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Are some people actually too stupid to leave their own house?

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    #32
    kirving
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    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

    Anyway back on topic, I'm surprised to hear on the News that "only" 2,500" Irish people are affected by the TC cessation of trading. Is this going to result in a cost to the Irish Exchequer in bringing those people back to their point of origin?

    Hopefully not. I pay travel insurance for a very good reason. If you can afford a foreign holiday, you can afford to insure it.


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    #33
    Feisar
    Registered Users Posts: 6,615 ✭✭✭Feisar


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    Ah now. The first thing we did when we got the keys to the gaff was to intern our own. DeValera ran this country like a tyrant during WW2, when he thought nobody was looking (in fairness, nobody was) and even started executing people for non-murder crimes. Behold a beam is in thine own eye.

    Anyway back on topic, I'm surprised to hear on the News that "only" 2,500" Irish people are affected by the TC cessation of trading. Is this going to result in a cost to the Irish Exchequer in bringing those people back to their point of origin?

    Agree, I was only poking a bit of fun, wasn't being serious.

    Surely in an instance like this, reimbursing governments for repatriating people should be high up on the list when assets get liquidated.

    Regarding the hotels, who is their contract with I wonder, Thomas Cook or the holiday maker directly?

    First they came for the socialists...



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    Feisar
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    Kevin Irving wrote: »
    Hopefully not. I pay travel insurance for a very good reason. If you can afford a foreign holiday, you can afford to insure it.

    Yea but that'd impinge on yer drinking money, saving on the insurance would probably mean another three pints!

    First they came for the socialists...



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    #35
    El Tarangu
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    taytobreath wrote: »
    These people are been barricaded into their hotels because Thomas Cook hasn't paid the hotel owners. So one can understand their angst.

    Really? The guests are being physically impeded from leaving the hotel? I find this difficult to believe.


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    Hector Savage
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    For Forks Sake wrote: »
    Without a shadow of a doubt, these are the same people who start clapping when a plane lands.

    I wonder when they get out of a car do they fall to the ground and kiss it in gratitude that they weren't killed ?

    I mean, the reaction would fit if they clap and cheer when the safest mode of transport lands.


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    #37
    sbsquarepants
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    For Forks Sake wrote: »
    Without a shadow of a doubt, these are the same people who start clapping when a plane lands.

    With those 2 on board you should be clapping if it manages to take off!


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    elperello
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    For Forks Sake wrote: »
    Without a shadow of a doubt, these are the same people who start clapping when a plane lands.

    I always think those people are keeping fares low for the rest of us so I just indulge them in their clapping.
    I do draw the line at joining in though :)


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    #39
    Feisar
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    elperello wrote: »
    I always think those people are keeping fares low for the rest of us so I just indulge them in their clapping.
    I do draw the line at joining in though :)

    Is clapping still a thing?

    First they came for the socialists...



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    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users Posts: 8,947 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    El Tarangu wrote: »
    Really? The guests are being physically impeded from leaving the hotel? I find this difficult to believe.

    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/22/thomas-cook-holidaymakers-kept-inside-tunisia-hotel-over-unpaid-bill-fears
    Thomas Cook customers in Tunisia have been involved in a standoff with a hotel owner who barricaded holidaymakers inside a resort due to fears that the struggling holiday firm would not be able to pay bills.

    Guests at the Orangers hotel in the coastal town of Hammamet spoke of being locked inside their resort on Saturday until a 6,000 Tunisian dinar (£1,680) fee was paid before they were allowed to leave for their flight, or even to visit a shop.

    The were eventually allowed leave on Sunday.


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    #41
    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users Posts: 8,947 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    Feisar wrote: »
    Is clapping still a thing?

    Had the joy of experiencing it on a Ryanair flight this summer.

    The weird thing is that you never get one imbecile trying to start a round of applause on any other regular airline (I don't know about charter flights). So either the plane-seals only ever fly Ryanair, or they're self-aware enough not to do it when out of their natural habitat.


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    #42
    PinotNero
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    I bet they both voted for Brexit.:pac:


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    #43
    Edgware
    Registered Users Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Edgware


    Imagine queuing behind them in the buffet. You'd be getting a bit worried about food shortages


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    #44
    For Forks Sake
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    Feisar wrote: »
    Is clapping still a thing?

    Flying to Malaga, yes. Flying to say, Brussels, not so much.


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    #45
    punisher5112
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    Was it because of these types in original post why Thomas went bang.....

    Nothing worse then overweight baggage...


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    #46
    [Deleted User]
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    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Was it because of these types in original post why Thomas went bang.....
    More to do with diminishing reliance on travel agents, and sterling losing one-sixth of its value, which will have demolished TC's profit margins.

    Owen Jones has written a very interesting book about pejorative stereotypes regarding working class Britons, it is called "Chavs" and I suggest it is very much worth reading, whether you like Owen Jones or not.


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    #47
    Edgware
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    Hector Savage wrote: »
    I wonder when they get out of a car do they fall to the ground and kiss it in gratitude that they weren't killed ?

    I mean, the reaction would fit if they clap and cheer when the safest mode of transport lands.
    Well if kissing the ground is good enough for the Pope....


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