Posted on 09/01/2017 2:27:48 PM PDT by sodpoodle
THESE ARE ACTUAL COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY “THOMAS COOK VACATIONS” 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 Vallarta to 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.”
BEWARE ..THEY WALK AMONG US and... THEY VOTE
OK, now I was an eyewitness to both of these tourist questions to park rangers in our national Parks:
1. At Volcanoes Natl park, Hawaii:
(German Tourist) Ze brochure said zat zis is a volcano! All there is up here is a big hole in the ground wiz smoke coming out of it!
2. At Shenandoah National Park:
NYC Tourist: “Where do you put the animals at night?”
3. Off the coast of Maui (More Germans, upon siting some wild spinner dolphins 100 yards offshore):
“Make zem come closer!”
(((I like yours too! hehehe)))
Yep.
A Russian tourist here on Guam: “Is there no casino?”
But, I guess that’s not really funny.
Not one Conservative in the bunch.
There’s NO casinos on Guam? Yikes!
Are they afraid that the sudden influx of tourists attracted to gambling might make the island capsize?
“Make zem come closer!”
On a snorkel cruise to Molokini off Maui: Mike the boat captain said we might see dolphins.
Some New Yorker (from the hideous accent) constantly shouting: "Hey Mikey, where dem dolphins?"
Mike was obviously in charge of procuring them.
LOL! I think this was on the same cruise! :-)
Yep, always the complaining of the heat in Hawaii. Such a shock, should have vacationed in Greenland.
“The glass bottom on this boat —is that 1st or 2nd deck..?”
I really liked that one.
England has millennials?
Oy Vey!
I suppose this thread had degenerated to the point that I can post this email. h/t Leo.
The Question: DO YOU LIKE GETTING OLDER???
I can hit the golf ball any way I can and laugh if it goes in the lake. Them’s the breaks. I’m just happy I can still hit that golf ball.
As I’ve aged, I’ve become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself. I’ve become my own friend.
I have seen too many dear friends leave this world, too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.
Whose business is it, if I choose to read, or play, on the computer, until 4 AM, or sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 50s, 60s & 70s, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love, I will.
I will walk the beach, in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves, with abandon, if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They too, will get old.
I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And, I eventually remember the important things.
Sure, over the years, my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break, when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody’s beloved pet gets hit by a car? But, broken hearts are what give us strength, and understanding, and compassion. A heart never broken, is pristine, and sterile, and will never know the joy of being imperfect.
I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face.
So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.
As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don’t question myself anymore. I’ve even earned the right to be wrong.
So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day (if I feel like it).
The Americans get a time warp via black hole: more filthy white privilege.
Especially the one about all the Spanish.
It slices eggs, bacon, mushrooms, fingers....
:)
There have been dumb traveler stories circulated all my life. Can’t blame this on millenials.
When we moved into our current home, I found an egg slicer in the very back of one of the cabinets.
“Although the brochure said that there was a fully equipped kitchen, there was no egg-slicer in the drawers.”
“I think that was my son. “
LOL! He sounds like a nice boy.
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