https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/1if26to/strange_habits_on_breaksholidays/
created by jessierob89 on 01/02/2025 at 08:43 UTC
416 upvotes, 35 top-level comments (showing 25)
On a wee city break not far from home in the UK, and the family's sitting at the hotel breakfast buffet. My mum comes over with a bowl of cornflakes, no milk, I'm thinking fair enough, some like them dry. But no, she proceeds to pour her glass of orange juice in her cornflakes. The rest of us stare in silence as she eats them. She never does this at home.
So does anyone have any strange or different things they do in hotels that they don't do at home?
Comment by Greedy-Mechanic-4932 at 01/02/2025 at 09:03 UTC
579 upvotes, 20 direct replies
I've seen others do this. Never been into it myself, though...
As for me. Three course breakfast. I'm talking cereal, cooked (eg full English) followed by toast/pancakes/croissants/whatever-else-i-can-lay-my-hands-on...
Why do we only do that when away from home?
Comment by turnbox at 01/02/2025 at 09:43 UTC
119 upvotes, 8 direct replies
Is she Dutch? Over there they sell premixed orange juice and milk. I'm never sure whether to drink the stuff, add it to tea, or use it to oil my bike.
Comment by Annual-Individual-9 at 01/02/2025 at 09:26 UTC
141 upvotes, 3 direct replies
I rarely eat breakfast (just not my time of day for eating) but on a holiday breakfast buffet I will have 6-8 slices of toast to 'set me up for the day'.
Comment by Drew-Pickles at 01/02/2025 at 09:40 UTC
58 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Actually being wide awake bright and early even though I have no reason to be
Comment by SpasmodicSpasmoid at 01/02/2025 at 09:33 UTC
77 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Strange habit I have is waking up early on holiday and not being annoyed by it
Comment by NortonBurns at 01/02/2025 at 09:44 UTC
34 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I have a full english every day in a hotel.
Wouldn't dream of it at home.
Comment by Little-Tradition2311 at 01/02/2025 at 13:17 UTC
28 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Having multiple showers in the day and not caring how long I’m in there for. I will get my moneys worth of hot water!
Comment by Ambitious_Charge2668 at 01/02/2025 at 09:33 UTC
32 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Friend of mine had Toast with butter, strawberry jam and scrambled eggs on it. He said it's a thing. I assured him it's certainly not "A thing".
Comment by rizozzy1 at 01/02/2025 at 10:45 UTC
17 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I have holiday breakfasts. Only when somewhere hot.
Ideally, a hard boiled egg, slice of toast, cheese, cured meat, cucumber, tomato (pickles if they have them), all topped off with some sort of hot sauce.
I’d never have it at home, even though I have all the ingredients.
Comment by RunawayPenguin89 at 01/02/2025 at 10:41 UTC
13 upvotes, 0 direct replies
My ex used to put milk and hot water on weetabix, that made me do a double take the first time.
Orange juice on cornflakes would cause an aneurysm.
Accidentally put Sunny D on Golden Grahams when I was a child... that was horrific.
Comment by bondibitch at 01/02/2025 at 08:47 UTC
48 upvotes, 2 direct replies
It sounds like your mum made a mistake but was too embarrassed to admit it so just rolled with it.
Comment by I_ALWAYS_UPVOTE_CATS at 01/02/2025 at 10:13 UTC
13 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I remember seeing orange juice cereal on an episode of *Rosie & Jim*, and it left such an impression on 6-year-old me as being an utterly heinous thing to do that I can still recount it to you now.
Comment by Beanruz at 01/02/2025 at 10:07 UTC
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Think you need to get a new mum. NGL this ones gone defective. Return to store and get a replacement
Comment by Dukmiester at 01/02/2025 at 11:11 UTC
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Mate, that's not your mum. That's a body snatcher.
Comment by Active-Strawberry-37 at 01/02/2025 at 15:33 UTC
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
My parents had a caravan. Chocolate milk on cereal was a caravan thing
Comment by EmilyDickinsonFanboy at 01/02/2025 at 09:47 UTC*
8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
THIS! I posted about this here ages ago. My mum used to do it when I was a kid and in recent years denied all knowledge.
EDIT: Turns out I actually commented on someone else’s thread, but here’s the link https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/s/BnG99IC9Oz[1][2]
1: https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/s/BnG99IC9Oz
2: https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/s/BnG99IC9Oz
Comment by Superb_Variation620 at 01/02/2025 at 09:41 UTC
13 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I’ve heard about those nutjobs who put orange juice on their cereal. You should lock your bedroom door at night.
Comment by ForeverDreaming89 at 01/02/2025 at 10:10 UTC
12 upvotes, 2 direct replies
My nan used to put cornflakes in jelly. Not on holiday though, just in general. I would never eat her jelly.
Comment by krankyspanky at 01/02/2025 at 13:04 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
My cousin used to do this when she was a kid. She also only ate that, walls sausages and digestive biscuits for a few years. Seems gross to me but each to their own.
Comment by lizzieduck at 01/02/2025 at 13:39 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I couldn’t have milk when I was young due to an intolerance, leading me to hate the taste when I got older (even though I was able to drink it by then). As a result, I would almost always have orange juice on my cereal. It actually tastes nice (imo). Even now, I can’t have milk and will only eat cereal plain or with yoghurt…
Comment by sausageface1 at 01/02/2025 at 16:31 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Whisky on my porridge
Comment by TulipTatsyrup at 01/02/2025 at 09:51 UTC*
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I'm going to be brutally honest.
If I make it downstairs for breakfast, I'm calling it a shit holiday.
Comment by V65Pilot at 01/02/2025 at 18:24 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I was staying at a La Quinta, in Atlanta Georgia, having had to spend two weeks there, undergoing training. They had an amazing breakfast buffet. I'd take a bunch of stuff back up to my room and store it in the mini fridge. We got a daily per-diem, no receipts required. I banked a lot of money during that two weeks.
Comment by cr0sis8bv at 01/02/2025 at 08:51 UTC
10 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Strange as that sounds, back when I were a snip, I'd pal around with a lad whose family did this. It was a crapshoot whether you'd get OJ, water or... thankfully sometimes, milk on served cereal.
Maybe every day was a holiday for them but I found it weird.
Comment by Lolalouloulou at 01/02/2025 at 10:08 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I do this! I cannot stand moo milk so use orange juice instead, it’s actually quite refreshing!
TBF I’ve not tried it with oat or almond milk etc so maybe one day i’ll give that a go.