Kids and Small Hotels and Breakfast Time Nightmares

PasturesNew

dogstarheaven wrote: »

To OP: think you mentioned about not being able to get lodgings successfully as you have certain medical needs or physical/mental disability. Have you not gone to the Homeless Dept in your area so they can put you on the housing waiting list as surely, you'll classify as having a certain criterion that places you in good stead to get social housing. It may be a long wait, but if you;re currently w/o an proper home, surely you'll be able to get some help from them?

ps. sorry, if this sounds intrusive, but just want to help. There are certain orgs that offer advice on this. tap in homelessness charities and your area on the net...

I don't want to go onto any such lists. I'm doing OK, I'll sort something out. I've always stood on my own two feet. Sometimes stuff sucks, sometimes it doesn't. Right now's not too bad overall. . . as they say, worse things happen at sea

PasturesNew

emweaver wrote: »

I have never stayed in a hotel that serves fizzy drinks for breakfast, its fruit juice, milk, tea, coffee etc!

Maybe the families are rushing down to try and beat grumpy . . . . like you!?

Oddball. You read it wrong, then called me names.... how bizarre.

Mara69

kingfisherblue wrote: »

I'm not sure why people who are child-free feel the need to race downstairs before the families.

It's because the children are usually noisy, loud, messy and have poor table manners. Personally, I like a peaceful, quiet breakfast - not one where I have to watch and listen to some harried parent trying to control their brood.

Lotus-eater

There seems to be alot of Bah Humbug, Old Git style attitudes on this thread :rotfl:

Savvy_Sue

SandC wrote: »

Exactly. But you can understand that as the token single, childless one I really can't say anything as opinions of those who have no experience are really not welcomed!

My stepmum did say to me that my dad would not have put up with them (I agreed and told her that on the odd occasion as a very young child where I was not behaving appropriately he would have no qualms in putting me over his shoulder and removing me from the eating area for a proper telling off away from those trying to enjoy their meals).

At the risk of raising an old point, I'd say you have a perfect right to say "please don't do that" when someone else's child is doing something to annoy you, like being under the table touching your feet.

Not sure that just 'being' in the dining room at the same time is in the same league, but touching me is a no-no!

And I did ask a child on the bus NOT to blow a whistle, which they were continuing to do after Mum had asked them to stop. Mum kind of glared and said "Why?" and I said "Because it hurts my ears!" and the child did desist, so maybe she just needed me to tell the child that I wasn't just being an old spoilsport.

LE3 wrote: »

People may also have a caravan on a small site that they would consider renting out,

There's a caravan in our back garden, but it has a hole in the floor ... and it smells ... and atm we have - what are they? not teenagers any more, and only one is still a student - gangly layabouts eating all the food in the house.

Mind you, I don't usually see them at breakfast time, and if I do, they don't speak ...

(Don't worry, the one who's just graduated won't be lying about for long!)

lushlifesaver

I have to say Pastures New, and anyone else who shares your hideous opinions, that I hope I never encounter any of you especially once I have had children of my own!
You have chosen to stay somewhere and have chosen to continue staying there and have not made other provisions to stay somewhere that would have no families/children. You could, as other contributors have mention, made use of the many options available to you. I am also sure that you are well aware that schools break up for an extended period over summer so could, actually I think should is a more appropriate choice of word, have been prepared for the presence of children.

Oh and a bed and breakfast that only has seven rooms and sounds as if it is not as close to local amenities as you wish it was that can charge that much must have something go for it! After all a grouchy, seemingly self obsessed individual such as yourself chose to stay there. Or are we mere mortals expected to plan our lives and worlds around you now? did I miss that memo?

Spendless

I'm amazed that people who have kids aren't the 1st down to breakfast. From the time I had children, I was up far earlier than I'd been before because they woke early. It wouldn't occur to me to go down to breakfast first to beat them. I'd be hovering around my room having more of a lie-in and going down to breakfast as late as I could if my purpose was to avoid children.

PasturesNew

lushlifesaver wrote: »

I have to say Pastures New, and anyone else who shares your hideous opinions, that I hope I never encounter any of you especially once I have had children of my own!
You have chosen to stay somewhere and have chosen to continue staying there and have not made other provisions to stay somewhere that would have no families/children. You could, as other contributors have mention, made use of the many options available to you. I am also sure that you are well aware that schools break up for an extended period over summer so could, actually I think should is a more appropriate choice of word, have been prepared for the presence of children.

Oh and a bed and breakfast that only has seven rooms and sounds as if it is not as close to local amenities as you wish it was that can charge that much must have something go for it! After all a grouchy, seemingly self obsessed individual such as yourself chose to stay there. Or are we mere mortals expected to plan our lives and worlds around you now? did I miss that memo?

It was the cheapest I could find. Run of the mill ones would have cost me £1500 for the month and good ones more like £2000-2500. So they all cost a fortune.

I'd made the booking (allbeit at short/desperate notice), so it'd be rude to cancel now .... and I can't find anywhere to move to that's nearly as cheap and has vacancies. Most B&Bs only have one single room, many have none... so limited choices - and I can't move every 2-3 days for 2 months. I have to be somewhere - and there's no better/cheaper alternative.

I'm not the one causing a noisy nuisance... so why're you being bitter with me?

j.e.j.

I haven't read all the thread, but I'd say there's reasonable noise, to be expected when youngsters are around, and bad behaviour, which is a different thing.

I know, for example, I will try and avoid getting the bus at around 3 or 4 pm, not because the schoolkids are 'bad' but.. the racket they make just stresses me out!! I'd rather wait a while and have a more peaceful journey.

It's just one of those things, there will be people around who you'd rather avoid, so you have to work around it, rather than wishing they'd just go away ..

pinkmami

Oh I'd love to see your face when these kids play up. And If I was that mother I'd encourage them...purely for the pleasure of seeing steam coming out of your ears!!:D

How many children do you have Mr Grumpy?