Soldier refused room

clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk Soldier refused room at hotel Cpl Tomos Stringer, from Gwynedd, north-west Wales, was turned away from the Metro Hotel in Woking, Surrey. He had travelled to the area to help with preparations for the funeral of a friend killed in action and needed to stay over night. After showing his army pass when asked for identification by the hotel's receptionist, Cpl Stringer was told "we don't accept military personnel here" and that this was "company policy", according to his mother Gaynor. He spent the night in his car after failing to find any other available accomodation late on a Sunday evening, she said.

They say there is no such thing as bad publicity. Let us hope this is wrong. Having watched two serving bootnecks dodge the issue, here is a former bootneck who is a little irate at these political niceties. The directors, management and staff should be publicly humiliated as this soldier was. A weekend in the stocks is too good for them.
Where not to stay.
Metro Hotel
Tel: 01483 727100
Fax: 01483 725064
Crown Square
Woking
Surrey
GU21 6HR