‘The look on his face… PRICELESS': Entitled German tourist gets a reality check after hotel staff sides with American tourist who tells him to take a hike

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Aug 31, 2025 7:00 AM EDT

An American tourist recently got stern with a German tourist while both parties were enjoying a poolside resort in Spain. The German tourist was older and acted extremely entitled. He tried to "reserve" prime seating at the pool by leaving a tool on chairs for several hours. Annoyed at the audacity, the American tourist removed the towel and claimed the seats for himself and his partner. When the German tourist eventually came back hours later, he threw a tantrum. We're talking Karen level tantrum. The American tourist tried being nice with this person and working with him on the issue, but the entitlement was too strong. So he did what any American would do, he got very stern and spoke using strong language. The entitled tourist went and got hotel staff thinking he was in the right. Instead, however, the staff sided with the American tourist and shut down this man's entitlement. It just goes to show you that entitlement really has no borders. Is it the American tourist you actually hate or is it the entitlement that some of these tourist have while away from their home country? Just something to ponder as you read the entire showdown of the situation below. 

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  • "German Boomer Tourist Thinks He Owns Beach Chairs With His Towel - Gets Reality Check"

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  • So this happened during my vacation in Spain last week and I'm still fuming about the audacity of some people.
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  • I'm staying at this resort and every morning there's the usual scramble for the good beach chairs by the pool.
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  • Fair enough, first come first served, right? WRONG according to this one German tourist (probably in his 60s).
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  • This dude had the brilliant idea of putting his towel on THE BEST chair right by the pool at like 6 AM, then disappeared for literally 8 HOURS.
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  • I watched this chair sit empty with just his crusty towel on it from morning until mid-afternoon while families with kids were standing around looking for places to sit.
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  • Around 2 PM I'd had enough. My girlfriend and I had been sitting on these uncomfortable plastic chairs all day watching this prime real estate go unused.
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  • So I moved his towel to the side table and we took the chairs.
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  • Cue this entitled boomer showing up around 3 PM, red as a lobster (ironic), absolutely LOSING HIS MIND that someone dared touch his precious towel.
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  • He starts yelling at me in broken English about how he "reserved" the chair and I had no right to move his things.
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  • I told him straight up: "Dude, you can't just dump a towel somewhere at dawn and disappear for 8 hours.
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  • That's not how this works. There are families who actually wanted to use these chairs."
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  • He gets even MORE P ed and starts going off about how "this is how we do it in Germany" and I'm being "very ride to a guest."
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  • At this point I'm done being polite. I looked him de d in the eye and said "Well you're not in Germany anymore, and your towel isn't a reservation system.
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  • Find another chair or talk to hotel management if you have a problem."
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  • His face went from sunburn-red to purple and he stomped off muttering in German.
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  • He came back 10 minutes later with a hotel staff member who very politely explained to him that chairs can't be "reserved" for extended periods and guests need to actually be using them.
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  • The look on his face when the staff sided with me was PRICELESS.
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  • He spent the rest of the day shooting dirty looks at us from across the pool.
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  • Some people really think the world revolves around them.
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  • Like sorry Klaus, your towel isn't a magic forcefield that holds beach chairs hostage all day.
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  • TL;DR: German boomer tourist thought leaving his towel on a beach chair for 8 hours meant he owned it.
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  • Told him to f off when he tried to kick me out after actually using the chair.
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  • Hotel staff sided with me.
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  • Edit: For everyone saying I should have been more polite I tried that - first.
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  • This was after watching him pull this stunt for three days straight with multiple chairs.
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  • When it comes to tourism, there are many different takes. Some people detest them while others love them. When you really think about it, however, is it really the person trying to experience a new culture you hate or is it someone who is entitled? And remember, entitlement knows no borders…

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