Gæstebruger
1. juli 2023
This is a lovely spot on Earth in late June. Manicured lawns, with croquet pitches lead down from the Edwardian Clubhouse to the banks of the Thames, where pavilions have been set up for watching the rowing races of the Royal Regatta. A form of English paradise. Our room was also splendid, if a little too warm because of the incredibly hot weather. Dinner was also good. The one slight glitch was s misunderstanding, or miscommunication, over the fact that the breakfast we had paid for was only Continental because the club was closed that morning. I did not recall (and still don’t) having been told this beforehand, which led to a discussion with the person at reception. This did not go well. It was not so much that I objected to not being recompensed for the limited breakfast—it might well be that some where in some e-Mail there had been a pro forma warning about the situation— as the rather combative attitude of the staff member, who gave the impression it was my fault I had not received what I thought was my due, as opposed to an unfortunate inability of the club to provide full service that day. A more astute, charming person might have had the intelligence to profusely apologise and then inform me of the fact that an effort had been made to keep me informed, regret that the message had not reached me, and then explain how the closure of the club for regatta preparations has resulted in only a Continental breakfast being provided. That was not, alas, the approach taken by the rather passive-aggressive-cum-defensive person at reception. The resulting altercation at check out put a bit of a damper on our overall experience, but once tempers have calmed, I realise now that it should not detract from a lovely, indeed remarkable, stay, overall.
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