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A consumer rights champion has explained the rules after one woman had to eat Greek food every day on her Greek holiday

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[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 1 points 6 minutes ago

This is absolutely NotTheOnion material. It's refreshing and rare to see something SO fucking oniony. lol.

I'm the "father" or /r/NotTheOnion - building that place up to what it became. I've said before and say again that it's hard to run a subreddit like that - or community here - because deciding what's fun/weird vs. what is ACTUALLY truly "nottheonion"-y is hard. Truly nottheonion stuff is kinda rare. So it's always a matter of - do you want that one really oniony thing once per month, or do you allow more stuff that's less oniony?

Because articles like this one don't come along that often. lol.

My point is just that this article was a truly wild ride.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 22 points 2 hours ago

The problem with vacationing in other countries is they're so full of foreigners - that woman probably

[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 60 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine seeking out British food in fucking Greece.

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 52 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine seeking out British food ~~in fucking Greece.~~

[–] Micromot@piefed.social 16 points 3 hours ago (4 children)

Imagine ~~seeking out~~ British food ~~in fucking Greece.~~

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 13 points 2 hours ago

You mean chicken tikka masala?

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 5 points 2 hours ago

Oh god, I just did. How horrible! 😭

[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago

I'd rather not, thanks.

I'm about to go to sleep and I wouldn't want to have nightmares.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 20 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

all-inclusive, £750 [holiday] ... Susan, who has ulcerative colitis

It seems like she should've confirmed with the agency that there would be food she could eat made available. Or maybe made other arrangements for her meals, maybe brought some snacks with her.

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 13 points 3 hours ago

Why would Karen take accountability for her self. It is the universe that should be thinking ahead for her. /s

[–] Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de 41 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

What on earth am I even reading? 😂

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 19 points 4 hours ago

Karen had a bad trip.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 hours ago

This poor woman sure does seem to be living a miserable existence. Does the UK have voluntary euthanasia?

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 14 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Consumer rights expert Helen Dewdney, known as The Complaining Cow

They've got a Super Karen!

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

And she's a self proclaimed cow!

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

Wow what a terrible life Susan! Must be nice if that's the worst thing in your life.

Of course it's a Brit or American. It's usually those brand of white people that feel overly entitled to everything like the whole world belongs to them. The British empire collapsed ages ago, grandma.

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 12 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

This would be so terrible. I hope no one ever does this to me, but forever. I would so hate to eat Greek food for all 8 meals per day for the rest of my life. That would be so bad please don't do that.

[–] xylol@leminal.space 4 points 2 hours ago (2 children)
[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 2 points 49 minutes ago

Breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies, noonsies, lunch, tea, dinner, and supper.

[–] djdarren@piefed.social 4 points 1 hour ago

Did they stutter?

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 10 points 4 hours ago

A consumer rights expert has explained what you can do if your hotel on a foreign holiday refuses to serve you a full English breakfast, after a woman got £100 from TUI because she couldn't get British food on her Greek break.

Planning a trip where meal options depend on what food the hotel one happens to be staying at serves sounds like a very limiting choice to make.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

She added: "Is it reasonable to claim for a lack of 'English food' on a continental holiday? Probably not. However, at least one TUI customer has succeeded in claiming limited compensation for this alleged breach, although she has got to buy another holiday to use it!"

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago

When even The Mirror is forced to tell the British boomers that they are shit outta luck, you know it was a garbage claim to begin with.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder if this was less about "English food" and more about wanting a more substantial (and protein-filled) breakfast instead of some breads and jams.

I could see someone seeking compensation from a travel agencies that told her "oh yeah, they have an amazing breakfast, so you don't need to worry about that! You won't need to eat until supper if you stay at that hotel!"

[–] terranoid@lemmy.cafe 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Nah she actually was super upset she wasnt getting English staples lol. She wanted toast and bacon and sausage and fries.

They gave her rice and fish and she said after "she never wanted to look at a plate of rice again", and she was complaining that she never got sausage or bacon, and while at first I thought they weren't giving her much meat... She complained about the kebabs and said that was the worst part.

[–] Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

She even got toast and chips (“fries”)!

[–] Babalugats@feddit.uk 2 points 4 hours ago

She should've gone to Benidorm.