点评:I pride myself on writing mostly positive reviews as negative reviews are most of the time highly exaggerated and dramatic. However, I will be the dramatic one today, because this beach club has got to be the worst I have ever experienced in the south of France. My French grandmother had called months ahead to book two beds for my boyfriend and I. Upon my arrival, there was some confusion with this. The workers at the beach club could not fathom that an American would have a French grandma who booked chairs months in advance via phone. They insisted that there was no way I “could possibly be in the front row” and proceeded to try to make me pay again for two available seats in the back row. To add to the chaos, as I was attempting to speak to them in French (however imperfectly, God forbid) the big man at the front proceeded to mock my American accent and my attempts to speak French.
After literally speaking on the phone with my grandma (this was the only way that I could prove my case), they finally admitted fault and escorted me to my front row beds.
Funny enough, I sat right next to “big man’s” family. Wonderfully kind people. What a dichotomy!
翻译:我向来以撰写正面评价而自豪,因为负面评价大多时候都过于夸张且戏剧化了。不过今天我就要当个“戏剧化”的人了——这家海滩俱乐部绝对是我在法国南部体验过最糟糕的一家。几个月前,我的法国祖母就打电话来为我和男友预订了两个床位。可当我抵达时,这里却出现了一些混乱状况。海滩俱乐部的工作人员根本无法理解:一个美国人怎么会有位通过电话提前数月预订椅子的法国奶奶呢?他们坚称我“绝对不可能坐在前排”,还试图让我为后排仅有的两个座位再次付费。更糟糕的是,当我试图用法语与他们沟通时(虽说说得不怎么标准,天知道),站在前面那个高个子男人竟开始嘲笑我的美国口音以及我努力说法语的模样。在我和奶奶通了电话之后(这是我证明自己说法的唯一方式),他们终于承认了错误,并带我到前排的床位处。
有趣的是,我就坐在那个“大个子”的家人旁边。他们都是非常友善的人。真是鲜明的对比啊!