20 ridiculous complaints made by tourists.

[Titi]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/pi...daymakers.html

[Toujin]

These were funny, but a few of them made me wonder just how these people passed elementary school (i.e. "I didn't know mosquitos could bite", "You didn't tell us there'd be fish in the sea.")

[Mike Taylor]

*sighs* I've run into this particular breed of UK tourist. Thankfully, their more intelligent countrymen outnumber them-- at least where I've lived.

[One-Fang]

I've seen a lot of "stupid tourist questions" before, and they usually show a density about the place/thing they're visiting. But a lot of these showed just generic density. I mean, who wouldn't think you'd need togs at a water park?

[Sliceanddice]

i nearly choked on my sucker when i got to the fish in the ocean one...
sighed when i go to the pregnancy one...
was confused by the apartments i think they meant suites...
the spanish one was too funny....
wow.... to the tour orperators...
and to many people where sheltered in life and never say Lilo and Stitch

[SG15Z]

I o.O at the "Beach was sandy" one

I nearly gagged on the fish one

on the pregs one

*boot to the head* to the "no A/C outside" moron

The Mosquito one needs to get out more...

*sighs* at the water park one

Still they were very . I just wish I didn't believe it..... I for humanity.

[smileyeagle1021]

I have one to add... as a background, Reno historically has had some of the highest gas prices in the region... every year during Hot August Nights we'd get tourists complaining about how it was shameful that gas prices went up so much during the event... then would act shocked when locals would tell them that in fact, no the prices hadn't gone up... two years actually the price went down during the event... some even insinuated that locals were getting gas for cheaper than what the tourists paid (yes, we walk up to the clerk and say "bob johnson" and he lowers the price ten cents... morons).
Also now in Salt Lake I get the question "why is everything closed on Sunday"
umm... because so few people patronize businesses on Sunday here, so a good number of businesses don't even bother being open.

but none of my stories compare with those...

[Nyoibo]

To be fair to the elephant one, any man would feel inadequate when faced with a dong that size that can move on it's own.

[Severen13]

The beach was too sandy...

What do you want on the freakin' beach? Hot lava? Geez......

[Wingates_Hellsing]

And they wonder why I own a 'Tourist Season' shirt

(as in, Deer Season, Duck Season, Rabbit Season, Duck Season.. Elmer Fu... you know...)

[Kiwi]

Some family friends of K's parents complained to me that everyone was WAY TOO LAID BACK when they went on holiday to Rarotonga. They were very offended that a local hamburger stand with one guy working solo was slow and that no one seemed concerned with how long things took. Apprently they both ordered milkshakes and a hamburger and were shocked when the guy made the milkshakes and handburgers one at a time! (gasp! shock! horror!)

I just smiled, K tried to explain Island time but she were still offended that their food didnt come up as quickly as it would have at maccas.

They were also upset that the Pacific Island was so SMALL and that they could walk around the entire island in an hour or so, it should have been BIGGER!!!!

[Sheldonrs]

A park ranger at Yosimite National Park told me that some woman had actually asked him "What time does the deer show start?".

[draggar]

The sad part is that none of that surprised me one bit. My wife, her parents, and I took a cruise years ago (Belize, Costa Rica, and Panama). We had this one couple who ended up on most of our excursions.

Belize - pontoon boat ride up the coast and up a river, then to a wildlife sanctuary and a bus ride back.
They kept on referring to the Belize as "The island of Belize" and asked questions like "On the island of Belize, do you have schools? On the island of Belize, do you have hospitals?".

Costa Rica - Ruins (I forgot the name of them but in Limon) - complained that the stairs on the ruins were too steep. They also complained that the ruins didn't look nice enough and they should be "remodeled". Um, then they wouldn't be ruins anymore.

Panama - the ruins at Puerto Bella (sp?) and the Gantun (sp) Locks (Panama Canal) - complained that there were no lights or hand rails in the ruins. They also complained that the locks were "too slow" and they should speed them up.

There was also a report a few years ago from a travel agency that handles people from Washington DC - they posted complaints form our senators etc.

My wife also worked with tourists when she was in Acadia National Park (across the bay from Bar Harbor Maine) and the questions she'd get!
"Do the islands rise and fall with the tide?"
"How do you stop the islands from floating away?"
"Why is the ocean cold?"
"How far is it to the US?"

(Congressman is staying in Florida)
"I'm complaining because my room doesn't have an ocean view"
"I'm sorry to hear that sir but you're in Orlando"
"I don't care where I am, I've seen Florida on a map and it's a very thin state!"
(Note: Orlando is something like 30 miles form the ocean)

[crazylegs]

I've heard a rumour of unknown veracity... Tourist at windsor castle...
"Sure, it's a great castle, but why'd they build it so close to the airport...?"

[PepperElf]

£3.50 Raybans... and they're surprised they're fake?