To think this was the most dickheadish thing I’ve ever seem

[Getoffmyhelicopter]

Have name changed as this is outing (especially if anyone was also there).

Dh and I went for a break this weekend. Nice country hotel but not like that amazing.

Anyway - a family turned up via helicopter and parked it on the main lawn - so basically left it where everyone was sitting eating dinner/having drinks,

Unsurprisingly a parked helicopter gets quite a lot of attention from children playing on the lawn. As a small child with his mum went to peer into the window the husband came running across (a very long) lawn screaming “DONT TOUCHMY HELICOPTER” kid wasn’t touching it and do t park a fucking helicopter in a huge public space if you don’t want anyone looking at it.

First AIBU to think the guy was an absolute duck and secondly have you ever experienced anything as ridiculous.

Twat, of course the kids are going to be interested in the helicopter. I used to have an unusual car that got childrens attention, I just used to let them sit in it and have a good look (assuming I had time)

Apparently its very common to hire your helicopter and you pay per hour spent in the air.

we are going to our fave restaurant tonight. It has abalcony overlooking the esplanade and the parade. I think i might randonly shout at passersby 'DON'T TOUCH MY HELICOPTER'

Just for fun.

@Shannith

I want to hire a helicopter too just so I can shout "don't touch my helicopter."

Except I'd be way better and have stickers on it with a photo of a poor person crossed out in case they got too close and hadn't heard my scream polite request.

Maybe you can hire helicopter bodyguards to go with it in case you had to land somewhere non U.

I want them all. In pink.

Ooh who would you choose for your poor person photo?

*the esplanade and the sea

Well, I don't enjoy having my helicopter touched by just anyone, the fingerprints of poor people are a bitch to remove.

That’s what he shouted? Are you sure,,

Am I the only one that would want to lick my finger and stand with it about 2mm away from said helicopter repeating “I’m not touching I’m not touching I’m not touching” until he explodes? 😂

I don't see how it's any different from the owner of any vehicle preferring not to have a child putting snotty fingerprints all over it.

I suspect it was his boss's helicopter being used to show off while boss away on holiday.

Was he swanning around?

@Bluntness100 yes and not just once - he ran down this massive lawn shouting it over and over.
I also overheard him the next day saying to the kids “have you left your bag in the helly” which I found even more ridiculous.

Well, I guess there was nowhere else for him to park it and he may have meant it more from a safety perspective. If someone had parked a helicopter near us, I'd tell my kids to keep well away from it.

Not all helicopter pilots are twats. My SIL and her husband are both qualified pilots with a part share of a helicopter and they are lovely people. They once had to land in a church car park when visiting a very rural part of France to visit family. They spent most of that afternoon playing host to little kids from miles around who wanted their photos taken in the cockpit and then took the local priest up for a spin the next day as a thank you for the free parking.

I think Mr Don't TouchMyHelicopter probably had had to leave his credit card details with the hire company.

I'm from a place where lots of rich people brought amazing yachts and powerboats to visit. Most of them were incredibly generous with local youngsters showing them round etc because they knew whose dads crewed the RNLI lifeboats and whose families raised money for it.

Some, however, were arseholes. I have many stories of ungrateful rescuees ... people who had been literally rescued from the Irish Sea and treated the crew like servants. Just utter knobs.

My dh gets a helicopter to work... on an oil rig. He can’t see the appeal of renting one! Noisy fuckers with strobe lights he calls them

@EvilPea

Apparently its very common to hire your helicopter and you pay per hour spent in the air.

I think you've hit the nail on the head. He's only paid for the hour to get it to the hotel, then is basically going to show off and brag about it for the duration of his stay, then pay the one hour home. Amateur. I rent my helicopter for at least a month

Am I the only one that would want to lick my finger and stand with it about 2mm away from said helicopter repeating “I’m not touching I’m not touching I’m not touching” until he explodes? 😂

@RJnomore1 You might have been. But you're not now.

@Dorobie

Ditto my Dad. It's put me off ever going in one for life tbh the accidents he's told me about. He did say you could get a good sleep in them though if you had a fair journey over to the rig.

@Nikori would you scream at someone not to touch your locked car from a safety perspective? He was 100% being precious. And while I can understand that - don’t park the thing on the terrace - where everyone is sitting if you don’t want anyone touching it.

@VictoriousSockPuppet

Nicely done

As others have said he's not as wealthy as he wants people to believe. I used to babysit for a family who were properly minted. The dad used to pick me up in his vintage rolls. The inside was worse than many a skip. He didn't bat an eyelid when his kids drew pictures on the upholstery or dropped left over McDonald's on the floor.

@monkeyonthetable

Am I the only one that would want to lick my finger and stand with it about 2mm away from said helicopter repeating “I’m not touching I’m not touching I’m not touching” until he explodes? 😂

@RJnomore1 You might have been. But you're not now.

Oh me too!! me too!

I think possibly the most expensive room in the hotel would only have been say £600/night maybe a little more but we aren’t talking super posh

The helicopter man was an utter prick but £600 a night a not super posh????

I would hope that everybody laughed!

What a prat.

Makes me think of that old whatshisnme sketch, ‘I think we’re considerably richer than yow!’ (Heavy Brummie accent).

It wasn't Bum Air was it?