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Nashville resident here. A drunk airbnb user tried to break into a neighbor's house around 11 pm last week while the residents were inside. He was lost and tho

Nashville resident here. A drunk airbnb user tried to break into a neighbor's house around 11 pm last week while the residents were inside. He was lost and thought he was at his rental, but that wasn't apparent to anyone else in the beginning, so my wife gets a call for help from another neighbor and we go to check it out. When we get there, we discover the assailant has been treed on a shed roof by the woman whose door he had beaten on. She was home alone with her baby at the time. She was (understandably) waving a ball-peen hammer at him and shouting. Let's call him Trey. Trey is around 6' 3" and a bit on the husky side. He is maybe 25 and he is wearing a worn out Auburn hat and a nice polo shirt. Trey is crying and refusing to speak to any of the small crowd that has gathered, some of whom who are darkly muttering about burglars and drugs. Trey is talking into his phone, quietly, holding it like a slice of pizza. Trey has called his mom. My SO and I figure out what has happened about the same time. "Hey buddy, are you looking for your airbnb?" I called. Luckily, we were able to de-escalate before Metro PD arrived or Trey was beaten to death with a hammer by a 5' tall woman. It turns out that Trey had given his Uber driver the wrong adress on the way home from Broadway; he was supposed to be about one street over. We get a hold of the groom whose bachelor party Trey was a part of, and the police give Trey a ride home. So, that can happen.

jimmaswell 8y ago
This could have happened in any number of scenarios.
bargl 8y ago
This is the USA, I'm surprised he wasn't shot. Not joking at all, your story is actually kinda funny but it could have gone so much worse at so many points. Is that AirBnB's fault? Is it the hosts fault? Is it the cities fault for not regulating this? Is it our society's fault for allowing drinking to the point of forgetting your address? I think in the end it's just a series of unfortunate events, that give you a really great anecdote, which might have turned out much worse. I wouldn't claim this as evidence for or against AirBnB but man did it make me laugh. Good on you for de-escalating the situation and keeping your head! Hopefully, Trey had the decorum to apologize later on and try to make things right.
- unknownkadath 8y ago
  We're just glad everyone got home! I don't think Airbnb is a bad thing by any means; it's our go-to for day trips in many cases. I can also understand the need for cities having licencing and/or residency rules!
- ProAm 8y ago
  > Is that AirBnB's fault? He wouldn't have been there if it wasn't for AirBNB. He likely could have asked the concierge at the hotel he was staying at for help finding his room in his drunken state.
  - lotsofpulp 8y ago
    He also wouldn't be there if his friend wasn't getting married and he didn't go to a bachelor party, along with a million other vendors and people he interacted with prior to getting irresponsibly inebriated and harassing a stranger. Regardless of Airbnb's legality or whatnot, the blame in this specific story lies simply on the person who chose to get too drunk.
    - leesalminen 8y ago
      Agreed. We had a similar situation in my town a few years back. The homeowner shot and killed a drunken intruder in the middle of the night. It turned out to be a drunk college student who didn’t know where they were. The homeowner was charged, but later acquitted by a jury. I was glad to hear the jury agreed that the action was appropriate. Drinking to excess has consequences, including death. Either from liver failure or lead poisionong.
      - unknownkadath 8y ago
        That escalated quickly
        acct1771 8y ago
        So does rocking around without your recorder running...being blackout drunk is stupid, so you'd better be good at being stupid...
seattle_spring 8y ago
That can also happen to someone just staying with a friend. Therefore, the only reasonable course of action is to ban all people from staying with their friends.
- unknownkadath 8y ago
  I think it's safe to say that most alcohol-enjoying visitors to our fair city don't have friends here to crash with.

jimmaswell 8y ago

This could have happened in any number of scenarios.

bargl 8y ago

This is the USA, I'm surprised he wasn't shot. Not joking at all, your story is actually kinda funny but it could have gone so much worse at so many points. Is that AirBnB's fault? Is it the hosts fault? Is it the cities fault for not regulating this? Is it our society's fault for allowing drinking to the point of forgetting your address? I think in the end it's just a series of unfortunate events, that give you a really great anecdote, which might have turned out much worse. I wouldn't claim this as evidence for or against AirBnB but man did it make me laugh. Good on you for de-escalating the situation and keeping your head! Hopefully, Trey had the decorum to apologize later on and try to make things right.

unknownkadath 8y ago
We're just glad everyone got home! I don't think Airbnb is a bad thing by any means; it's our go-to for day trips in many cases. I can also understand the need for cities having licencing and/or residency rules!
ProAm 8y ago
> Is that AirBnB's fault? He wouldn't have been there if it wasn't for AirBNB. He likely could have asked the concierge at the hotel he was staying at for help finding his room in his drunken state.
- lotsofpulp 8y ago
  He also wouldn't be there if his friend wasn't getting married and he didn't go to a bachelor party, along with a million other vendors and people he interacted with prior to getting irresponsibly inebriated and harassing a stranger. Regardless of Airbnb's legality or whatnot, the blame in this specific story lies simply on the person who chose to get too drunk.
  - leesalminen 8y ago
    Agreed. We had a similar situation in my town a few years back. The homeowner shot and killed a drunken intruder in the middle of the night. It turned out to be a drunk college student who didn’t know where they were. The homeowner was charged, but later acquitted by a jury. I was glad to hear the jury agreed that the action was appropriate. Drinking to excess has consequences, including death. Either from liver failure or lead poisionong.
    - unknownkadath 8y ago
      That escalated quickly
      - acct1771 8y ago
        So does rocking around without your recorder running...being blackout drunk is stupid, so you'd better be good at being stupid...

seattle_spring 8y ago

That can also happen to someone just staying with a friend. Therefore, the only reasonable course of action is to ban all people from staying with their friends.

unknownkadath 8y ago
I think it's safe to say that most alcohol-enjoying visitors to our fair city don't have friends here to crash with.