Link: https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/news/your-rights-hotel-refuses-serve-35352881

A consumer rights champion has explained the rules after one woman had to eat Greek food every day on her Greek holiday

What on earth am I even reading? 😂

She added: "Is it reasonable to claim for a lack of 'English food' on a continental holiday? Probably not. However, at least one TUI customer has succeeded in claiming limited compensation for this alleged breach, although she has got to buy another holiday to use it!"

Karen had a bad trip.

This poor woman sure does seem to be living a miserable existence. Does the UK have voluntary euthanasia?

Imagine seeking out British food in fucking Greece.

This would be so terrible. I hope no one ever does this to me, but forever. I would so hate to eat Greek food for all 8 meals per day for the rest of my life. That would be so bad please don't do that.

A consumer rights expert has explained what you can do if your hotel on a foreign holiday refuses to serve you a full English breakfast, after a woman got £100 from TUI because she couldn't get British food on her Greek break.

Planning a trip where meal options depend on what food the hotel one happens to be staying at serves sounds like a very limiting choice to make.

She should've gone to Benidorm.

Imagine seeking out British food in fucking Greece.

I wonder if this was less about "English food" and more about wanting a more substantial (and protein-filled) breakfast instead of some breads and jams.

I could see someone seeking compensation from a travel agencies that told her "oh yeah, they have an amazing breakfast, so you don't need to worry about that! You won't need to eat until supper if you stay at that hotel!"

Nah she actually was super upset she wasnt getting English staples lol. She wanted toast and bacon and sausage and fries.

They gave her rice and fish and she said after "she never wanted to look at a plate of rice again", and she was complaining that she never got sausage or bacon, and while at first I thought they weren't giving her much meat... She complained about the kebabs and said that was the worst part.

Consumer rights expert Helen Dewdney, known as The Complaining Cow

They've got a Super Karen!

When even The Mirror is forced to tell the British boomers that they are shit outta luck, you know it was a garbage claim to begin with.

all-inclusive, £750 [holiday] ... Susan, who has ulcerative colitis

It seems like she should've confirmed with the agency that there would be food she could eat made available. Or maybe made other arrangements for her meals, maybe brought some snacks with her.

And she's a self proclaimed cow!

Wow what a terrible life Susan! Must be nice if that's the worst thing in your life.

Of course it's a Brit or American. It's usually those brand of white people that feel overly entitled to everything like the whole world belongs to them. The British empire collapsed ages ago, grandma.

Why would Karen take accountability for her self. It is the universe that should be thinking ahead for her. /s

Imagine seeking out British food in fucking Greece.

The problem with vacationing in other countries is they're so full of foreigners - that woman probably

Oh god, I just did. How horrible! 😭

To appease the Brits who are rightfully enraged, I have eaten some wonderful food in Great Britain. I have, however, also eaten the absolute worst of the worst I've ever tasted there.

To be absolutely fair, the good stuff was mostly from countries you've invaded in the past 😅

You mean chicken tikka masala?

Dragons?

She even got toast and chips (“fries”)!

I'd rather not, thanks.

I'm about to go to sleep and I wouldn't want to have nightmares.

8 meals a day?

Did they stutter?

Breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies, noonsies, lunch, tea, dinner, and supper.

This is absolutely NotTheOnion material. It's refreshing and rare to see something SO fucking oniony. lol.

I'm the "father" or /r/NotTheOnion - building that place up to what it became. I've said before and say again that it's hard to run a subreddit like that - or community here - because deciding what's fun/weird vs. what is ACTUALLY truly "nottheonion"-y is hard. Truly nottheonion stuff is kinda rare. So it's always a matter of - do you want that one really oniony thing once per month, or do you allow more stuff that's less oniony?

Because articles like this one don't come along that often. lol.

My point is just that this article was a truly wild ride.

The article explains jack shit

I'm impressed that that woman managed to make her way out of her house, let alone out of her country

...do you not?

Susan, who has ulcerative colitis, said: "On a morning you could have toast, a hard boiled egg, or something in sauce. There was no bacon. For breakfast there was mozzarella and sliced tomatoes. There was no hot bacon or sausage.

Can I eat bacon with ulcerative colitis?

Spoiler: no, you should not eat bacon when you have ulcerative colitis. She was probably better off health wise on that vacation than she was at home.

OMG. I just remember my ex-MIL pulled this shit in Morocco. She ordered a salad expecting leafy green. She was given a salad of tomatoes and cucumbers. Didn't like it. Picked from our pates instead.

Yes, but if it's Greek then especially 8, I don't want to miss out on any suffering

It's the mirror so it's fake

Yeah... she is definitely a Karen

She could've eaten the food described in the article just fine with UC. She's just a massive Karen.

Or indigestion

That's because there's pretty much jack shit to explain, unless you're a Karen expecting your daily tasteless crap no matter where you go.

british karen at its finest.

her last name was totally made up in her parents head.

I'd pay good money to see her travel through Asia.

Oh no a vacation of falafel, baklava, and lamb..
Oh the humanity

Kinda? From what I can tell, CTM isn't an Indian dish, it's more a British dish made of Indian elements. Kinda like American Chinese food.

Invented by a Pakistani Brit in Glasgow. However you think about it, it's not Indian.

TBF Helen Dewdney is a consumer rights person. She generally explains and advises on misleading consumer practices. She is not championing the ladies gripe, she is commenting on the complaining ladies rights, which were provided by the travel provider, who kinda lumped everything under the idea of a 'package holiday' providing everything you require. She did actually say that it was probably not reasonable to expect English food as part of that.

There's a big difference between knowing and advocating consumer rights and being a super karen. The internet has made standing up for your rights a aspect of shame or ridicule rather than something you should protect and practice.

I wish

A while ago I watched a YouTube video where an American creator gave the pros and cons of sailing in the Mediterranean. Since I only sail in the Mediterranean, I was curious to find out what the differences are between sailing in the Mediterranean and elsewhere. One of the pros of sailing in Greece was “There is a decent tavern in every small town/village.” The cons were “You can only find Greek (and sometimes Italian) food. No Chinese, no Mexican…”. My first reaction was WTF!!!

She should have bring her own food, like the Dutch do when they travel to Spain/south of France.