Complaining, complaining !!!!

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I was reading the Daily Telegraph and fount an article about people complaining about there vacation.
Boy and I thought the complains we read here a bad

Read and weep :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:



A tourist at a top African game lodge overlooking a waterhole, who spotted a visibly aroused elephant, complained that the sight of this rampant beast ruined his honeymoon by making him feel "inadequate".



A woman threatened to call police after claiming that she’d been locked in by staff. When in fact, she had mistaken the “do not disturb” sign on the back of the door as a warning to remain in the room.



"The beach was too sandy."


A guest at a Novotel in Australia complained his soup was too thick and strong. He was inadvertently slurping the gravy at the time.



"Topless sunbathing on the beach should be banned. The holiday was ruined as my husband spent all day looking at other women."



"We bought 'Ray-Ban' sunglasses for five euros (£3.50) from a street trader, only to find out they were fake."



No-one told us there would be fish in the sea. The children where startled."



"It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England it only took the Americans three hours to get home."



"My fiancé and I booked a twin-bedded room but we were placed in a double-bedded room. We now hold you responsible for the fact that I find myself pregnant. This would not have happened if you had put us in the room that we booked."



"I compared the size of our one-bedroom apartment to our friends' three-bedroom apartment and ours was significantly smaller."



"The brochure stated: 'No hairdressers at the accommodation'. We're trainee hairdressers - will we be OK staying here?"


"There are too many Spanish people. The receptionist speaks Spanish. The food is Spanish. Too many foreigners."



"We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure. Your brochure shows the sand as yellow but it was white."


"We had to queue outside with no air conditioning."



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



"I was bitten by a mosquito - no-one said they could bite."



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



"It's lazy of the local shopkeepers to close in the afternoons. I often needed to buy things during 'siesta' time - this should be banned."



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



"We booked an excursion to a water park but no-one told us we had to bring our swimming costumes and towels."
 
I was reading the Daily Telegraph and fount an article about people complaining about there vacation.
Boy and I thought the complains we read here a bad

Read and weep :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:







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

This one really cracked me up. The nerve! A foreign country serving local food?????????
 
You would be amazed at the kind of comments travel agents and tour operators get every day.

Sometimes I just shake my head and smile. Its about all you can do.
 

I was reading the Daily Telegraph and fount an article about people complaining about there vacation.
Boy and I thought the complains we read here a bad

Read and weep :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

"We had to queue outside with no air conditioning."


Hello All Stars! :rotfl:
 
I still remember a Conde Nast Traveler Ombudsman column I read several years ago...

This is a column where people write in with their travel "nightmares" and the columnist and her team see if they can resolve the problem. In this particular case, a family was renting a house somewhere in the Caribbean. The house was broken into and several items stolen, including some expensive and irreplaceable jewelry. The writer was furious because (and I'm paraphrasing here because this was awhile ago!) "If the travel agent had told us that there was a chance our items could be stolen, we never would have brought them". The kicker is that these people actually got money back (from whom, I'm not sure). Doesn't common sense say that a) Don't bring expensive jewelry on vacation, and b) There is a chance that wherever you go, even if you stay at the Ritz, that your items COULD be stolen???
 
Maybe someone should tell these people never to step outside their homes again!

:lmao:

Claire ;)
 
TALES FROM THE WILD

These are actual comments left on US Forest Service comment cards by
backpackers completing wilderness camping trips:

* "A small deer came into my camp and stole my bag of pickles. Is there a
way I can get reimbursed? Please call."

* "Escalators would help on steep uphill sections."

* "Instead of a permit system for hikers, the Forest Service needs to
reduce worldwide population growth to limit the number of visitors to wilderness."

* "Trails need to be wider so people can walk while holding hands."

* "Found a smouldering cigarette left by a horse."

* "Trails need to be reconstructed. Please avoid building trails that go
uphill."

* "Too many bugs and leeches and spiders and spider webs. Please spray
the wilderness to rid the area of these pests."

* "Please pave the trails so they can be plowed of snow in the winter."

* "Chair lifts need to be in some places so that we can get to wonderful
views without having to hike to them."

* "The coyotes made too much noise last night and kept me awake. Please
meradicate (sic) these annoying animals."

* "Need more signs to keep area pristine."

* "A McDonald's would be nice at the trailhead."

* "The places where trails do not exist are not well marked."

* "Too many rocks in the mountains."
 
.... back-seat driving, as always

When an elderly couple stopped to film some bears at Dunraven Pass in
Yellowstone, a young bear crawled into their car searching for food.
Unable to make the bear leave, the exasperated (but well-dressed) couple drove
about 17 miles to the ranger station at Canyon Village with the bear in the
backseat. When the husband got out to report the incident, the bear hopped
over into the front seat so that investigating rangers found the woman in
the passenger seat and the bear behind the wheel.

.... requesting assistance

In 1994, a woman visiting from the Bay Area embarked on a solo hike to the
summit of El Capitan in Yosemite. When she became lost and saw a storm
brewing, she called 911 from her cellular phone and asked to be rescued. A
helicopter found her barely off the trail and one-fourth to half a mile
from the top of El Cap. When the 'copter lifted off and the woman saw how close
she was to her summit goal, she asked the crew to set her down on top. When
the crew declined, she threatened to sue them for kidnapping.
 
Great Outdoors quotes

"What time do they let the animals out in the park?" --Visitor at Denali
National Park

"Why did the Indians only build ruins?" --Visitor at the Grand Canyon

"What is your best parking area?" --Visitor at Zion National Park

"Where's the road to the summit?" --Visitor at Mount Rainier National Park

"Don't you think the polluted sky makes a much prettier sunset?" --Visitor
at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

Grand Canyon National Park:
Was this man-made?
Do you light it up at night?
I bought tickets for the elevator to the bottom--where is it?
Is the mule train air-conditioned?
So where are the faces of the presidents?

Everglades National Park:

Are the alligators real?
Are the baby alligators for sale?
Where are all the rides?
What time does the two o'clock bus leave?

Mesa Verde National Park:
Did people build this, or did Indians?
Why did they build the ruins so close to the road?
Do you know of any undiscovered ruins?
What did they worship in the kivas--their own made-up religion?
Why did the Indians decide to live in Colorado?

Carlsbad Caverns National Park:
How much of the cave is underground?
So what's in the unexplored part of the cave?
Does it ever rain in here?
How many Ping-Pong balls would it take to fill this up?
So what is this--just a hole in the ground?

Yosemite National Park:
Where are the cages for the animals?
What time of year do you turn on Yosemite Falls?
What happened to the other half of Half Dome?
Can I get my picture taken with the carving of President Clinton?

Denali National Park:
What time do you feed the bears?
What's so wonderful about Wonder Lake?
Can you show me where yeti lives?
How often do you mow the tundra?
How much does Mount McKinley weigh?

Yellowstone National Park:
Does Old Faithful erupt at night?
How do you turn it on?
When does the guy who turns it on get to sleep?
We had no trouble finding the park entrances, but where are the exits?
 
There is, or was, an ongoing thread on cruisecritic's boards, by an employee with a higher end cruiseline whose job it was to go through the comment cards. Oh man people complain about some interesting things on cruises!
 
I once encountered another British family at Typhoon Lagoon. We were in line for refillable mugs; they were in front of me. In front of the family were a couple who clearly did not speak much English. The CM was trying to explain the concept of 'refillable mug'. After a moment, the mother of this family turned to her husband and two children and said (in a stark British accent), "Come on! We're not waiting around here whilst they deal with foreigners!!"

:confused3 :rotfl:
 
I once encountered another British family at Typhoon Lagoon. We were in line for refillable mugs; they were in front of me. In front of the family were a couple who clearly did not speak much English. The CM was trying to explain the concept of 'refillable mug'. After a moment, the mother of this family turned to her husband and two children and said (in a stark British accent), "Come on! We're not waiting around here whilst they deal with foreigners!!"

:confused3 :rotfl:

That's especially funny to me because I had a to help a British fellow out once because the CM didn't understand what he meant when he said crisps at a CS in TL. The back and forth had already gone on for about two minutes before I said something.
 
:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:Oh, my! This whole thread is hilarious, but I literally cannot stop laughing out loud at this one:
Carlsbad Caverns National Park:
How many Ping-Pong balls would it take to fill this up?
:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:
 
:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:Oh, my! This whole thread is hilarious, but I literally cannot stop laughing out loud at this one:

Originally Posted by ringaswan
Carlsbad Caverns National Park:
How many Ping-Pong balls would it take to fill this up?

:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:

A good answer would be TWO, but they have to be REALLY big!!
 


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