Pontins told to stop screening Irish names
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Apparently Pontins had a list of Irish names that they used to blacklist members of the travelling community to stop them making a booking. Plus they banned commercial vehicles in their parks which also allegedly discriminated against them.
I can only imagine that this was an oversight on Pontins part and not because of the reputation these fine upstanding members of our community have when it comes to paying their bills, keeping the place in good decorative order and generally being no trouble at all to other guests.
From: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56246848
I can only imagine that this was an oversight on Pontins part and not because of the reputation these fine upstanding members of our community have when it comes to paying their bills, keeping the place in good decorative order and generally being no trouble at all to other guests.
From: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56246848
towser44 said:
Having had the 'pleasure' of being stuck in a hotel in Fuerteventura with a load of them a few years ago, it's a shame that this screening can't not only be done, but expanded to all accommodation providers!
So you, a traveller, surrounded by fellow travellers, and this came as a shock?! Imagine living a life owning a caravan going wherever the heart takes you only to book a holiday where you have to stay put. I presume to make it more homely they send the kids out to st in the neighbours bushes and find 80 year old holidaymakers convincing them their chalet roof needs fixing for the today only cash price of 25k,
Reminds me of a mate that went to centre parks, he said they had travellers next door who as soon as they pulled up began drinking and fighting, he left when they started betting on who could punch his car door window through.
Reminds me of a mate that went to centre parks, he said they had travellers next door who as soon as they pulled up began drinking and fighting, he left when they started betting on who could punch his car door window through.
I was staying at a Marriott in Preston a few years back when a wedding party with lots of suspciously orange looking looking ladies were present, and a car park full of tree surgeon pick ups. Mid week, the first fight started at 615pm as i entered the lobby, i checked in, got my room number, navigated round the human st on the corridor going to my room (seriously!!), and the night basically went downhil from there. Police arrived at 645!!
Utter fking nightmare. Anyone in hospitality will appreciate why Pontins had such a policy!
Utter fking nightmare. Anyone in hospitality will appreciate why Pontins had such a policy!
I accept that it is unacceptable to discriminate against certain groups purely on the grounds of race or ethnicity. However, I do not accept that it is unacceptable to discriminate against certain communities based on provable evidence that they represent an unacceptable risk to others or your business. It is entirely reasonable, right and proper as far as I can see.
If certain communities don't want to be discriminated against then they should just refrain from acting like s. It's hardly rocket science.
If certain communities don't want to be discriminated against then they should just refrain from acting like s. It's hardly rocket science.
poo at Paul's said:
I was staying at a Marriott in Preston a few years back when a wedding party with lots of suspciously orange looking looking ladies were present, and a car park full of tree surgeon pick ups. Mid week, the first fight started at 615pm as i entered the lobby, i checked in, got my room number, navigated round the human st on the corridor going to my room (seriously!!), and the night basically went downhil from there. Police arrived at 645!!
Utter fking nightmare. Anyone in hospitality will appreciate why Pontins had such a policy!
Preston you say?Utter fking nightmare. Anyone in hospitality will appreciate why Pontins had such a policy!
I hope you were handed a stab vest when you checked in.
Armchair Expert said:
How is it that travellers became ethnic minorities is beyond me?
I'm led to believe that the basic reason for this (there is probably more detail available) is that the trouble-making Irish travellers, who in my view are an entirely different and separate group to the "real" gypsies and others, cosied up to the Roma and paid that group's legal fees when they (the Roma) set out to attain their ethnic minority status, on condition that they were included. So now, you can live in a big house in Rathkeale (other traveller towns/villages are available) when the weather's a bit st, but come over here at will and behave like utter twunts with your R-card safe in your back pocket if anyone dare call you out for your utter twuntishness.It still beggars belief that a group who not only contribute absolutely zero to society in general but in fact disrupt and destroy with impunity any part of said society they feel like, are allowed to exist and function like they do with little or no comeback, and scream "racist" if you dare so much as glance in their direction.
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