British summer workers got revenge on ‘selfish’ Zante holidaymakers who reserved their sunbeds by ‘hiding’ their towels and flinging them up trees.
Waitress Millie Newsham, 20, was on her way back to her hotel room at 6am after a night out with friends last week when they noticed towels had been placed on sunbeds to reserve them.
Footage shows the group dragging towels off the loungers, chucking and scattering them around the poolside.
The Brits can be seen flinging the towels onto railings and a tree.
Millie, from Blackpool, has been in Zante since mid-June and is working there for the summer but says her friends have become increasingly frustrated at tourists who try to claim their spot on the poolside.
The British waitress said reserving sunbeds was ‘selfish’ and not the done thing on the Greek party island.
‘We live at the hotel because we’re working here and a load of tourists are staying here now.
‘They came and put their towels by the pool.
British summer workers got revenge on ‘selfish’ Zante holidaymakers who reserved their sunbeds by ‘hiding’ their towels and flinging them up trees
Footage shows the Brits grabbing the towels and flinging them on trees and balconies
Screen grab shows a towel that was hidden by British summer workers in Zante who say they are fed up with tourists trying to claim sunbeds
‘Nobody does it. You just don’t because we’re in Zante.
‘We’ve all had a little bit to drink and then we started hiding their towels around the hotel and everything.
‘I don’t think that you should reserve sunbeds because obviously here nobody gets up until about three in the afternoon so there’s literally no point.
‘It’s quite selfish because half of these people they’re not even getting up. Then the people that are getting up then don’t have a lounger. It’s so annoying.
‘It’s so annoying. Obviously this is our home right now.
‘We’ve scared them off. They haven’t done it since.’
She said she has heard people around her hotel speaking about her video, which has since gone viral on social media.
Millie said: ‘I’ve heard people talking about the TikTok.
The hilarious clip has gone viral on social media platform TikTok
Sunbed wars have been raging across Europe over recent years
A British holiday worker is seen taking a towel from a sun-lounger in a hilarious act of revenge against ‘selfish’ tourists
A woman is seen by the hotel pool in Zante taking a towel from a sun lounger
Staff at hotels in holiday hotspots across Europe are now clamping down on ‘sunbed hoggers’
‘A couple of girls I was sat next to at the pool, I’ve never spoken to them and they were like, ‘I’ve seen this TikTok, it was at this hotel and people were moving the towels.’
‘I was just laughing. I wasn’t expecting it to go viral. Every time I go on there’s like another thousand likes on it.
‘Some people were agreeing with it. Some people think you shouldn’t touch other people’s stuff but it’s a towel.
The clip left TikTok users divided in the comments, with some understanding the frustration and others defending reserving a sunbed.
One user said: ‘They want to have their cake and eat it – if you’re not prepared to wake up earlier, do not expect to get a sunbed if you have to have a more budget holiday, it’s first come first serve.’
Another commented: ‘Why don’t you just sit on one with no towel?’
‘No way are people defending the odd balls that claim sun beds’, a third said.
Sunbed wars have been raging across Europe over recent years – a trend that sees tourists compete for prime sunbathing spots at hotel pools and on beaches, often armed with towels and blankets to ‘reserve’ their place before returning hours later.
The peak season practice has spiralled in popular hotspots frequented by Brits, such as Spain, Greece and Turkey, with staff at hotels clamping down on ‘sunbed hoggers’ by hiring bouncers and introducing parking ticket-style systems.
