Quote Originally Posted by lordna View Post
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.