I was away on the annual Flamingoland holiday with all my family(42 of us), just home now...... and i am so so so annoyed with the staff there.
The age range varied from 1 year old to 76 years old.Scottish, Irish,Welsh and English.so a great mix. Although there was only the one night we ALL got together for a meal and a night, the rest of the time we would meet in small groups for fun days or nights...... BTW Staff were wonderful that night but they were mainly polish waiters......
we all had fun on the rides, loved meeting up with our *English* family members and friends, as we have family all over UK. Although the majority of us were Scots.
Anyway
When we would enter the park the man on the gate would bark "bands" at us on our approach..... no please or smile or anything
I just thought.... bad manners, but this happened again after lunch on our first day, and a different attendant..... I thought..how rude but smiled and showed my wrist.
Later at the club the same thing happened again...... only this time I heard the stewards on the door say " F***ing Scots" as we entered the building. I turned and shook my head at him.
I didn't want to tell the others as i know it would have caused trouble,so i left it alone..... This horrible attitude continued through the week, I mentioned it to some of my family and they said " They hate the Scots, is that you just noticing? " ERM YES!
I never noticed before, and i am sure that it has never been this BAD Before........
Then on my last night, one of the children left his jacket in the club, just as the club was being emptied for the night, still lots of people inside though, I opened the door and told him to run quickly and get his coat, the doorman growled at me....Popping my head in, I quickly said " Really sorry but he had left his coat and it was raining, he won't be long"...... to which I got pushed back and told "Shut my door" and he slammed the door on me, catching my BIG PREGNANT TUMMY with the snib bit of the door.... I was Mad....... So I opened the door up again and told him.....
Good manners cost nothing and a "please" would go a long way too......
I wish i was better with my mouth, as he deserved a mouth full i think, But I don't like confrontations and All of my family are quiet and well mannered so this bad behaviour isn't something we were prepared for.
I know that lots of scots are accused of not liking the english, but this is the first time i have EVER experienced *English people not liking Scots* But anyone who knows OUR family could not accuse us of this.
Do you think I should write to Flamingoland and complain? or would it sound like an *anti-English* scot just making trouble?
This forum is very mixed, like my family so i wonder is any of you have experienced this here?
TY, Love Yvonne
The age range varied from 1 year old to 76 years old.Scottish, Irish,Welsh and English.so a great mix. Although there was only the one night we ALL got together for a meal and a night, the rest of the time we would meet in small groups for fun days or nights...... BTW Staff were wonderful that night but they were mainly polish waiters......
we all had fun on the rides, loved meeting up with our *English* family members and friends, as we have family all over UK. Although the majority of us were Scots.
Anyway
When we would enter the park the man on the gate would bark "bands" at us on our approach..... no please or smile or anything
I just thought.... bad manners, but this happened again after lunch on our first day, and a different attendant..... I thought..how rude but smiled and showed my wrist.
Later at the club the same thing happened again...... only this time I heard the stewards on the door say " F***ing Scots" as we entered the building. I turned and shook my head at him.
I didn't want to tell the others as i know it would have caused trouble,so i left it alone..... This horrible attitude continued through the week, I mentioned it to some of my family and they said " They hate the Scots, is that you just noticing? " ERM YES!
I never noticed before, and i am sure that it has never been this BAD Before........Then on my last night, one of the children left his jacket in the club, just as the club was being emptied for the night, still lots of people inside though, I opened the door and told him to run quickly and get his coat, the doorman growled at me....Popping my head in, I quickly said " Really sorry but he had left his coat and it was raining, he won't be long"...... to which I got pushed back and told "Shut my door" and he slammed the door on me, catching my BIG PREGNANT TUMMY with the snib bit of the door.... I was Mad....... So I opened the door up again and told him.....
Good manners cost nothing and a "please" would go a long way too......
I wish i was better with my mouth, as he deserved a mouth full i think, But I don't like confrontations and All of my family are quiet and well mannered so this bad behaviour isn't something we were prepared for.
I know that lots of scots are accused of not liking the english, but this is the first time i have EVER experienced *English people not liking Scots* But anyone who knows OUR family could not accuse us of this.
Do you think I should write to Flamingoland and complain? or would it sound like an *anti-English* scot just making trouble?This forum is very mixed, like my family so i wonder is any of you have experienced this here?
TY, Love Yvonne
urgh i hate ignorance!
and I can insult the English all I want ... because I am one... Although I am ashamed to admit it sometimes 
We are hoping to move up there too soon! Can't wait! 
, it hasn't happened though, everyone up here has been lovely
