Irish granny moans about no snow on Santa trip

klaaaz

This is an example of the wealthy entitled brigade who have €6.5k to spare to splash out on a snow holiday and yet rings that eejit Duffy to complain about the lack of snow.
https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/no-snow-in-lapland-irish-nana-sold-short-after-spending-65k-on-trip-to-see-santa-888565.html

Mary said that she bought the trip for her grandkids as their Christmas present and they were "going off to see Santy."

She feels she is being sold short and is going to go anyway as otherwise, she will lose her money regardless.

She feels "the shine has gone off it".

Toughshivsky, alot of poor kids living in poverty can only dream of Santa giving them food parcels to help them get through a hungry Xmas.

ted1

klaaaz wrote: »

This is an example of the wealthy entitled brigade who have €6.5k to spare to splash out on a snow holiday and yet rings that eejit Duffy to complain about the lack of snow.
https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/no-snow-in-lapland-irish-nana-sold-short-after-spending-65k-on-trip-to-see-santa-888565.html



Toughshivsky, alot of poor kids living in poverty can only dream of Santa giving them food parcels to help them get through a hungry Xmas.

Do you expect people to apologise fir having money.?
No matter what happens in the workd there will always be those that have and those that don’t

The real narrative is granny who flies around the world with kids complains about global warming!!

Gimme A Pound

Goes on Joe Duffy to complain about the weather.

Mother of god, now that's an example of apt cause to call someone a snowflake.

A grown woman who is at least middle aged. There is a good bit of infantilisation going on in this society.

Raheem Euro

The joe duffy thread today was hilarious reading.

whisky_galore

Will she sue when she finds out Santy doesn't really exist?

Gimme A Pound

ted1 wrote: »

Do you expect people to apologise fir having money.?
No matter what happens in the workd there will always be those that have and those that don’t

The real narrative is granny who flies around the world with kids complains about global warming!!

That poster is always complaining about people who have the audacity to work hard and do well financially.

However they have a point about the whiny behaviour for a ridiculous reason - and actually going on a national radio show about it! Mortifying.

The show's team are nearly as bad for entertaining it - although they probably just did so for the laugh.

CinemaGuy45

Joe Stuffy is being well paid at our expense to host this cr*p the granny is probably a plant.

Don't need Joe Scruffy or Pat Scrubty or any other of the high paid Montrose brigade that we are forced to pay for setting my talking points.

darlett

ted1 wrote: »

Do you expect people to apologise fir having money.?
No matter what happens in the workd there will always be those that have and those that don’t

The real narrative is granny who flies around the world with kids complains about global warming!!

If she paid for the holiday with her chump change or coupons this story would still be about her having more money/coupons than cop-on.

Gimme A Pound

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

Joe Stuffy is being well paid at our expense to host this cr*p the granny is probably a plant.

Yeah was thinking that could be the case - although wouldn't be surprised if she was for real.

AllForIt

Sorry what? 6.5K on a santa vacation. Erm, do they actually get to meet the real Santa?

CinemaGuy45

AllForIt wrote: »

Sorry what? 6.5K on a santa vacation. Erm, do they actually get to meet the real Santa?

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

Totally stupid thing to ring Liveline about (well, that’s what Liveline is for, complaining about stupid things).

But, in fairness, it is hard luck that there’s a lack of snow in Lapland coming into December. You’d kinda bank on it.

Edgware

klaaaz wrote: »

This is an example of the wealthy entitled brigade who have €6.5k to spare to splash out on a snow holiday and yet rings that eejit Duffy to complain about the lack of snow.
https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/no-snow-in-lapland-irish-nana-sold-short-after-spending-65k-on-trip-to-see-santa-888565.html



Toughshivsky, alot of poor kids living in poverty can only dream of Santa giving them food parcels to help them get through a hungry Xmas.

The point to note of course that it is not only the wealthy entitled brigade that do this trip. Plenty of the usual welfare heads manage to do it " for the kids"
Reminds me of the spongers who used being queuing up on Christmas day outside travel agencies to avail of so called bargain trips to Benidorm.

The Satanist

If I owned a strip club, I'd make it Christmas- themed and call it Lapland.

Moany Mary would not be welcomed there either.

Crazy money to spend going to Finland!
Sure you can get return flights for under 200 Euro.

kneemos

Six and a half grand for 36 hours should be what she's complaining about.

malinheader

AllForIt wrote: »

Sorry what? 6.5K on a santa vacation. Erm, do they actually get to meet the real Santa?

Worse than that it's only a 36 hour holiday for that price.

malinheader

bubblypop wrote: »

Crazy money to spend going to Finland!
Sure you can get return flights for under 200 Euro.

Another caller got return flights for herself her husband and 2 kids for 8 hundred or so by booking the trip herself and leaving out the middle man

Fann Linn

malinheader wrote: »

Worse than that it's only a 36 hour holiday for that price.

A gob****e of the highest order, but in mitigation, she works for a living and paid every week into the travel agent for her trip.
Whatever floats your boat.

Jeff2

She said on the radio that the grandkids were listening into the show.

Later she said she wanted to take them while they still believed in Santa.

So now there's no snow and possibly kids that don't believe in Santa.

Edgware

Fann Linn wrote: »

A gob****e of the highest order, but in mitigation, she works for a living and paid every week into the travel agent for her trip.
Whatever floats your boat.

Deserves to be ripped off

Franz Von Peppercorn

whisky_galore wrote: »

Will she sue when she finds out Santy doesn't really exist?

Spoiler please.

branie2

Snow or not, I'd still go to Lapland, regardless.

dr.fuzzenstein

The Satanist wrote: »

If I owned a strip club, I'd make it Christmas- themed and call it Lapland.

Moany Mary would not be welcomed there either.

Bet she would if she spent over 6 grand on snow. Not to be sniffed at. Alt least she'd be guaranteed a good time.

klaaaz

klaaaz wrote: »

This is an example of the wealthy entitled brigade who have €6.5k to spare to splash out on a snow holiday and yet rings that eejit Duffy to complain about the lack of snow.
https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/no-snow-in-lapland-irish-nana-sold-short-after-spending-65k-on-trip-to-see-santa-888565.html



Toughshivsky, alot of poor kids living in poverty can only dream of Santa giving them food parcels to help them get through a hungry Xmas.

Some people have their value system completely warped.

Idbatterim

kneemos wrote: »

Six and a half grand for 36 hours should be what she's complaining about.

you beat me to it! W! T! F?!!!!

mvl

Deleted User wrote: »

Some people have their value system completely warped.

It sounds like it.
In a way I get it: some ppl are into making all type of memories, at any cost. Actually, this is first year when I know someone going to Lapland - when they told us, I couldn't comment anything decent; but was so glad to hear my 10yo is not impressed.

There is something I wonder: does this granny story have any chance of beating Tullamore's "drop dead" coffee owner media storm ?

She could easily have made up a little package for several nights to Swedish Lapland, with hotel and flights, eg https://www.expedia.ie/Hotel-Search?packageType=fh&searchProduct=hotel&c=bdb4ad87-d3fc-4cbd-8e0f-759656efed35&adults=1&children=1_10,1_8&originId=4347204&ftla=DUB&destination=Kiruna,+Sweden+(KRN)&destinationId=6029328&ttla=KRN&startDate=4/12/2018&endDate=8/12/2018&sort=recommended&tripType=ROUND_TRIP&misId=ec40a186-4fa0-421f-8545-48884dd1951f

Cheaper, and for several days. Of course there’s Santa etc to pay for on top of that, but Kiruna is a lot easier on the pocket than Rovaniemi, but it has all the same ingredients for a trip to Lapland.

Church on Tuesday

ted1 wrote: »

Do you expect people to apologise fir having money.?
No matter what happens in the workd there will always be those that have and those that don’t

The real narrative is granny who flies around the world with kids complains about global warming!!

Yeah but I find in most cases that these kinds of people lost grip with reality a long time ago.

One lad was on here about how it was perfectly normal for ordinary folk to go around in 800 euro jackets...

DEFTLEFTHAND

He doesn't even live in Lapland ffs.

Those Finns are a bunch of con artists.

kneemos

Could have had a week in Disneyland for half the cost.

orourkeda1977

This is why I hate people.

martingriff

Idbatterim wrote: »

you beat me to it! W! T! F?!!!!

Maybe she had booked that hotel that gets built every year but ya in fairness it is a crazy price

klaaaz

martingriff wrote: »

Maybe she had booked that hotel that gets built every year but ya in fairness it is a crazy price

That hotel probably melts when the sun comes out! :pac:

Greenland claims Santa too, as it’s the country nearest the North Pold

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/santa-mailbox

But the nearest town to the North Pole is Longyearbyen in Svålbard off Norway

https://www.spitsbergen-svalbard.com/photos-panoramas-videos-and-webcams/spitsbergen-panoramas/longyearbyen/longyearbyen-santa-claus-letter-box.html

klaaaz

klaaaz wrote: »

That hotel probably melts when the sun comes out! :pac:

There’s actually a much cheaper ice hotel in Romania. These structures have to be designed and built every year, so at least there has been great input for the price. They are a human built wonder.

The Northern Lights are one of nature’s wonders, she could be focusing on pointing out all these wonders to the children. I always remember as a kid that when an adult showed enthusiasm for some of the very ordinary things in life it turned the mundane in my childhood mind into a wonder that I would remember forever more. Without too much snow there is the spectacle of mile upon mile of forest, there’s the excitement of being in a new country with its Lappish costume and traditions. Maybe learn how to say “thank you” to Santa in Finnish and Lappish.

Gimme A Pound

Dunno about anyone else but I always sent my letter to Greenland.

AllForIt

AllForIt wrote: »

Sorry what? 6.5K on a santa vacation. Erm, do they actually get to meet the real Santa?

Of course they do.

NIMAN

I listened to it today, and you'd honestly think it was a wind-up.

Near the end she said "I was guaranteed snow". I would bet my house she was never guaranteed snow. What holiday agent or company up in lapland would try to guarantee weather for fear of being sued.

She wanted a refund. Bloody idiot. The fact that she paid €6500 for a 2 day trip was even funnier. Was it all first class, limo from her house to airport etc? Shocking amount of money for a 2 day trip.

The boom is back folks. With a vengeance.

fritzelly

Ahhh she's not a granny, gotta be a snowflake and the sense of entitlement is strong - understands you can't control the weather but I booked this place for the snow so damn you better have snow

As for the price for 36 hours, jaysus - could have built your own winter wonderland and hired a santa for that and just told the kids Santa made a special journey just for them. Like if they are that young what would they know anyway!

Jeff2

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Of course they do.

Unless they hear their granny saying live on the radio that she want to take them while they still believed in Santa.

She said the were listening.

fritzelly

Jeff2 wrote: »

Unless they hear their granny saying live on the radio that she want to take them while they still believed in Santa.

She said the were listening.

Gotta pull at the heartstrings, wouldn't be Liveline otherwise

Edgware

fritzelly wrote: »

Gotta pull at the heartstrings, wouldn't be Liveline otherwise

Worra abow de homeless Joe

fritzelly

fritzelly wrote: »

Gotta pull at the heartstrings, wouldn't be Liveline otherwise

It’s a wonder she didn’t throw in dat dey were “special needs” or “unwell”; dats de usual line where Dr chiselers on de Lahvlann are mentioned, to give de extra spoonful of pathos so to speak.

BeerWolf

Must be a slow day;

Idbatterim

6500, 6500?! That travel agency must have been laughing all the way to the bank !

topper75

fritzelly wrote: »

Gotta pull at the heartstrings, wouldn't be Liveline otherwise

Some dark **** inside me WANTS a Nato/Russia showdown in Ukraine to kick off so that we can rip the show down and start again.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Fella on the radio today saying that there's often no snow there in November.

Big snow months are Jan, Feb, March.

Graces7

Idbatterim wrote: »

6500, 6500?! That travel agency must have been laughing all the way to the bank !

I was thinking that... someone is getting paid well. and actually her money so her choice