So this is like, what, the fourth year.
His godmother was also on the trip and tipped staff at the resort to secretly adorn the couple's bedroom with balloons and a cake.
The resort outdid themselves. It's a five-star hotel.
The effigy has tears on its face and holds a can of beer.
The godmother was first to discover the effigy and said she was "utterly horrified" and removed the dummy before her friends saw it.
Right thing to do. But not before taking photos and later sending them to BBC.
The family shook down the resort for a full refund through the BBC. ($1,650)
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Thanks, ed, u inserted. (And that's not even one of the keys that sticks.)
The effigy may have been a mistake, or in atrocious taste, but since the hotel meant well I don't see where a refund is in order.
How were the staff supposed to decorate for the birthday of a dead son?
Seems like a hard note to hit.
A commemorative trip is one thing. A in-room celebration with balloons and cake as if the son were still alive, without an acknowledgement of the other reality of loss and death seems off too.
The more I look at it, the more fitting it seems.
"I have truly never seen anything like it. I still look at the photographs now and can't believe somebody thought to do that", she said.
I have the same response, from a different perspective, enjoying the creativity, resourcefulness and heart that went into it.
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