What is the biggest complaint you’ve ever had with your vacations? Maybe it was way too hot and crowded the day you visited Cedar Point. Maybe there was too much noise and alcohol abuse at the campsite you visited with your family. Maybe the hotel you stayed at was incredibly filthy and the shower was too difficult to control. These are all common and valid complaints. A simple inconvenience during one’s vacation experience is amplified ten fold as we are supposed to enjoy this time away from work.
The Association of British Travel Agents has put together a list of the most bizarre vacation complaints (news.com.au). One tourist complained stating, “The beach was too sandy.” Another was made upset when she found fish swimming in the sea. Her complaint read: “No one told us there would be fish in the sea. The children were startled.” Yet another tourist complained, “I was bitten by a mosquito – no one said they could bite”. One man, not realizing he had been eating gravy, claimed the “soup was too thick and strong.” Finally, one woman held her hotel accountable for her pregnancy!
It is easy to find things to complain about. We are temperamental creatures, requiring certain conditions to allow us to remain comfortable. A few degrees separate a tolerable climate from an unbearable one. During the Exodus, the children of Israel were full of complaints even though God had provided for them. Paul tells us to “do everything without complaining or arguing” (Phil. 2:14) Instead, we are to “give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” (1 Thess. 5:18)
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