To wonder why some people get away with cheeky,dominating behaviour?

[LittleLucyLuce]

Just been away on holiday to an all inclusive hotel abroad. The hotel were very strict about the reserving of sunbeds and it wasn't allowed at all. There were signs everywhere saying that any towels left reserving a sunbed would be removed. One day our towels were removed in the middle of the day when we went to very quickly get a drink! There was also a rule in the hotels water park that once you'd used one of their inflatables to go down a slide (they were huge slides that you couldn't go down just sitting down), you had to give it to the next person wanting to join the queue for that slide.

However one family got away with reserving loads of sunbeds every day. No one ever removed their towels! And they didn't just reserve beds for the 5 of them in their family, they reserved 7 or 8 and had some beds just full of their bags and pool toys! They also kept hold of their inflatable on the water slides for hours rather than putting it back for the next person to use. I did question with guest relations why they were allowed to do these things and the guest relations person said that the family 'Liked to make up their own rules' as if it was funny and endearing!

There is also a mum at my DCs school who never takes any notice of rules and just gets away with it. Things like at xmas plays where we are allowed 2 tickets per child, she brings her childrens' 4 grandparents with her plus her other younger children and takes up the whole front row! And no one says a word! She also drives into the staff car park to park at drop off and collection even though it's not allowed. Plus loads of other stuff!

It pisses me off as I never get away with anything, ever! If I ever do anything remotely near stepping over the tiniest rule or regulation then I get stamped down on straight away! If I turned up to a school play with the whole extended family I'd probably get banned from the school grounds! And as I said previously, on holiday we went to get a drink and were gone under 5 minutes and our towels were removed from our bed!

AIBU to get pissed off?

Some people just have a certain irresistible ju de vive. Relax and try not to let the small things get you you.

Cheers,
M.JD

It does get to me though! Why should I pay to go to a hotel and get less preferable treatment to other customers?

Why do you keep signing with your initials @martinjd? It's bizarre!

I was thinking that talon

So odd!

Bahahahaha I thought the same talon 😂

talonofthehawk: The aim is to converse in civility. One must do what one can!

cheers,
M.JD

Some people just have an air of "I have a brass neck and don't give a fuck" about them, if you don't have this you can't pull shit like that off because people can sense your weakness and use it as a chance to flex their pretend "I am rock hard and can stand up to anyone" muscles, but those muscles are pretend so they won't use them on the true brass neckers and that's who those fuckers get away with everything!!

Some people just have total brass neck. I know someone just like what you describe.

I did whip some unused towels off a sunbed on my AI holiday last week though. It felt good!

leccybill : Interested to know where you holidayed?

@martinJD

One must do what one can not to be a pretentious bore, get lost

In the case of the holiday family I bet they are either massive tippers or VIPS.

I've seen the former a lot with Russians on holiday who barge to the front of the queue and get served even at an AI. However they tip really well and every time.

In respect of the school mum. This is just cheeky fucker behaviour that everyone is being very English about and hasn't challenged. At my child dance school there was limited parent seating so you could only be seated during your child actual lesson. Before this you had to stand in a lobby area. There was one mum who would barge intro the main studio with her snowflake and order people to budge up and make room. In the end the dance instructor herself told her to stop as there had been numerous complaints. No one had actually challenged her directly though.

talonofthehawk: Now now! No need for rudeness.

Best,
M.JD

I got questioned on holiday at the all inclusive bar because I asked for 3 drinks. You are only allowed 2 per person at any one time. DH and D'S were standing right beside me. They knew I wasn't giving it to non ai people.
Huge Spanish family must have been 30 - grannies grandpa's mums dads brothers sister loads of kids. One couple wwith so bands went to the bar for everyone. Alcohol, juice, water, Ice creams snacks the lot. No-one else could get served for about half an hour and not a word was said!

Don't ask don't get?

It is amazing how far some people get in life just brazening it out.

Definitely whip their towels off next time OP

Because everyone loves a cheeky bastard.

No, because people are generally far too polite to say "what the fuck are you doing, asshat?" to the cheeky bastards. Politeness is ingrained in most of us.

We were on the underground a couple of weeks ago and a woman hit DS1 in the face with a giant shoulder bag she swung into the carriage at the last minute. DH (the most polite man on earth) apologised to her. I shouted and made her apologise to DS1. DH says I'm not allowed on the underground any more.

@MartinJD - the correct phrase is joie de vivre, not ju de vive. In addition, it means joy in life or ability to enjoy life, and has nothing to with the behaviour outlined in the OP, so I'm afraid you have used it incorrectly.

Re. signing off every post with your initials - "The aim is to converse in civility. One must do what one can!"

In my opinion this is not 'conversing in civility' - for me, it would be far more civil of you to fit in with the way we do things here, rather than going in for elaborate virtue signalling - it implies 'I sign all my posts because I am so much more polite than you oiks!'

I think most people are too polite to challenge and expect the people 'in charge' to deal with it. The lounger family probably gave the pool attendant a big tip. Try to see the better side.
Tee hee. 'Not allowed on the underground'.
I appreciate your posts, MJD 👊

I kind of like MJD

Leave Martin alone. He's doing it his way.

Oops,

Cheers

KYTWOSP

anon333222111 & KickthewallonSalthillprom: Much obliged both!

Cheers!
M.JD

The word you're looking for is chutzpah

You're welcome
W.H

Curlycat, that would have annoyed me so much!