First world problems

[Scooter]

THESE ARE REAL COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY “THOMAS COOK HOLIDAYS” FROM DISSATISFIED CUSTOMERS

1. “On my holiday to Goa in India, I was disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry. I don’t like spicy food.”

2. “They should not allow topless sunbathing on the beach. It was very distracting for my husband who just wanted to relax.”

3. “We went on holiday to Spain and had a problem with the taxi drivers as they were all Spanish.”

4. “We booked an excursion to a water park but no-one told us we had to bring our own swimsuits and towels. We assumed it would be included in the price.”

5. “The beach was too sandy. We had to clean everything when we returned to our room.”

6. “We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure. Your brochure shows the sand as white but it was more yellow.”

7. “It’s lazy of the local shopkeepers in Puerto Vallartato close in the afternoons. I often needed to buy things during ‘siesta’ time — this should be banned.”

8. “No-one told us there would be fish in the water. The children were scared.”

9. “Although the brochure said that there was a fully equipped kitchen, there was no egg-slicer in the drawers.”

10. “I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local convenience store does not sell proper biscuits like custard creams or ginger nuts.”

11. “The roads were uneven and bumpy, so we could not read the local guide book during the bus ride to the resort. Because of this, we were unaware of many things that would have made our holiday more fun.”

12. “It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England. It took the Americans only three hours to get home. This seems unfair.”

13. “I compared the size of our one-bedroom suite to our friends’ three-bedroom and ours was significantly smaller.”

14. “The brochure stated: ‘No hairdressers at the resort.’ We’re trainee hairdressers and we think they knew and made us wait longer for service.”

15. “When we were in Spain, there were too many Spanish people there. The receptionist spoke Spanish, the food was Spanish. No one told us that there would be so many foreigners.”

16. “We had to line up outside to catch the boat and there was no air-conditioning.”

17. “It is your duty as a tour operator to advise us of noisy or unruly guests before we travel.”

18. “I was bitten by a mosquito. The brochure did not mention mosquitoes.”

19. “My fiancée and I requested twin-beds when we booked, but instead we were placed in a room with a king bed. We now hold you responsible and want to be re-reimbursed for the fact that I became pregnant. This would not have happened if you had put us in the room that we booked.”

[BoSoxGal]

“No-one told us there would be fish in the water. The children were scared.”

[Scooter]

I would definitely be most horrified by the lack of an egg slicer.

[Big RR]

Lest you think only Americans are idiots:

“It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England. It took the Americans only three hours to get home. This seems unfair.”

I would say it has to be a joke, but in a world where people voted for Trump, nothing surprises me.

[ex-khobar Andy]

Number 19 is a medical miracle. Usually it's the fiancée who gets pregnant.

[oldr_n_wsr]

6. “We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure. Your brochure shows the sand as white but it was more yellow.”

I can relate.
When we were in Bermuda they kept talking about the pink sand. I thought it was more orange-ish and not a bright or deep pink I thought it would be.
But at least the snorkeling was nice.

[datsunaholic]

Hmm, I've never seen an egg slicer in any kitchen other than my grandmothers. Now, I did get a vacation condo once that advertised a fully equipped kitchen, and it didn't have a can opener. And I'd brought canned goods. So now I carry one of those cheap ones (I've never used an electric one. I like my 70s vintage swing-a-way).

[Scooter]

I have an egg slicer in my own kitchen, but I wouldn't expect to find one in the kitchen of a vacation property.

[oldr_n_wsr]

Hmm, I've never seen an egg slicer in any kitchen other than my grandmothers. Now, I did get a vacation condo once that advertised a fully equipped kitchen, and it didn't have a can opener. And I'd brought canned goods. So now I carry one of those cheap ones (I've never used an electric one. I like my 70s vintage swing-a-way).

The swiss army knife I always carry (unless it's in checked luggage when I fly) has a can opener on it. In a trained hand (like mine) its usually faster than the electric ones and definately faster than the crank or wing nut hand types.

[rubato]

No egg slicer! Do they expect you to live like animals?

12. “It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England. It took the Americans only three hours to get home. This seems unfair.”

They have a point.


yrs,
rubato

[MGMcAnick]

My younger son worked the phones for a well known cruise line while he was in college. One lady called to complain that the buffet had the same food for every breakfast, every lunch, and every dinner.

Ummm, turn around lady. There are several buffets in that huge dining room, each serving a wide variety of foods for every breakfast, every lunch, every dinner and pretty much every time in between. Then there is the formal dining room and several other spots where one can grab a burger or sandwich. You name it, it's probably available.

Some people would gripe if they hung them with a new rope.

After one of the managers overheard him talking to one of their Hispanic workers in the break room, he quickly figured out that my blond blue-eyed son was fluent. He got a 50c/hour raise. Oprima dos para el español y Bryan.