Quality Inn Hotel in Alachua, Florida, is owned by the Patel family and controlled by KAY PATEL. The staff is friendly at this location. However, the female owner is where the issue is. She is culturally ignorant and unaware of her surroundings. I gave this opening to explain why no African American (Minority) should waste any dollars at this location. Case and point. Five people were seated outside this location. Four of them were black one of them was white. KAY PATEL approached the four people of color, and I quote. "You PEOPLE need to move off of the front of the sidewalk because you make my business look bad." If you want to look outside, go into your room and open your curtain. Something that you would do to a tamed or wild beast. She threatened to move them to the back of the hotel if they didn't comply, which is segregation. However, on an average night/day, someone stands out or sits around the hotel smoking and chatting. The front of the hotel reeks of smoke and marijuana scent. With a few unscrupulous and suspect characters hanging out of the hotel, KAY PATEL requests that blacks stay in their room with the curtains open or move towards the back buy the pool if they want to be outside. It's unclear why she KAY PATEL doesn't like black people; allegedly, she doesn't enjoy them working at the hotel's front desk--citing that they are ghetto and ignorant. When culturally it is known that people from Inda have poor hygiene and don't like to bathe and historically classed less than black people and only hired to work in white areas because they aren't bright enough to know that they are the new negro. Kay Patel thinks that because she makes her millions that she's better than the black community. It was African Americans who paved the way for her to get the things she's getting today. Black women lead the charge of change, and she thinks they are ghetto. Without them, there would be no policy changes giving women like her who are culturally not permitted to speak in their own culture. Racism is accurate, and if you are not culturally aware of your words and how you treat others, then the business is not your strong suit. Racism has no place in Florida, and that's who they are. Based on current and previous behavior, it would be wise to keep our black dollars from out of Quality Inn or all Indian own businesses; I'm calling for a black boycott of this hotel and every property they own. The one here in Alachua and the one in Orlando, Florida. Aside from the racist activity from the owner, they fail to mention to those who come to their location that there is a mold issue in this hotel.
There is poor ventilation, no fire sprinklers, mold on the outside pillars, and mold inside the rooms that the maids try to cover with bleach spray. Poor infrastructure and their pool failed inspection; they aren't clean, covers have cigarette burns in them, Towles stained black and most of the time maids give you back the same towels that you provided to them. AC needs to be snatched out and deep cleaned, and the health inspector needs to come in check this whole place out. To be clear, this is not at the hands of the managers but the owners who are historically known for facility living. "In India, as right across Asia, the left hand is for wiping your bottom, cleaning your feet and other unsavory functions (you also put on and take off your shoes with your left hand), while the right hand is for eating, shaking hands and so on." ("Culture and etiquette in India | Local customs in India | Rough guides," n.d.)
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