get the privilege of sleeping with the Floor Scrubber and she’s not even good in bed.
Buyer beware applies
 
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Your expertise is great appreciated. I hope Selmar heeds your sage advice. It is always dangerous when people offer well meaning but misguided advice.
Pardon?

I told Flip they shouldn’t be meanis all the time.
He misunderstood me and now he wears beanies all the time.
 
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Having an investigation made by workaway would just mean they are protecting their product, Fanny is no longer on their website as they see how much she has abused the generosity of people and their safety.

This would be a completely different scenario had it been the French authorities. The employee or employer can ask for an inspection de travaille via dreets ( Direction régionale de l'économie, de l'emploi, du travail et des solidarités. This could mean opening a very large can of worms for Fanny. This organization could deal with bullying (harcèlement) within a work place.
 
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Here you go, just a few...


Kelsey
wherekelseyis

I was EXPLOITED!

July 29, 2016:

Tons of great reviews should mean it’s safe, right? WRONG! I was told I could paint and decorate before I arrived. On the way “yea, just tell us what you want to do”. But, no. I had to do the laundry for 17 turning BnB bedrooms and cleaning each room/en suite bathroom. Plus, all the breakfast/lunch dishes for 15-30 ppl. They kept promising me “oh after tomorrow” etc. You’re supposed to work 4-5 hrs/day with 2 days off/wk. But, I was always pushed to do more by her lieutenant mother. “The bedding on the line is dry” at 7pm, after working since 10am. I didn’t get any days off either. Yet, three British guy helpers could paint the barn from 9-12 and then go frolicking during afternoons, even using the host’s car.

Despite the host’s daily trips to town, it took a week to get a card when my great uncle died. Looking back, idk how I even managed to stay the whole two weeks. Maybe it was the false promises of decorating/painting another day. Maybe it was the vivacious and entertaining host who threw costume dinner parties, karaoke nights, and once or twice took some of us on mini excursions to a winery and festival.

I wanted to leave soon after I arrived, but I felt a responsibility to my word. I was naive. They had a helper come to cook for everyone, but she was nasty. It didn’t matter, they needed her because they were short staffed. I wish I had left early. That was when I learned to look out for myself. I’m embarrassed by the amount of hours they made me work. I was exploited. It’s humiliating.

This host now has a massive following from being on a television show, and I’m sure, totally unaware of being exploitive because as she said “why complain if people are willing to come work for free”. They claim they don’t have the funds to run the chateau, but she also can travel to 5 star hotels, own plethoras of designer clothes and shoes, all while still owning a flat in London! #priorites


Walton in the bread oven.
This could have ended terribly.


Emily and Tomaz summer 2020


Mandy


Fanny the volunteer


Lalande resercher, Dr. Kimberley Preiksaitis


Kevin
He looks like Ricardo's brother.


She did not return in September.


Rebeka Sastakovica
Janson Dubey's greeter


Mary Lee

2019 Mary Lee was an orignial slave/volunteer


Cara Winsor Hehir


Maaike and Sabine
Are they all looking at Philip??? They do not look impressed.


Emily Field and Stuart Folkes


Chloe Coco Galli King and Maria
 
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I have a question/scenario for all the legal eagles here....
Let's say Selmar finds an attorney who is willing to sue Stephanie for back wages
Is there a possibilty Stephanie could offer a settlement amount to make it go away? If Selmar accepted could he refuse to sign an NDA?
Just seems to me Stephanie has way more to lose than Selmar and would not want negative publicity.
Just saw @bumbleblue post, another dream doa, this thread is killing my soul
 
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August 19, 2021
What did Annalise, Dan's mother and grandmother know???
Was Dan already living/sleeping (around), at Lalande.
Were they brought in to knock some sense into Daniel Preston???
 
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Kathy asked me to let you all know she is still on the waiting list and doesn’t know why. She said she has emailed TL about the issue.
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I thought she said she’d never come back after saying some pretty nasty things about everyone here. I must have missed the part where she changed her mind. Not snark. Seriously….why the change of heart?
 
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Re-reading that letter from Kelsey makes me angry all over again. And then to realize that was written nearly 7 years ago…and nothing has changed. The manipulation, deceit, getting something for nothing, taking advantage of people’s kindness. Makes me sick.
 
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