Hate crimes since Bretix

[Trefor]

Took the Mrs and little one to the Isle of Wight this weekend as it was her birthday. Sitting at breakfast in the hotel and my wife was using her phone to talk to her mother back in the Philippines. Another of the hotel guests came over and insisted she stop using her mobile phone, claiming it was the rules. Unable to dispute it at the time but i asked at reception after and they told me there were no such rules and my wife could talk to who she liked when she liked.

Having thought more about it, obviously the guest that complained didn't like my wife talking in her language/dialect (waray waray). I did try and look for the guest the next day with the aim of asking her not to speak english as i found it offensive, but unfortunately she was nowhere to be seen.

Surely it makes no difference if you talking across a table to someone or talking on a phone it really was none of anyone else's business. People really do think the Brexit vote has given them a right to be hostile to any foreigner.

I can understand why your worried about your son Graham, things are bad.

This could easily have been one of those odd people who doesn't like others making any noise, unless they said something about speaking English, being of foreign origin etc. etc. That is the same as if you had 3 kids running riot in the breakfast room.

[John.C]

I want stevewool to be right. That someone is making stuff up for political means. (Even though that would be horrible).

But in the meantime please share your experiences with the forum. I wish to protect those that I care about and would like to know what we are dealing with here.

I am not ruling out making a Citizen's Arrest (if it comes to that). Casual insults by angry elderly men (in Supermarket Checkout Queues), against women.....against anybody....... must not be tolerated.

[lordna]

This could easily have been one of those odd people who doesn't like others making any noise, unless they said something about speaking English, being of foreign origin etc. etc. That is the same as if you had 3 kids running riot in the breakfast room.

Difficult to explain really but it was a very large room with not much in the way of soft furnishings and lots of tables with people talking openly. My wife wasn't speaking any louder than anyone else and there were others, i noticed talking on mobile phones. The "lady" complaining seemed also to think it was "bad manners" talking on a phone whilst eating breakfast. Well as she wasn't sitting at my table and i was not sitting at hers, i didn't really think she had a point.

...fine pair of lads in your picture.

[stevewool]

Difficult to explain really but it was a very large room with not much in the way of soft furnishings and lots of tables with people talking openly. My wife wasn't speaking any louder than anyone else and there were others, i noticed talking on mobile phones. The "lady" complaining seemed also to think it was "bad manners" talking on a phone whilst eating breakfast. Well as she wasn't sitting at my table and i was not sitting at hers, i didn't really think she had a point.

You can tell if there is going to be a problem when you walk into a room and you somehow dont fit in, i call it being jealous of what you have and they dont,
You do have to be on your guard though, even walking in town you do get the stares from people but these are mainly European groups but i just think if thats how you want to treat people you have no chance ,and carry on walking,