Fury as mum-of-six reserves sun beds then leaves Spanish resort for breakfast
It is not just the realisation that you lost the sunbed war, but that you lost it to someone who's not even there.
Well, a British mum has sparked fury after she admitted bagging sunbeds for her big family, just to head out for the day.
Mother-of-six Stephanie, 29, posted a clip of her holiday to Fuerteventura in Las Palmas, Spain, revealing she claims the loungers early in the morning before heading off to breakfast and a shopping trip.
The 'day in the life' video has wracked up more than 120,000 views and has been met with criticism questioning her tactics.
Stephanie told her followers: 'First things first, we have to claim our sunbeds at the pool area. We have come as a big family so we have to be there early.'
However instead of heading for a swim straight away, the family ditch the pool entirely to go for breakfast elsewhere in town.
After enjoying an 'amazing' full english, the mum then went shopping while the towels reserved the sunbeds.
It was only after the trip that the family headed back to the pool and made use of the loungers.
Keyboard warriors were quick to jump on the video and criticise Stephanie for reserving the beds then heading into town.
One commented: 'I can't believe you claim the sunbeds and then leave.'
Another wrote: 'Why claim sun beds if you're going out for the day?'
A third TikToker suggested hotels should take action to stop this kind of behaviour.
They said: 'All hotels should do the same thing. After 30 minutes of not being on sun lounger, towels are removed and other people get them.'
The social media storm follows a study which revealed which parts of the UK are worst for reserving sunbeds abroad. More Trending
The West Midlands came in first, with 15% of locals admitting to waking up early to reserve a lounger.
The situation was similar in Wales, North East England, the North West or Northern Ireland, where 13% fessed up to this controversial practice.
The best behaved were Yorkshire and the Humber and South West England.
Just 8% of holidaymakers admitted to being a sunbed hogger, according to GetYourGuide.
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