SHAME ON THEM!!!!!

To contact Metro Hotels and complain their website is:
http://www.laserquest-thebigapple.co.uk/en/1/metrohotels
.html

NOT EASY TO FIND AS THEY ARE A COMPANY WITHIN A COMPANY!!!

would you let a murderer in your place

I am horrifeid! As an ex-sodiers wife I recall when people would smile and welcome a serviceman when they were on the street in their uniform,they were proud of their jobs and we were proud of them.This morning I saw 2 soldiers on TV,one with a small baby and one with a child on the way and both were eager to return to a dangerous area to try to return peace to a troubled area.This american owned hotel should be closed or fined for discrimination,if a gay,coloured or foriegner had been refused they could have been charged with discrimination then!!I hope people will boycott this hotel forever!! Remember- politicians start the wars,servicemen have to try to end them - they defend the peace and democracy of all nations!!

It,s time we realise the responsibily of our soldiers and the respect they deserve.soldiers put there lives on the line for there country and should be hailed as heroes.this hotel should revise their condition of admittance.

If you believe this is right or wrong, it just goes to should the total lack of respect people give to our armed forces. These are people who give up their freedoms so that the rest of us can have ours. For those of you who think i'm talking rubbish ask yourself "would you like to do national service?" because if these brave men and women didn't stand up to do these jobs you be doing then instead. Britain show these troops more respect!

How sad! But many, hopefully most, Yanks & Brits admire our defenders of freedom. Nice way to show that? Give to the RAFA for one. Royal Air Force Aid (I think)has a coin @#$% at Mildenhall RAF Base for unwanted foreign coins as we depart the mother country. Support the various military aid associations with your time and money. Cheers

I would just like to make a comment based on the general arguments supporting the actions of the Metro Hotel. I am a soldier and I agree that squaddie behaviour tends to be aggressive at times and a lot of civilians hate that an look at us in an unfavourable light. However, if you look deeper into it there is a reasons why squaddies act in this way. Imagine serving 6months in a war-torn country where there is nothing to do other than risk your life, get mortared, get treaten like @#$% by seniors and officers and then get the same derogative treatment when coming back to the UK. The things is, us soldiers need to relax and enjoy ourselves and most times we are filled with anger because its our way of dealing with the situation. The Army trains us day in to be ruthless, to be able to fight and go to war. Sometimes, this can go to peoples head when they have had a few drinks. But what I believe most people forget is that it is not just squaddies that are violent. The amount of times I see yobs down in town fighting, stabbing eachother, taking drugs, vandalising the local area and showing absolute lack of respect to their country. Do you see soldiers doing this? No, you dont. So, why are we always having the finger pointed at? Because we are supposed to act professional and perfect by everyone and because of our profession as soon as something goes wrong we are instantly to blame. A lot of people dont understand our drinking culture - thats fine. However, it is tradition that once you have been on an exercise or on tour or to war in some hellhole, soldiers go to the bar and drink with the lads to create that bonding that makes people put their lives on the line for eachother because soldiers dont care about politicians or beauracracy. All they care about is surviving and getting home to see their family again. Its not the soldiers that should be blamed, it this government that has a knack of degrading the country in every possible way.

Thanks for listening,
Danny.

To add to my post, I would like to say that in fights, most of the time it is instigated by civilians. The amount of time I have seen some idiiot causing trouble with squaddies and and then hiding between his friends when squaddies get annoyed with it. But, as I said before, because of our profession, it is the soldier who gets the blame and the not the civilian instigating it.

Sorry, I keep remembering things to add. I was recently moved to Elmpt station which is in Germany from Herford. My room that I was given was literally a box, containing a broken wardrobe, old drawers and a bed that had a stained mattress with a brown look to it. Most probably semen that had been left for ages and turned a browny colour. I have been in the Army for 5 years and I get this kind of treatment. So, its not just civilians that treat us like this, its the Army as well - influenced by a lack of funding from Government. You will be pleased/displeased to know that most people are leaving the Army now because there is little incentive to stay in now - too many tours, poor treatment, poor accomodation and a myriad of other things - and if there is no change from Government or the Army this country will be put in a very bad situation.

Army is pride of a nation. Hotel should have felt honourd to have a soldier as their guest.