A British holidaymaker has gone viral after stripping towels from an entire row of sun loungers at a Tenerife hotel to give 'the dirty pool hoggers a little surprise'. Racheal Rogers filmed herself going sunbed vigilante at the four-star Mediterranean Palace in the resort of Playa de las Americas.
What Happened
Rogers hit out at tourists 'coming 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, adding: 'It's not on.' Set to The Heavy's 'How Do You Like Me Now?', the clip shows her gleefully removing towels from at least eight poolside loungers, then 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.'
Public Reaction
One follower said: 'Well done. All hotels should do that.' Another replied: 'Give this woman a free holiday.' A third called her 'The hero we didn't ask for but needed' and 'My idol.' Others labelled her folding of towels as 'pure class', with another fan writing: 'Brilliant. Hope someone bought you a few drinks.'
Rogers Defends Her Actions
Returning to social media, Rogers said: 'I had to come on to reply. 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 at the time: 'The reason I did it was because 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, having their lunch, having their breakfast. 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, it's not on.'
She added: 'I know there were a lot of seats available when I acted because it was early, we got up early, and I just thought as they were putting them down, we'd take them off. That's what we did for about an hour. It was just a bit of fun. We didn't stay to watch the carnage when the people who had left their towels out came back, but you shouldn't be reserving sun loungers if you're not going to sit on them. Go and have a bit of lunch, half an hour or that, but after that you either need to sit on your sun lounger or give it to someone else. We've all paid the same for the holiday, we're all entitled to sit by the pool.'
She concluded: '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.'
Further Support
More fans responded, 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.'
