Lapland New Forest - Summer Covid Edition

[beesonthewhatnow]

I reckon there’s potential for a lot of these in the coming months

Chaos at Chessington World of Adventures as parents flee queues with crying kids

Some would-be customers of Chessington World of Adventures in Surrey reported waiting for two hours to get into the theme park, with some giving up and going home

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[Pickman's model]

Badgers

 

[Teaboy]

Fleeing with crying kids sounds so much more dramatic then getting bored, giving up and going home.

 

[Badgers]

Fleeing with crying kids sounds so much more dramatic then getting bored, giving up and going home.

Hopefully the kids are scarred for life.

 

[Pickman's model]

Hopefully the kids are scarred for life.

They fuck you up your mum and dad
They may not mean to but they do
They'll take you to atrocious fayres
And nasty winter failures too

--philip larkin, draft for this be the verse

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Flamingo Land trip ruined as family forced to 'barge through crowds'

The family had travelled from Nottingham to Pickering for a holiday over half-term

www.examinerlive.co.uk

“I'm a marketing and customer service manager so I know what I'm talking about”

 

[Badgers]

Michelle said: "We've been going to Flamingo Land for the last eight years and we go every year, it's always been absolutely perfect.

They are not boring obviously

 

[Teaboy]

Given marketing and customer services are two completly different disciplines it makes me wonder what sort of stella organisation they work for when the two roles are combined?

I'm the school janitor but I also teach chemistry.

 

[DaveCinzano]

I'm the school janitor but I also teach chemistry.

Well if that's not deserving of an anonymous snitch to Prevent I don't know what is

 

[moomoo]

Oh hurrah!! I’ve missed these threads!

 

[T & P]

A more desperate cry for a cash payout/ freebies I have seldom seen...

 

[Supine]

Thorpe Park

 

[Voley]

How dare other people want to do the same thing as me! I AM LIVID.

 

[neonwilderness]

Huge queues and 'pooing in public' as beach toilets are closed

One woman with irritable bowel syndrome had an episode in her car

www.cornwalllive.com

 

[Voley]

Huge queues and 'pooing in public' as beach toilets are closed

One woman with irritable bowel syndrome had an episode in her car

www.cornwalllive.com

Lovely photo of Praa Sands toilet block in that article.

 

[Voley]

That they've got off Google Maps.

 

[Voley]

I fucking LOVE Cornwall Live btw.

Recent highlights of their journalism include 'Truro Wetherspoons reopens after lockdown but no-one cares'

 

[Badgers]

Fuck the Euros or the Olympics

This summer #laplandscominghome

 

[moomoo]

Huge queues and 'pooing in public' as beach toilets are closed

One woman with irritable bowel syndrome had an episode in her car

www.cornwalllive.com

I don’t think I want to go to Cornwall if there are no loos.

 

[Teaboy]

Fuck the Euros or the Olympics

This summer #laplandscominghome

#worldbeating

 

[neonwilderness]

'Holiday from hell' – Couple's retreat ruined by building works, dirt and oil

A couple have described how their honeymoon retreat turned into the ‘holiday from hell’ in less than 24 hours.

www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk

This was supposed to be a luxury tranquil retreat, but there is nothing luxury about waking up with a headache to the smell of oil, and nothing tranquil about having a building site metres from your room

It genuinely has been a holiday from hell.

 

[LDC]

'Holiday from hell' – Couple's retreat ruined by building works, dirt and oil

A couple have described how their honeymoon retreat turned into the ‘holiday from hell’ in less than 24 hours.

www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk

Quality local newspaper the Wezzy Gezzy, it covers important stories like this man killed by being fed a kebab while he was asleep.

First look at siblings jailed after force feeding man a kebab

A BROTHER and sister have been jailed after they were found guilty of manslaughter for feeding kebab meat to their intoxicated victim which caused…

www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk

 

[kenny g]

Quality local newspaper the Wezzy Gezzy, it covers important stories like this man killed by being fed a kebab while he was asleep.

First look at siblings jailed after force feeding man a kebab

A BROTHER and sister have been jailed after they were found guilty of manslaughter for feeding kebab meat to their intoxicated victim which caused…

www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk

Jesus, looks like their mum and dad must have known each other since birth.

 

[moomoo]

Dad 'queued for 12 hours' at hotel before giving up and driving 130 miles home

A DAD has slammed a hotel after he spent “12 hours trying to check in” – before finally given up and driving more than 130 miles home. Paul Henderson had planned to stay in the Scarborough Gr…

www.thesun.co.uk

 

[cupid_stunt]

Dad 'queued for 12 hours' at hotel before giving up and driving 130 miles home

A DAD has slammed a hotel after he spent “12 hours trying to check in” – before finally given up and driving more than 130 miles home. Paul Henderson had planned to stay in the Scarborough Gr…

www.thesun.co.uk

Why on earth do people book with Britannia Hotels, owners of Pontins, when they have been rated UK’s worst hotel chain for eight years running?

This year saw Britannia muster an overall score of just 37%; with one-star ratings for the quality of its bathrooms, bedrooms and communal areas. It was also rated one star for value for money despite being one of the cheapest brands in our survey, at £58 per night on average.

Our undercover inspectors found stained towels, stray hairs and pillows ‘flimsier than bookmarks’ when visiting its Folkestone chain, the Grand Burstin, this summer. A germ simulation experiment demonstrated worrying lapses in cleaning between guests.

The situation at Britannia’s Brighton seafront hotel, the Royal Albion, wasn’t much better. Swab tests revealed traces of enterococci, bacteria found in faeces, on the toilet seat and bathroom door handle.

Britannia rated UK's worst hotel chain for eighth year running - Which? News

But which hotel brand has wrestled the top spot from Premier Inn for the first time in five years?

www.which.co.uk

 

[Elpenor]

Britannia isn’t in the name and “Grand” sounds like it could be a good hotel. Plus I think with online booking via apps there’s a tendency to book instantly before researching, something I’m incapable of doing!

Premier Inn at least tend to have modern hotels and reliable brand standards!

 

[cupid_stunt]

Britannia isn’t in the name and “Grand” sounds like it could be a good hotel. Plus I think with online booking via apps there’s a tendency to book instantly before researching, something I’m incapable of doing!

That I simply do not understand, just a quick google brings up Trip Adviser as the first link returned, and this should set the alarm bells ringing -

Premier Inn at least tend to have modern hotels and reliable brand standards!

Britannia Hotels has reliable brand standards too, they're all shit!

 

[Teaboy]

An entire summer of everyone remembering why they don't take holidays in the UK. So much of UK hospitality is just terrible. Hotels full of petty rules and staff who think the concept of customer service is a nasty american import which should be pushed back against.

 

[Santino]

staff who think the concept of customer service is a nasty american import which should be pushed back against.

sniff Makes you proud to be British.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Hotels full of petty rules and staff who think the concept of customer service is a nasty american import which should be pushed back against.

Quite right too - customers need to be kept on their toes as they're usually wrong.