British behaviour in holiday hotel

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We are staying at a good all inclusive resort (yes, I know all inclusive is not high end, but this is about as good a one as you can get). I am just shocked and ashamed at fellow british people at breakfast time. Letting their kids make a huge mess by allowing them to get their own food. Huge amounts of wasted food. Multiple untouched plates left on tables. Total disregard for others barging round, blocking walkways etc. When did this become ok?? AIBU with expectations? Bear in mind this is not a cheap rubbish tui-blue type place. I dread to think what they are like!

We go to a ‘Tui blue place’ that is adults only and really quite lovely. But we go adults only because we can and because when we didn’t we were on the receiving end of badly behaved children and parents who paid no attention to their children.

Money doesn't buy class, OP.
Read into that what you will.

Perhaps you’ve never experienced German, French or Italian hotel guests at breakfast. Or increasingly Russians.

Would never again go on AI. It was full of drunks.

In Malta, Russians were increasingly getting that reputation a few years ago.

Maybe i'm wrong about tui blue. What i mean is the places with big film characters dressed up, people drinking to excess, feral kids etc. If valuing polite, decent and considerate behaviour makes me a snob then I guess I am.

I am an even bigger snob. Wouldn’t go AI if it was free. Genuinely.

How long have you got?

The whole point of going AI is to be lazy. No thinking. No effort. Just trooping backwards and forwards between the pool and the dining hall.

So probably not surprising that a load of slackers turn up.

You were either in a tui.hotel or not surely you know who you booked with?

“Foreign’ and ‘English”?..please ,please just stay at home for the sake of us oiks.

I think OP's point is that it's Brits. It's usually Brits, and it's down to poor parenting. We used to have a holiday chalet in France in a place not generally frequented by Brits. It was lovely and relaxed, civilised and quiet, even with lots of French, Dutch and German families around. I remember one day, at the Centre Nautique in the town, there was a rowdy bunch playing a stereo and trampling the flowers. The behavior was so out of character for the place and drew lots of attention. I was so ashamed when it became obvious they were English. We are, sadly, as a society, shameless and proud.

I assume that was not the Flamingo Oasis then, I stayed there around 15 years ago and still grimace when I think about the place!

Unreasonable waste is wrong.

There is nothing wrong with a child getting their own food. There is something very wrong if a parent fails to parent them IF they get so much as too waste.

I think we all know the difference

@Dollymylove

Funny isnt it how people are only allowed to criticise the British, well specifically English. Call out any other nationality and you are immediately slammed as being racist. I find the French particularly obnoxious but just give them a wide berth.
Despite the fact everyone seems to hate British people, including our current government, every fucker and his dog wants to be here!!

Literally took the words out of my mouth

@Dollymylove

Funny isnt it how people are only allowed to criticise the British, well specifically English. Call out any other nationality and you are immediately slammed as being racist. I find the French particularly obnoxious but just give them a wide berth.
Despite the fact everyone seems to hate British people, including our current government, every fucker and his dog wants to be here!!

Literally took the words out of my mouth

Sorry I posted twice there. But 💯 agree with you @Dollymylove

Judgemental snob

TUI blue is upper mid range to premium. Me and my husband stayed in an adults only Tui blue last year and it cost £1600 each for a week in low season!! Hardly cheap. Stop being snobby to try and make yourself sound better than you are, nobody’s buying it.
YABU. There are badly behaved people of all nationalities. My children are capable of getting their own food sensibly, not going to stop them because you don’t like it.

perhaps you missed the sarcasm in my post...

So you are seeing multiple examples of this behaviour every day and at every meal time? Realistically, how many families is it and how nosy are you that you can confirm that they are all British? You might find you'll be able to relax enjoy your holiday if you stop gawping at the other guests and analysing their every move. There is always going to be waste from a buffet and people including adults who barge in. It's probably in your best interests to purchase your own villa and hire a private chef to save mingling with the riff raff. Oh and charter a private jet while you're at it as you're clearly a person of means!

Dirty hands, to start with, they handle handles with them. Often their little fingers also stray into the food, they lick them and repeat. They are not as tidy around the hotplate and salad bar, leaving a trail of food behind. When they carry their plates, they are a hazard, as few of them know how to move carefully. I accompanied mine to the food stations, asking them - what would you like and then put it on their plate.

We go adults only Tui blue & we've always had a great holiday. No scrum at mealtimes, minimal mess.

What you're describing is poor parenting and that happens regardless of the money you have.

You sound like a real snob OP.

Wait until you see the Russians/ Germans/ Dutch, you’ll keel over 😆

Btw it’s not 2003 anymore, no AI holiday is cheap