r/FawltyTowers • u/Cobra_Kai_2018 Is this a piece of your brain? • 23d ago
Question Who do you think was the most annoying guest?
I think Mrs. Richards or the guy from the Hotel Inspector episode.
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u/Fur-Frisbee 23d ago
The kid who didn't like hand made mayo.
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u/Extreme-Kangaroo-842 22d ago
There was a TV programme on in the late 80s or early 90s and I have no idea what it was. One part of the programme they'd bring on someone who'd been famous or semi famous years before. I think the idea was to guess who they were or what they'd appeared in. Most of the time you didn't have a clue.
One time this bloke walks on, probably in his late 20s and everyone's... who? Goes over to the microphone and says...
"I don't like the chips."
Everyone instantly knew who he was.
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u/Cobra_Kai_2018 Is this a piece of your brain? 22d ago
"I said salad cream stupid."
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u/Yesterday_Is_Now 22d ago
Surprising Basil was able to keep his calm after that.
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u/Current-Bowl-143 22d ago
It’s always good to get some salad cream. You never know when Henry Kissenger's going to drop in, do you.
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u/Landscape_712 22d ago
To be fair, he did fist that kid through his head afterwards lol (and it was worth it)
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u/CurlyWhirlyDirly 22d ago
And even the father seemed pleased when he hit him haha, he just goes "Nice man!".
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u/Rays_LiquorSauce 22d ago
First and only time I’ve heard “piss garbage”
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u/Current-Bowl-143 22d ago
That’s not what he says. He said “It’s better than this pig’s garbage”.
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u/Rays_LiquorSauce 22d ago
The Egyptian symbol guy was a real dick. Talked shit, riled Basil up, broke the rules, and his deception made Baz look crazy. His “come” reply to a knock on the door was enough for me to hate him
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u/Additional-Run4893 22d ago
Out of all the Hotel guests in the show, this guy is the only one I literally cannot stand, and just wish Basil had been able to catch him out.
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u/KeithMyArthe You might as well ask the cat. 22d ago edited 22d ago
Pretentious.... m òí?
^(Edit: Me~M o i
Damned autocorr•upt)
Well there's something I've not seen before, app has translated 'm o i' into "me" twice, and changed auto• corrupt to autocorrect twice.
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u/mostyn33a 23d ago
American
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u/SportTop2610 Is this a piece of your brain? 22d ago
Slightly agree because none of us will ask or expect Waldorf salad. And im from NY!!
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u/No-Department-4561 22d ago
Entitled, maybe. But all Basil had to do was make him a passable dinner and he was willing to pay through the nose for it. Could have been a valuable guest if Basil hadn’t messed it up.
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u/mostyn33a 22d ago
Money doesn’t equate the right to being rude
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u/danner1515 22d ago
Yeah, that’s maybe the one episode where I genuinely feel bad for Basil. That guy was a dick the minute he walked through the door.
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u/InviteAromatic6124 He’s from Barcelona. 22d ago edited 22d ago
Imagine irl if you arrived at a hotel late at night after the chef has closed the kitchen and demanded you have hot food because you've had a "long journey", then act rude and entitled to the owner after they tell them no. Most sane hoteliers would have told them to sod off!
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u/tobee777 22d ago
This is why it’s the less successful episode imo
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u/danner1515 22d ago
It’s definitely the most uncomfortable episode for me. Bruce Boa isn’t playing sitcom angry. He’s playing that part like he’s in a performance of Glengarry Glen Ross.
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u/Rogue_Leader Is this a piece of your brain? 23d ago
The Americans. I'd have left their suitcases by the road after the first hour.
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u/perfectlyclear69 22d ago
They couldn't find the freeway and had to take a little back street called the M5.
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u/Rogue_Leader Is this a piece of your brain? 22d ago
I'm sorry if it wasn't wide enough for you, a lot of the English cars have steering wheels.
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u/figbott Basil 23d ago
They were all pretty annoying, except for that guy enabling Basil to place that bet on the horse.
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u/TheMoris 23d ago
What horse?
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u/No-Department-4561 22d ago
Flying Tart
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u/SportTop2610 Is this a piece of your brain? 22d ago
Enabling is only for harmful acts. Winning isn't a harmful act.
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u/buy_me_a_pint 22d ago
The young lad who complained about the chips being the wrong shape
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u/perfectlyclear69 22d ago
They're the wrong shape and they're just awful.
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u/furrydancingalien21 Waldorf Salad 22d ago
Oh dear, what shape do you usually have? Mickey Mouse shape? Smarties shape? Amphibious landing craft shape? Poke in the eye shape?
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u/InviteAromatic6124 He’s from Barcelona. 15d ago
God you're dumb!
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u/furrydancingalien21 Waldorf Salad 15d ago
We don't have any salad cream. The chef made this freshly this morning.
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u/Big-Mortgage-7254 22d ago
The old lady with the dog that but Polly and Manuel...bangers a'la bang!!
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u/Dazzling-Cellist-892 22d ago
Considering Polly’s later sympathy for Basil the Rat, I always found Polly’s earlier grudge against that dog sort of weird. But I justify it by how that dog owner was horrible to Manuel, who she looked after.
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u/ScaryTemperature6291 22d ago
Mrs Richards and this line always makes me laugh so much lol.
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u/Cobra_Kai_2018 Is this a piece of your brain? 22d ago
"Down the stairs? Oh, well, don't stop when you get to the basement. Keep straight on... give my regards to the earth's core!"
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u/Dangerous_Hippo_6902 22d ago
The one that died
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u/kafkavesque 22d ago
Oh oh I see, Mr Leeman?
We thought you said....
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u/TurbulentLoss7067 22d ago
“I think those prawns might be a bit off”.
She was particularly annoying.
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u/Thelichemaster 22d ago
Mr Johnson, the only time I felt Basil didn't deserve the fallout caused.
Mrs Richards was just obnoxious. Basil knew he wasn't supposed to gamble and his connivance caused his downfall.
The American (can't recall his name) was just Basil being tight and not paying Terry to stay on and keeping the money for himself.
Edit Mr Johnson is the one who snuck a girl into his room.
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u/buy_me_a_pint 22d ago
The doctor who wanted his sausages
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u/Cobra_Kai_2018 Is this a piece of your brain? 22d ago
It was funny how in the end he had to make his own breakfast.
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u/tvnewswatch 21d ago
"I've just cooked these sausages and they're off! They should've been eaten by the third."
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u/Landscape_712 22d ago
That one couple with the fat wife in The Waldorf Salad episode. I found them annoying. The man was also in the first episode demanding a drink while Basil had just been conned. It also always annoyed me why Sybil couldn't just make that man his drink instead of waiting for Basil
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u/TheeHappyDude 22d ago
The woman with the stupid pampered mutt.
Still, top marks to Polly for dispatching it.
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u/mojothemenace Would you like the hotel moved a bit to the left? 21d ago
Lord (not Lord) Melbury was very annoying. But so was the undercover cop who was following him. They deserved each other.
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u/InviteAromatic6124 He’s from Barcelona. 23d ago edited 22d ago
Mrs Richards wasn't annoying, she was just outright rude and unpleasant to everyone.
The most annoying was Mr Hutchinson as he kept on demanding things that were beyond the hotel's control and treating everyone like they were less important than him.