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19/07/2008, 18:55 dave21478 Joined on 04/09/2006 Tarn Posts 621 Im thinking of giving up the gites. Meh, I just cant be bothered with it any more. I want to go to see something on a saturday or go away for the weekend - cant, its changeover day. I want to have a holiday - cant, need to be here for changeovers I want to spend a few hours floating in the pool and sleeping in the garden - cant, unless I share with half a dozen strangers. The ladyfriend wants to come round for the weekend - fine, but "I have changeover day remember". "ok, Ill help you". "great, you clean the stale piss off the toilet rim and Ill deal with the jizz-stained matress protector. Classy. I want to invite loads of people round, turn the stereo up to 11 and have a good party - cant, the guests dont like disturbances. My nephew wants to come round and run his remote controlled car in the big field - cant, the guests kids are playing football there. I want to have my dinner in peace - Cant, the guests cant figure out how to use the dish washer, and cant read the instructions. My dog wants to sleep on the doorstep - cant, everyone wants her to fetch, roll over etc etc. The kitten wants to explore the world - cant, the little girls in the end gite want to cuddle it to death. There is a good film on the telly, I want to crank up the surround sound - cant, the bass tavels through the whole building. I want to cut the grass - cant, there are 3 cars, a badminton net, loads of sun loungers, chairs and toys in the way. I want to wash my car in peace without hearing "ha ha, you can do mine next" - cant, because thats the funniest, most original joke in the world isnt it. I want to go out and slap that spoilt kid that has tantrums when he doesnt get his own way - cant, I dont think the parents would like that. I want to be able to go shopping without wondering if there is enough fairly liquid or bog roll in each gite. - cant, this stuff doesnt restock itself and the guests certainly wont buy it.   Im a grumpy old man, and Im not even old! This might not have been a good career choice.      Report

19/07/2008, 19:01 Gail Smith Joined on 29/09/2004 Posts 110 Re: Im thinking of giving up the gites. Oh Dave I just so know how you feel.... I can't wait til September   Gail    Report

19/07/2008, 19:49 Thebiga Joined on 23/08/2004 loire atlantique Posts 350 Re: Im thinking of giving up the gites. Snap! Yeh its like that sometimes, But when they have all gone from paying us so we can live out here it is nice. But as i said unless they pay us and we have to put up with the summer problems then we can't stay here and i know where i would rather be and its not back in the uk.     Report

19/07/2008, 19:55 Polremy Joined on 23/08/2004 66 nr. Perpignan Posts 317 Re: Im thinking of giving up the gites. Dave, is that your date of birth? If so, then you are certainly not old. Just a babe in arms.    Report

19/07/2008, 20:11 AnOther Joined on 05/12/2006 Mer du Nord/W of Cahors (46) Posts 7,394 Re: Im thinking of giving up the gites. I don't have Gites but I can empathise. If I did I think I'd be the French equivalent of Basil Fawlty   When everybody is saying the same thing it's usually time to ask if they know what they are saying.    Report

19/07/2008, 20:11 TWINKLE Joined on 11/03/2006 Tarn 81 Posts 4,115 Re: Im thinking of giving up the gites. You could think of making a career in stand-up comedy Dave - your post is very funny    Report

19/07/2008, 20:42 dave21478 Joined on 04/09/2006 Tarn Posts 621 Re: Im thinking of giving up the gites. September? yeah no more guests, but then the builders move in to build a big conservatry thing. Rather than strangers in bikinis in the garden, it will be hairy french butt cracks. :( Yeah, the guests are paying the bills, but they are wrecking my karma too! 78 is my birth year, so no im not old. Its not often I get called a babe either re Basil Fawlty - I view those classic programs as a training manual! Comedy? Ive been likened to Ben Elton and Jack Dee a few times. I dont know if thats a good thing or not.        Report

19/07/2008, 20:59 JulieP Joined on 15/06/2008 Dordogne 24 Posts 12 Re: Im thinking of giving up the gites. We're only into our 3rd season and I feel like an old hand already... I swear I'm turning into the 'Blackpool landlady from hell' - except I get to do the cleaning in me bikini in 33+ºc temps... and all you men out there can stop dreaming cause a 40 something women in bikini and rubber  gauntlets with her hands down the Karsie is not a sight to behold... get the picture cause the reality of this life is definately not the paradise that I envisaged.  But eh oh I'm on my 3rd Gin & Tonic (courtesty of the last lot of guests's) so I've got over it already. I'll have another one and think of you.    Report

19/07/2008, 21:09 TWINKLE Joined on 11/03/2006 Tarn 81 Posts 4,115 Re: Im thinking of giving up the gites. I love this thread    Report

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