To think these women are arseholes?

[Flypaperforarseholes]

Spent the weekend away with a group of women (most of whom I don't know) for a friend's birthday.
10 of us in total, 2 of whom (including the Laura, whose birthday we were celebrating) I have been friends with for 10+ years.
Shared a twin with Nora, on Sunday morning, before going to breakfast, we packed ready to check out. I then stripped the beds and collected the used towels together.
We went down for breakfast and Laura laughingly asked if I'd stripped the beds yet. It is a bit of a standing joke amongst us because it's something I've always done in hotels. One of the other women, Paula, asked what it was about and I explained. She was quite taken aback and asked why I felt the need to do it/don't I like to relax etc. She drew it to the attention of the whole group and took to calling me Mrs Mop for the rest of the day. A bit irritating but didn't bother me really.
This evening, a message from Paula came up in the watsapp group which had been set up at the planning stage of the trip.
"Thank you for a lovely weekend, girls. Laura, do give me flypaperforarseholes number, good help is so hard to come by these days. LOL!"
A few laughter emojis and "LOL"'s from some of the other women. Nothing from Paula or Nora yet.
Am I BU to think these women are arseholes?! It hasn't bothered me massively, in large part due to the fact that I found Paula a pretentious bore of a woman and thus give a minimum of fucks about what she thinks of me but I'm surprised that this such a small thing seems to have become quite the focal point for her. I'm assuming she doesn't realise I'm on the group chat because I haven't actually messaged on it. These women are school mum friends of Lauras and I don't want her to get caught in the middle so haven't replied...yet.

• apologies for all my typos, fat fumble fingers!

Laura did well, love that message.

Re Quora, that is not the only post on that topic!

Wow, what an amazing story. Laura ditched all those friends just like that? goodness me.

Poor Laura. Having her birthday ruined by all the bickering and aftermath. I wonder how she would feel if any of the group read this thread. I don't think she has to choose between her friends, she could keep them separate. It all sounds a bit ott.

Re Quora, that is not the only post on that topic!

You are right there. Lots of differing opinions.

I liked the one from Beechmont Hotels Corp though. Maybe because it told me what I wanted to hear

fat fumble fingers!

May I tease you about your fingers, OP?

bibbitybobbityyhat
3 of the 7, not all of them. I think most people would think twice about continuing a friendship with people who look down on their other friends. Well, loyal people would, anyway.
Feel free to report when you've finished your troll-hunt, though. MNHQ can advise you I'm a genuine poster.

You may, flora. Provided you don't call me fat fumble fingers for the rest of the day, dedicate a group message to it tomorrow and talk about it behind my back to your friends

You may, flora. Provided you don't call me fat fumble fingers for the rest of the day, dedicate a group message to it tomorrow and talk about it behind my back to your friends

LOL, OP!

I will be sure not to go too far. I do have trouble with that myself sometimes. I am on an April Fool thread at the moment and am still quoting Alan Partridge four days on!!! I think I will need an intervention to stop me

I'd rather shit on my hands and clap

Really?! Did she really text that to her school mum friends?

Laura sounds weirdly aggressive and spoiling for a fight and you seem to enjoy winding people up to make a massive mountain out of a molehill.

I think Laura's 'friends' have dodged a bullet if she's decided to drop them.

What makes you think I'm troll hunting op? I'm just saying it's quite an incredible story. Which it is, isn't it? Or does this sort of thing happen quite often in your life?

I explained in my first post

I definitely fall in the camp of leaving hotel rooms and holiday cottages tidy and respectable but it would never in a million years occur to me to strip beds or similar. I'm supposed to be having a fecking break!

Amazing. Yep, she sure is great, that Laura.

Laura seems unkind to me - why embroil you in all this angst and drama and in front of a big group. If they were nasty about you then she should have just spoken to them about it - drama llama, totally.

I read a thread on Reddit years ago and someone mentioned that their grandmother chastised them for stacking plates in restaurant as it 'shows your breeding'.

Horrid comment but I guess the only people that would stack plates in a restaurant and strip beds in hotels are those that have worked as waitresses and chambermaids.

See I really disagree Marmalade. Maybe on the bed stripping but most waiters and waitresses (including me!) hate plate scrapers/ stackers.

I have worked as a chambermaid and a waitress. Yes to bed stripping, no to clearing plates. The first is helpful, the second is a pain in the arse.

My sister works in restaurants and is a plate stacker as is my mother who has worked as a waitress. I am not and have mainly worked in offices.

If I were one of the 4 of the 7 women who had neither sneered at you as Mrs Mop, commented on people's handbags, pointlessly repeated nasty comments, and/or discussed smearing my own hands with shit.... well, I would be breezily composing the following: "thanks for the weekend ladies! I'm sure I'll see you soon!" Tony has left the What's App group

And then I would be avoiding the lot of you. You all sound dreadful.

And a chambermaid has already explained why she doesn't find your messing about helpful. If you're so concerned about her, maybe have a read further up the thread and be enlightened. But since you're still strongly considering continuing your awful plate scraping habit, I doubt you will.

Oh blimey, I've just seen the post about the plate scraping! Now that really would irritate me enormously. Argh.

Why is it so irritating
Just because you wouldnt do it I don't get why it is so irritating to you?

It's gonna be todally awks for your mate at the school gates after Easter.

And where are the Easter emojis when you need them?