How can you cook meals in a shower?

[LaMarschallin]

Just that.

@MycatLarry there is an explanation why people cook their own food, because the food supplied is repetitive, beige and poor quality. You are right that no one absolutely has to cook in their rooms, but I think most people could understand why you might have a strong desire to do so.

It would surely be very possible to set up proper communal cooking areas for people to use in these ex-hotels. Probably would be cheaper to allow people to cook for themselves too, and then just provide a smaller amount of food for those who aren't able to or don't want to.

Yes, I did see, so when I saw your thread I knew what you were talking about. People start threads like this all the time on the basis that people will know what they are talking about and usually it's the people coming on and saying "never heard of it" that get their arses handed to them.

Sorry, I'd missed your post.
You're right - next time I will. I appreciate your recommendation.
May I recommend that you don't look like a very unpleasant person on the internet by insulting someone even if you strike it out? I'm sure you didn’t mean to be nasty 😊

AI is rancid, why do you still use it?!

Agree with this. Surely it would be cheaper to provide whole pulses and rice and flour plus spices than paying a company for beige food.
Less profits then tho.

I used to work in this sector until 2024. Most housing providers that I saw (that have the contracts between the Home Office and the Hotel) would run forums to gauge what food is requested and a menu is set and regularly reviewed.

However you could be catering for 20+ nationalities / ethnicities so it is a challenge to cater a menu of say 3 different main courses, that suit all dietary requirements as well as different tastes.

And then there is also the angle of if you can establish that a hotel cannot accommodate your food requirements then it is believed you'll be fast tracked for individual accommodation.

Have to add, I worked in safeguarding, so wasn't directly involved in hotel provision etc, but it came up all the time.

OK,

• who takes on responsibility for doing the shopping so everyone's food preferences are met?

-Who sets up the schedule for who cooks when?. -who provides the cupboard/fridge/freezer storage and that no one takes someone else's food? -Who makes sure the kitchen/dining area is sanitary?

You're right as it turns out.
I totally thought people would be bright enough to know what I was talking about and I was wrong.
Believe me, I'm crushed. I've started a thread that lets me get dissed by stupid people. Jolly wish I hadn't 🤦🏻‍♀️

@TallulahLikesHoola none of that is impossibly insurmountable and I am quite sure there are people who could work out the best way to approach it. It would be a better approach than to ignore people cooking in an unsafe way in a multi occupancy space. The hotels that were visited must be aware from the smells alone that people are cooking in their rooms, and are clearly not effective at preventing it. So, there's a clear need to look for better solutions.

The piece also stated that in order to cook in the shower, they covered over the fire detectors which is clearly dangerous and selfish. If they really live on £10 pw sustenance, how are they buying supplementary food. This is wrong on many levels.

I was thinking this, whatever you think about the circumstances the photo made the actual ‘how’ pretty clear 😵‍💫

@LaMarschallin , I don't think the people dissing your thread are stupid.

Neither do I.

Yes, I did read the article. If I was a refugee I'd be grateful for any free food provided.

However you make a good point about people cooking for themselves (in a kitchen!), It would help alleviate the boredom they must feel too.

So you're expecting hotel staff on minimum wage to take on the health and safety responsibilities for other peoples decision making?
If there's an argument or fight over timeslots/thefts, is that the hotel staffs responsibility too?
Lucky them!

I said I heard it on the radio. It turns out you can't see things on the radio.
I have since read the article (as I have mentioned in various posts).
I did predict this would be a "cancel the cheque" when I saw posters didn't understand what I said and I think you've proved my point 😃

Well, you and @GloriaMonday wouldn't, would you?

Why should parents be grateful for their kids being fed shit food?

Kids are often picky eaters too - if you're in one of these hotels with your kids refusing to eat the absolute rubbish provided, you don't really have another option as a parent except trying to feed them any way you can.

I have a lot of sympathy for people trying to raise families in these environments. It's not just asylum seekers and refugees, though they are often the most vulnerable. It's also families in long-term temporary accommodation as well.

@LaMarschallin , No we wouldn't because there was obviously going to be more to it than the headline. You obviously have an internet-enabled device, so a you could have done a quick check, and it would have taken less time than starting a thread.

Why should parents be grateful for their kids being fed shit food?

Because it's free?

Because it's all a lot of us can afford for our own families?

Will you be offering free board and lodging (and cooking facilities) to these people?

Fair point.
Now don't be speaking for TallulahLikesHoola because I'm guessing you don't know her. My apologies if you do.
You don't seem stupid so I was wrong on that case.
I'm wondering about your user name...do you get travel sickness?

Not travel sickness, but I have a white van that's unwell.

I heard this interview this morning. It was interesting, more in depth than usual on the reality for people.

What parents feed their children in their own homes on the budget they can afford is up to them, but if external providers are being paid to provide food for families with children in hotel accommodation, the food should be healthy and good quality.

As a taxpayer, I'm not ok with funding poor quality food for asylum-seeking children, just like I'm not ok with shit school meals or hospital food. Vulnerable groups should be decently fed and cared for.

COL and the financial and time pressures which everyday families face is a different matter.

It's quite annoying but I find myself liking you, you and your sickly van.