More breakfast annoyance

@boiboing (13153)
Northampton, England
April 27, 2017 3:16am CST
It's such a 'first world problem' to be moaning about hotel breakfasts. There is some clarity about why the Holiday Inn is having such a tough time with the service; there's a large party of German school kids staying at the moment and they seem to go through the buffet like a plague of locusts. Today my gripe is about milk. Am I completely unreasonable to suppose a large hotel might have more than one type of milk? I regularly stay in places with up to 5 or 6 types - including weird non-dairy alternatives. I asked the waitress - as she flew past - "Do you have any skimmed milk?" No they didn't. We only have that, she said, pointing to the milk container. I asked what it was - full fat or semi and she just walked off. So yes, when I checked out I told the receptionist. She even wrote it down.
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fishtiger58
@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
27 Apr 17
I don't care for whole milk either it's like drinking a milk shake.
Anna
@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
27 Apr 17
@boiboing They use the same here in Switzerland, it's dairy cream, it's good, but too rich.
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Boingboing
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
27 Apr 17
In Germany it's hard to get milk for your coffee - they prefer something called kaffesahne (coffee cream). I find it much too rich.
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fishtiger58
@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
30 Apr 17
@boiboing @LadyDuck, I don't want those creamers either, just milk will do for me.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
27 Apr 17
With so many people lactose intolerant and caring for their health, I would expect a choice among three or four different milk. They do not seem to care a lot about their customers in that hotel.
Anna
@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
27 Apr 17
@boiboing I understand, but to add a couple of different milk it's finally not a big deal.
Boingboing
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
27 Apr 17
@LadyDuck As I said on another comment, I wasn't looking for organic giraffe milk or anything fancy.
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Boingboing
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
27 Apr 17
It's a very basic breakfast offer.
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Barbara Radisavlejvic
@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
27 Apr 17
Was this a free breakfast? If so, you can't expect much variety. I'm guessing they have low-fat milk. That seems to be the compromise most of these establishments make.
Boingboing
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
27 Apr 17
No, they had ONE milk and wouldn't tell me what it was.
AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
27 Apr 17
Milk, a product that I would prefer not to see LOL. Not a milk drinker, but if you are then you have a complaint.
AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
27 Apr 17
@boiboing One would 'assume'....yes.
Boingboing
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
27 Apr 17
If you offer breakfast cereals, you need to offer milk.
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M.-L.
@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
27 Apr 17
I remember a supermarket in the USA with a long shelf full of different kinds of milk. I had never seen so many varieties. I don't want to defend Hotel Inn but can understand them. Germans seem less interested in different kinds of milk. Of course, the hotel has international clients and has to cater for them.
Boingboing
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
27 Apr 17
The place I stay in Bremen has multiple milks. But I agree that I wouldn't expect to see a lot in a small local place.
John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Apr 17
All I ever see in a hotel/motel breakfast is one or two types of milk but I go lowbrow.
Boingboing
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
27 Apr 17
Two would have been enough. It's not like I was asking for organic giraffe milk.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (130066)
• India
28 Apr 17
I thought Holiday Inn was always replete with whatever atleast that has been my experience whenever I had to organise stays for our executives who always had a smile on their face after their stay there.
Bhem
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
27 Apr 17
Aside from not having a variety of milk, they should improve their services as well.
Kelli M
@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
27 Apr 17
I think I'm used to just seeing the low-fat variety at a hotel breakfast, and occasionally both low-fat and skim. I'd actually rather give my kids whole milk, but it's never available at these.