In Reply to: I have to say yes posted by Balibabe on Saturday, 4. November 2006 at 18:53 Bali Time:
I'll relate a story that may change your attitude on your comments to balibabe.
I remember getting into a real barney in June 2004 over this. We were staying at HSB at Sanur amd the place was relatively busy at the time. During week 1 of our stay there was a group of about 15 German BP's (beautiful people) staying at the hotel.
Every morning they would come down for breakfast bang on 8am but on the way they would all go via the pool area first and "reserve" 15 sun lounges by dropping their beach towels etc...onto the lounges on the way to breakfast. They would repeat this at lunchtime by toddling off to the restraunt for lunch and returning an hour or more later to claim "their lounges".
After watching the above ritual for the first 4-5 days, one lunchtime I witnessed two elderly couples who spread out towels to sit on the hot paved pool surround while 15 lounges were "reserved" by these thoughtless a#@%holes on the other side of the pool.
That finally cracked me, I walked around the pool gathered up all the BP's towels sunnies etc... and piled them onto one lounge then dragged 4 of the freed up lounges around to the elderly couples.
Obviously, there were a lot of other guests that felt just like me because when I had finished I walked back to my lounge to the sound of applause and cheers from other guests around the pool area (and from a few balconies overlooking the pool area).
When the BP's came back ....it was on....they were pissed and wanted to know who had moved "their" lounges. In explaining my actions I let go a few expletive deletives in trying to get over my point, I had the assistance of quite a few other guests siding with me from acrross the pool...I mean it got pretty ugly poolside for a while there folks.... but was worth it because that was the last we saw of the BP's poolside for the rest of the holiday and their thoughtless and selfish attitude.