No Running Water

meer53

bargainpanda wrote: »

I reckon if someone turned up outside your house in Yorkshire. Turned the water off in the street and didn't bother to say anything to you, you'd be pretty irritated. Especially the next day when they did the same.

It takes a lot more than that to irritate me. A few years ago when we had a pretty bad winter, my pipes froze and burst. No warning, just a huge bang and a flooded kitchen., i was without water for 2 days, as were many people who were in the same situation. The plumber couldn't get to us for 3 days due to the high demand, two hours without water on holiday isn't something that would cause any stress. I really can't see why you thought to make a complaint ?

balletshoes

societys_child wrote: »

I live in Yorkshire, not long ago, without warning (they didn't bother to say anything) the water went off for over 4 hours . . gagging for a cuppa, had to go buy some bottled water from Lidl.
Don't remember anyone being particularly irritated . . .



. . . probably more "perplexed" :rotfl:
people wondering about in flat caps muttering "whats goin' on like? . . .


(that last bit's a lie )

on our street if the power or water goes off we're outside our houses oohing and ahhing with the neighbours .

photome

bargainpanda wrote: »

Hi Gavin, I wasn't hoping to get anything out of it other than an acknowledgement and apology.

I was meerly pointing out to Thomson that the service their selected hotels provided was below standard. The hotel was half-full, it would have taken them no time at all to just inform their guest of their plans.

What annoyed me was Thomson's ridiculous response about the hot water running out when people want showers.

I asked earlier

did you have any bottled water or could you have got some fairly easily?

2 hours is nothing!

Sicard

eDicky wrote: »

When I lived in rural Thailand, at first everyone drew water from their well with a bucket on a long pivoted bamboo pole, counterweighted to make it easier. Not satisfied with the relative convenience of this system, I bought an electric well pump with an automatic pressure switch in Bangkok's Chinatown and installed it with PVC piping to kitchen and bathroom taps. All the neighbors came by to see the novelty of water coming out of a tap when you open it. Later of course, when such pumps became available locally, everybody had one.

We did the same sort of thing eventually. We have huge plastic tanks dotted around the house to collect the rainwater which after an African downpour of a few hours can virtually fill up a 5,000 litre tank. Once a week we pump up to the attic tank which supplies the showers and toilets.

usernameisvalid

Come live where I live, water and electricity goes off regulary

We only get warning is its planned works, IE water mains laying.

Other times we just have to live with it. We always have a couple of gallon jars of water in the garage and a gas ring, wind up lanterns, radios, torches, candles etc

These things happen.

End of the day, even if you had been told, could you have timed babies toilet habits around it?

Vectis

So, how did you mange without running water from a tap when you were away from the hotel? I assume you left the hotel for stretches of more than 2 hours?

Have you never had to change a nappy away from home, in a car perhaps? How did you manage then?

And yes, water (and other services) do get interrupted without notice, even at home.

But really, a couple of hours without water running from a tap is hardly something major. In fact, I'd say in some areas of Greece (the islands in particular) it's quite normal.

Gloomendoom

usernameisvalid wrote: »

Come live where I live, water and electricity goes off regulary

We only get warning is its planned works, IE water mains laying.

Other times we just have to live with it. We always have a couple of gallon jars of water in the garage and a gas ring, wind up lanterns, radios, torches, candles etc

These things happen.

End of the day, even if you had been told, could you have timed babies toilet habits around it?

It used to be the same here until relatively recently, so I always kept a jerry can of water full just in case. The power cuts are just as frequent but now usually last seconds rather than hours. Visitors often ask if I collect oil lamps as there are a dozen or so spread around the house.

bigadaj

This is obviously a first world problem, it's very unfair for many of you to be raising third world examples.

interstellaflyer

Here in Salou we were without electricity at our hotel yesterday for about half an hour, I was trying the dry the Other halfs hair, should I complain to Thomson?

Sagz_2

If you had raised the problem at the time with your holiday rep or the hotel management they could have tried to help (bottled water, wipes etc).

By waiting until you got home you didn't give them a chance to help.

I'd put it behind you an move on.