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Funny insight into chalet holidays and what it's like to work within one......

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Poster: A snowHead
http://ski-chalet-fever.com

Some will like it, some won't, personally I think it's really funny and perhaps a bit softer then the one and only Belle de Neige!
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Hmmm, quite insightful so far, although I know a number of young kids under 5 who love skiing and the mountains.

I would be a little shy of making myself too identifiable by my employer however!
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
under a new name, Yep, he hasn't even put privacy on his .com registration so very easy peasy to see who he is.
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As a man who deeply enjoys jazz, is re-building a 1981 BMW 323i and who has his own ski apartment, I found myself being slightly offended by that chalet toiling twerp. I recognise the male archytpe he is describing but they are almost totally the preserve of rented, all inclusive chalets in certain types of resorts. Chummy is way off the mark on a number of levels. The really affluent don't rent, they own - usually across generations - so he'd never get to meet them.

I hope his employer does stray across his site and clock him - he's not exactly being coy.
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Bode Swiller wrote:
under a new name, Yep, he hasn't even put privacy on his .com registration so very easy peasy to see who he is.
Actually, doh! He puts his details on the blog.
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This guy doesnt come across well.

Didnt find his rants particularly entertaining to be honest. Doubt I'll check again.
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Having read those comments, I don't think I'll bother.
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Well I thought it was a pretty decent blog. Having previously taken a career break to work winter seasons I find it interesting reading other people's views and experiences of life in the mountains. Cheers for sharing, argyleski (get on ya Janner....)
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He gets my approval for his comments on hot tubs. Eeuwww.
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A complete load of old tosh IMO, pam w, You're right not to bother, I think smug is the word that springs to mind.


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The guy's English is poor. His prose is clunky, his grammar bad, and he doesn't have anything interesting to say. Worst offence? He just isn't funny - he simply comes across as a whiner.

Not even slightly comparable with Belle de Neige.
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Belle De Neige makes me want to be sick.
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Puts one off booking with the company, doesn't it? I wouldn't like to spend a fair whack of my husband's January salary on a holiday to be bitched about online by the pleb who is supposed to be looking after my needs.

But I'll only be there because I've been dragged along by my alpha-male OH. All I'm there for is the coffee and the scenery rolling eyes rolling eyes rolling eyes
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Hardly an 'insight' into Chalet life is it? Not many revelations there.

Seems like just an attempt at provoking people, looks to have done the job though!

Total bollox
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Not that bad really, just boring.
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If only I had wrote a blog from all the shenanigans last year...
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It's a blog for goodness sake rolling eyes
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....."I am only two sets of guests into the season but a clear pattern is emerging"........yes, no pattern at all!!!!

utter rubbish!!
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Entertaining rubbish - welcome to the internet!
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I thought it was (is) well written and very observant - and it's mostly tongue in cheek - I mean, who'd actually believe the bit about the nannies and the ski instructors for heavens sake! rolling eyes
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What a load of old poo-poo- I am sick of all this chalet slave style bandwagon jumping. If you were doing your season properly you wouldn't have time to bitch on your blog/book. Amateur.
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I thought it was great. Hopefully someone posts regular links
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Harry Flashman wrote:
The guy's English is poor. His prose is clunky, his grammar bad, and he doesn't have anything interesting to say. Worst offence? He just isn't funny - he simply comes across as a whiner.

Not even slightly comparable with Belle de Neige.


Wow! You must also be from one of the clutch of postcodes in London or Surrey
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In a mere three posts he managed to come across as sexist, racist and classist. Some may say that it's tongue-in-cheek; if that's the case it's a ham-fisted and unamusing attempt.

If you want to read tongue-in-cheek or pushing-the-boundaries stuff that is actually both entertaining and insightful, then just do a search here for Mr Piehole/paulio/Mr Technique (or whatever fiction suit he's wearing these days).
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You must also be from one of the clutch of postcodes in London or Surrey

believe it or not, there are people outside those postcodes who can recognise poor grammar and writing when they see it. Even - though you probably won't believe it - people who aren't from England at all!
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I think this guy is hitting a few raw nerves and a lot of people here don't like it.

But like it or not he is hitting a lot of nails in the head (eg re urban Scottish nannies. I noticed that too. What's that all about??)

This is what makes it so readable
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It's a bit 'whiney' - don't like the punters, don't like kids, don't like nannies, don't like hot tubs...

Well Ok you hate it - so would I - but there's a limit to how much I can read about how much someone else doesn't like stuff Confused
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philhanc, LOL

red 27, exactly. unless its written in a very funny way.
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What's Saloman?
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ArgyleSki, iirc, you are doing a season in Meribel - just like the blog author.

So... Is this your blog?
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feef, Saloman is the baddy in Lord of the Rings, isn't he?
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Zero-G wrote:
In a mere three posts he managed to come across as sexist, racist and classist. Some may say that it's tongue-in-cheek; if that's the case it's a ham-fisted and unamusing attempt.


+1.

When it wasn't being offensive (I'm definitely a girl, definitely NOT there for the coffees, and my male friends get dragged along by me more often than not) it was boring.

I'd never heard of Belle de Neige before though, so that's a useful find out of it Smile
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Pedantica wrote:
He gets my approval for his comments on hot tubs. Eeuwww.


OOh yeah, I remember being pretty horrified on my chalet course a few years ago!
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For Pete's sake, it's a blog. Don't take it seriously. Not half as amusing as Belle de Neige, but not half as offensive, either.
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Bless him. Just started his first season - so what 4 weeks of doing the job? And he knows it all already. Laughing
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It's an average blog. It's no more or less insightful / entertaining / boring than most others. He's a bit naive to make himself identifiable though (unless he's rich enough not to care about the risk of losing his job).
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It's okay - written in a common tongue, trying a bit too hard in places to be tongue-in-cheek, but it's not offensive IMO. The entries are too short for my liking... I want a bit more meat to my blogs. Still, nothing to get upset about...
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I find the responses to this thread hilarious - talk about arrogance - what Surrey wants, Surrey gets......... rolling eyes

He's having a legitimate pop at the chinless wonders of the skiing world (with kids called Herminome and Eoin) who ship up in resort (largely in the "premium" chalets) and then decry what they see as sub-standard service. Mad

I have had several really poo-poo holidays - one caused by a wannabee chalet couple on a power trip - the other caused by a mush called Clive who apparently drove a Porsche (big Be Nice please! deal) but could only manage a couple of pints before collapsing - he was Basingstoke's best ;-( We had to pay a surcharge to clean the chalet after that t w a t !!!
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oofaafuu, MTFU - you can't let these Hampshire chavs ruin your ski time!


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