Today's winner is from England.
Most holiday makers taking a stroll around a working harbour might expect to see the odd fish.
But when David Copp came across a fishing trawler moored in Ilfracombe Harbour he took great offence and complained about the “disgusting” smell.Ilfracombe harbor (image courtesy of Wikipedia)
The 46-year-old was outraged that his children, aged seven and nine, had been forced to endure the sight of 12 crates of dead fish and crabs, piled up on the quayside.
He said the ordeal had left them “quite distressed” and demanded to know why the harbourmaster was not more considerate to tourists.
“There were flies flying around and the smell was awful,” he said. “The ship was just sat there not doing anything, and there were 12 crates of dead crabs and fish just lying there covered in flies.
“It’s not the sort of thing you want to see on holiday, there was a real stench.
“My children were quite distressed by it. These people should be a bit more considerate to the holidaymakers."
Mr Copp called Ilfracombe harbourmaster Rob Lawson to complain about the smell that had emanated from The Lady of Lundy trawler before calling the North Devon Journal to air his woes.
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Mr Copp is understood to have been on a two-week family holiday in the popular north Devon tourist resort when he lodged his complaint, which attracted disbelief from locals.
One said: “Ridiculous. Does he think all his food comes in packets? What did he expect to see at a working harbour?”
There's more at the link.
Gee . . . a fishing harbor with dead fish on the quay, and actually smelling of fish too! Who'd o' thunk it?
Tourists! Grrr!
Peter
On a similar theme, a few years ago a lawyer from London bought a property in the countryside. As muck-spreading season came around, he was then outraged at the smell from the two working farms adjoining his land, and annoyed by the fact that tractors actually dared to leave mud trails on the country lanes near his new holiday home.
ReplyDeleteWhen he took the matter to court, the local judge was less than sympathetic.....
Tourists/Townies!!!!!
It's tourist season, whats the bag limit?, what caliber?, why can't I get a permit?
ReplyDeleteThey call it "tourist season" but we're not allowed to shoot them.
ReplyDeleteOh, wait! That does not work over in (formerly)Great Britain, does it. Well, what did you expect when you outlawed the proper use of guns?
stay safe.
wv=fiesigg: the brand of shooter I'd use.
We get the same comments here in our seaport towns, from the same crowd. Apparently they think fish come from Red Lobster.
ReplyDeleteI lived on a large family farm for a while back in the 90's. We regularly got calls from irate townies who had bought homes in subdivisions adjacent to the field complaining that the corn we'd planted was obstructing their view.
ReplyDeleteThey'd demand we cut it immediately because they'd bought the house for the view across the field of beans we'd planted the year before.
There was extra manure for those fields come fall.
Reminds me of the blind bloke strolling past the fish monger's in Howth, County Dublin on an unusually warm day.
ReplyDeleteHe tipped his cap and uttered: "Morning ladies".
Years age, I was standing on the beach in Biloxi, when a tourist walked up and started staring at the countless "cabbage head" jellyfish washed up on the beach.
ReplyDeleteHis curiosity finally prompted him to ask what they were. I told him, so he stood for another few minute. When he asked me to move the ones in front of his view, I just walked away.