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Can't go to Annual Leave from Sick Leave?
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But actually, I find tourists amusing in a scary way. I think my all time favourite- running a close second to a group of Brits in the Dominican Republic complaining about the fact that there were(a) too many black people and that (b) they didn't approve of the hotel letting them stay as guests- was the group of Brits in Mexico who explained to me that they didn't take any anti malarial protections because "they were staying in a five star resort". When I pointed out that mosquitoes can't read, aren't class conscious, and have wings to fly over the walls, they seemed surprised!
One of the most jaw-dropping couple of tourists I've met was a few years ago at a hotel in Zambia. We were sat on the verandah, eating our breakfast, when an American couple came along and sat at the table behind us. The (black) waitress welcomed them and explained what was on the buffet inside, which they could serve themselves, and that she would take their order for drinks, toast and eggs. The female guest then reeled off her order of sausages, bacon etc - the food she was to serve herself from the buffet - not once even looking at the waitress. The flustered waitress then explained again that those items were on the buffet inside for the guests to serve themselves. The guest, still without looking at the girl or acknowledging her in any way, just repeated the list of food she wanted. The poor waitress then went inside and brought back her plate of food - she was quaking in her shoes and had tears in her eyes. No thank you. Silence from the guests. I reached into my bag, got out my cigarettes, lit one up and made sure that every lungful of smoke went over my shoulder in their direction. Then I lit another - and carried on throughout their breakfast. The guests were Afro-Americans from Texas. I have never seen staff treated with such total disdain as those two managed - they didn't even acknowledge her existence. I've seen ignorant, bigoted Afrikaaners speak to black people with more respect than they managed.
I must say that I don't take anti-malarials most of the time, but only because I know how to protect myself with good cream, applied before sundown, and liberally spray my room. You know it's a good product when it's called Doom!!!0 -
They were about 20 years younger than me!xapprenticex wrote: »They must have been pretty old to think like that. Hope you directed them to Moscow or advised they get a Time Machine to visit pre-apartheid south Africa. :rotfl:0 -
Me neither. Although in my case, largely because I have nasty tasting skin courtesy of an ancestor, so things don't bite me. But my travel mate is a magnet. No matter what she slavers herself with, a mosquito would fly past 274 other people to bite her!I must say that I don't take anti-malarials most of the time, but only because I know how to protect myself with good cream, applied before sundown, and liberally spray my room. You know it's a good product when it's called Doom!!!
Loved that story though - I think I'd have been tempted to take up smoking!
But Americans abroad are a class of their own....0 -
was the group of Brits in Mexico who explained to me that they didn't take any anti malarial protections because "they were staying in a five star resort". When I pointed out that mosquitoes can't read, aren't class conscious, and have wings to fly over the walls, they seemed surprised!
The NHS fitfortravel website advises that the entirety of Mexico is a “low to no risk” area. And antimalarials are not usually advised? So why would they?0 -
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It's fairly draconian but I completely understand the policy.
We had someone go on sick leave for 5 days before a week's holiday.
The facebook picture of her on a beach supping a cocktail during the 5 days sickness wasn't her best move, needless to say she got her cards before coming back.0 -
It's fairly draconian but I completely understand the policy.
We had someone go on sick leave for 5 days before a week's holiday.
The facebook picture of her on a beach supping a cocktail during the 5 days sickness wasn't her best move, needless to say she got her cards before coming back.
Yes how dare people have a good time after being ill.
Hopefully you have found a decent place to work now.0 -
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As already pointed out, that was not the advice in the past, and 15 years ago malaria was more common in Mexico. And I perhaps should have pointed out that I did not specifically and only mean malaria tablets, but precautions against mosquitos. Unless you want Dengue, Zika, Chikungunya or any one of the other mosquito borne diseases that can be contracted there. The people in question were doing nothing at all.The NHS fitfortravel website advises that the entirety of Mexico is a “low to no risk” area. And antimalarials are not usually advised? So why would they?0
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