Can we be compensated? Hurricane

Startup1985 wrote: »

Thanks that is great apart from the fact that we only budgeted enough money to last the original holiday term we don't have anywhere near enough to last extra days. The dream holiday that turned into a nightmare lol

If money really is that tight then you can't really afford the holiday in the first place.

Laz123 wrote: »

Yeah, you tell 'em. Forget the fact they've probably scrimped and saved for ages for a well deserved holiday and now God has kicked them in the face. Go on, matey, kick them some more while they're down on the ground.

Not criticism just an application of common sense.

If the two grand spent on your holiday means you have less than £50 left in your account it means you can't afford it, nothing too do with anyone's feelings.

We don't know whether they have scrimped and saved, or whether the holiday is well deserved or not, just that nit being able to afford a fairly minor change in circumstances means that an individual needs to do a little more planning and thought around their situation.

Hurricanes aren't a unique event, certainly not this time of year and in that location, some more thought and planning wouldn't go amiss.

bigadaj wrote: »

Not criticism just an application of common sense.

If the two grand spent on your holiday means you have less than £50 left in your account it means you can't afford it, nothing too do with anyone's feelings.

We don't know whether they have scrimped and saved, or whether the holiday is well deserved or not, just that nit being able to afford a fairly minor change in circumstances means that an individual needs to do a little more planning and thought around their situation.

Hurricanes aren't a unique event, certainly not this time of year and in that location, some more thought and planning wouldn't go amiss.

I don't know if you've noticed but we're all different in this human race of ours. Some people aren't as bright as others. Not everyone has the capacity to be a university professor. Some can't pre-plan whereas others can. Now you and I probably have the intellect to be rocket scientists and if we put our superhuman minds together we'd invariably reach the stars but not everyone is built the same way. But I don't think it's terribly helpful to criticise those whose plight has been brought about by lack of foresight.

You know, hindsight is a great illuminator. It teaches us as we pave our way through this adventure called life to try not to make the same mistakes over and over again.

So I would point out in a kind of friendly sort of way that being superior only makes us feel better at someone else's expense for a short period of time. I'll leave you with a little something to reflect on:

Schadenfreude (/ˈʃɑːdənfrɔɪdᵊ/; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔɪdə] ( listen); lit. 'harm-joy') is pleasure derived from the misfortune of others.

Laz123 wrote: »

I don't know if you've noticed but we're all different in this human race of ours. Some people aren't as bright as others. Not everyone has the capacity to be a university professor. Some can't pre-plan whereas others can. Now you and I probably have the intellect to be rocket scientists and if we put our superhuman minds together we'd invariably reach the stars but not everyone is built the same way. But I don't think it's terribly helpful to criticise those whose plight has been brought about by lack of foresight.

You know, hindsight is a great illuminator. It teaches us as we pave our way through this adventure called life to try not to make the same mistakes over and over again.

So I would point out in a kind of friendly sort of way that being superior only makes us feel better at someone else's expense for a short period of time. I'll leave you with a little something to reflect on:

Schadenfreude (/ˈʃɑːdənfrɔɪdᵊ/; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔɪdə] ( listen); lit. 'harm-joy') is pleasure derived from the misfortune of others.

Not at all, this is an eminently predictable event that would have to be allowed for, by no means certain or even probable but a definite possibility.

Schadenfreude doesn't apply, I have sympathy for people in a difficult situation but that is moderated by the actual situation and the planning, precautions and fall back options that exist.

My view is that is you can't afford a couple of extra days when soemthing goes wrong on a holiday then you probably can't afford it, others views may differ but there are unfortunately consequences to actions, or indeed inaction, hopefully people live and learn for their experiences but there is no guarantee of that either.