A hotel worker was filmed whipping 'reserved' towels off sun loungers at a holiday hotel in Tenerife.
A clip shared on TikTok shows what appears to be a security guard noting the occupied beds then removing the offending towels and folding them away. Posting on the social media channel, @renovatewithroberta said: "They should do this everywhere", reports the Mirror online.
The video has been viewed 176,000 times as families across the UK prepare for the often tense race to bag a bed at their holiday resort of choice. Sun bed wars have long been a common start to the mornings for holidaymakers abroad, where people wake up at the crack of dawn and place their towels on beds in a prime position of the pool.
Last year, Brits on holiday in Majorca were caught laying out their towels as early as 5am in a bid to get the best spot. Mum Rebekah posted a video on Instagram showing the swathes of towels left on the ground by guests in an effort to reserve a space.
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In the video, she jokes: "Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you the British efforts from this year's annual 'Sun bed showdown'. More tactical, skilled and hated than any sports team in the world."
While hilarious footage of guests at the four-star Spring Hotel Bitacora in Tenerife shows crowds of desperate tourists waiting next to their resort's swimming pools and running to grab the best spots at the earliest possible time.
Commenting on the post of the security guard stopping the war, one person wrote: "I agree, first come, first served." A second wrote: "Spot on, you wouldn't walk into a restaurant and leave your jackets on the chairs to reserve a seat."
Another person posted: "Never got why people on holiday wanna get up first thing in the morning for a lounger if they could only have breakfast at 6.30am, they'd freak out."
Recent footage showed the increasingly tense sun bed war apparently ruining Brits' summer holidays. Dubbed the "towel police" by TikToker John McGowan, the worker can be seen shoving holidaymakers' belongings into plastic bags.
He even walks around the pool area with a stopwatch and clipboard to time how long each sun bed has been reserved for and if the person has not returned within 30 minutes, their items are removed from the beds.
One commenter said: "Well done to this resort. Hope others take note. It might make people's hols less stressful if the towel dash doesn't happen anymore."
