Of those people who lay towels on the beach or by the pool

On my workation, I always had breakfast early, then I took a little walk and then I got to work. I typed diligently until somewhere in the afternoon to then go have lunch and cool off at the sea. It was my dream schedule, except that there were no sunbeds available around that hour. But hey, that would come on my day off. I thought.

Until on my conscious day off, I walked onto the beach around nine o'clock. I love drinking coffee and waking up on the beach when there are hardly any people. What turned out? Every luxury sunbed with curtains had already been confiscated. But not by people, no no, by those passively aggressively placed towels. And I have a problem with that because if there's one thing, or better said one person, I don't understand, it's the towel placer. Why do you do this? And an even better question: when?

On my second day off, I actually strolled to the beach even before breakfast, around half past seven. Not to lay down a towel myself, by the way, that's beneath my dignity. But to make it an extra long beach day from my front row seat. Grab breakfast, take cold coffee, morning dip, and a book. Wonderful start to the day, right? Only there was already a towel on every bed. Here and there even firmly tucked under the mattress. And then it started to dawn on me. The sneaky ones. There are even people who do this in the evening.

I find this the height of laziness. So you want to lie with your butt somewhere at the front of a beach or pool, but you're too lazy to go to the beach early? First of all, I think you should just be obliged to sit in the back row, although I would also be okay if you were completely banned from the beach. Bunch of losers, with your towels.

Not to generalize, but it is usually the man who carries out the act. You see them very nonchalantly disappearing under the pretense of a little morning walk (and sometimes even in the evening) towards the pool or beach. It's extra funny to start the chase at such a moment. Because the towel placer feels a bit awkward when caught in the act. We obviously encourage this.

I do want to point out a very important exception. Once you have occupied a bed, in a legal manner, it is of course allowed to have lunch for as long as you want. In this case, the towel in question can just stay on the sunbed. That's how I am too. As long as you don't come to occupy your territory in advance. What a poverty and hassle.