When The Beaches Are Too Sandy

[scannon]

THESE ARE ACTUAL COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY "THOMAS COOK VACATIONS" FROM DISSATISFIED CUSTOMERS:

1. "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."

2. "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."

3. "On my holiday to Goa in India, I was disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry. I don't like spicy food."

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

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

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 fiancé 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."

[xcarguy]

WOW!!!!! I soooo want to respond to these.

[NVP66S]

Now that's funny, I don't care who you are. BTW, we have great beaches here in Mojave. The ocean is 100 miles away, but the beaches here are plenty sandy.

[Z3 Stalker]

NVP66S,

 

Is the sand in the Mojave white or a yellow colour????

[DeanG]

THESE ARE ACTUAL COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY "THOMAS COOK VACATIONS" FROM DISSATISFIED CUSTOMERS:

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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."

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When I was in Spain (2008 walking the Camino de Santiago) there were too many Germans. One of the phrases I learned was No Aleaman (I'm not German).

 

I also learned that just about every province in the north of the country wants to break away and form their own country. Before I went I only knew about the Basques.

[NVP66S]

NVP66S,

 

Is the sand in the Mojave white or a yellow colour????

 

Light brown. That's why my car has a tan interior, as the wind blows pretty much all the time.

 

As for tourists in Europe, my then-girlfriend spent a summer in Germany. She was waiting for a crossing light in Hamburg with several other people. One of them (an American) sneezed and another (a local) said: "Gesundheit" and the American girl turned around and said: "finally, someone who speaks English!" :smilielol5:

[lucky dawg]

My 22 year old daughter (blonde hair and blue eyes) recently went to Europe for the first time, changing planes in Munich. She looked around and said, "gawd, everyone here looks like me". Tourists were asking her for directions and the Lufthansa flight attendants kept speaking German to her.

[NVP66S]

This one happened 2 days ago. My OH is currently in Japan on a business trip. She was in a restaurant with an American friend who lives there and speaks excellent Japanese. The Caucasian ordered in Japanese and the waitress responded in broken English: "Sorry I don't speak English" To which the American responded: "That's why I am speaking Japanese!" :hurray:

 

You can't make this stuff up.