A British holidaymaker has gone viral after stripping towels from an entire row of sun loungers at a Tenerife hotel, targeting what she called 'dirty pool hoggers'. Racheal Rogers filmed herself removing towels from at least eight loungers at the four-star Mediterranean Palace in Playa de las Americas, then posting the video on social media.
Video shows celebratory dance
The clip, set to The Heavy's 'How Do You Like Me Now?', shows Rogers gleefully removing towels and finishing with a celebratory dance and curtsy. In the caption, she wrote: 'All week the same people would bag their spot by the pool. So today we decided to give them a little surprise and take them. All you at the Mediterranean Palace in Tenerife, yes it was us.'
Rogers later criticised tourists who 'come down in their pyjamas and dressing gowns' at 6am to claim prime sunbathing spots, only to 'toddle off' to the beach or shops for hours. 'It's not on,' she said.
Social media praise
One follower commented: 'Well done. All hotels should do that.' Another said: 'Give this woman a free holiday.' A third called her 'The hero we didn't ask for but needed' and described her as 'My idol.' Others labelled her decision to fold the towels as 'pure class', with another fan writing: 'Brilliant. Hope someone bought you a few drinks.'
Rogers defends actions
In a follow-up post, Rogers said: 'I can't believe how this video has blown up. I've got 800,000 views I think at the last count.' She addressed criticism that many sunbeds were still available, explaining: 'Half an hour later those places wouldn't have been available. People would have been coming down and the ones who had come down in their pyjamas and dressing gowns and then toddled off to bed and left their towels down, are at the beach or walking round the shops by then enjoying themselves. They're coming back around two in the afternoon and wanting those seats that they reserved at six in the morning. It's not on.'
She added: 'Whether I'm the problem or not, I don't give a stuff to be honest. I enjoyed doing it and if I'd had a bit more time I'd have carried on and I might even have thrown some of them in the pool.'
More fans respond
Additional fans reacted, with one saying: 'Totally agree. I love this. We all want to do it.' Another added: 'Absolutely fab. Need more people like you on holiday.'
