EXCLUSIVE: ‘Water and juice only!’ British engineer is so appalled by the ‘disgusting’ food at his quarantine hotel he pins a note to his door telling staff to STOP serving it and pays £50 a day for takeaways instead
- Hotel guest in quarantine could not stomach food he was given after first day
- Jody Hennion put a note outside his door declaring: ‘No food! Water + Juice Only’
- The engineer had been in Pakistan for two weeks helping to build a power plant
A quarantine hotel guest has revealed how he was left so distraught at the quality of meals being provided that he posted a note on the door of his room begging staff not to serve him anymore.
Jody Hennion, 37 from Bristol is currently staying at the Ramada hotel near Heathrow Airport after returning from Pakistan on July 2.
Pakistan is on the red list and travellers coming to the UK from there have to quarantine for ten days in a Government approved hotel, which costs £1,750.
Mr Hennion cried that he became so frustrated at the food he was given after only the first day of his stay that he decided that he could not stomach it any longer and posted a note declaring: ‘No food!!! Water + Juice Only.’
Mr Hennion told MailOnline: ‘After 24 hours of that food I couldn’t take it any longer. It was disgusting and vile, you can’t live on that for a whole ten days.
Jody Hennion, 37 from Bristol is currently staying at the Ramada hotel near Heathrow Airport after returning from Pakistan on July 2
Mr Hennion cried that he became so frustrated at the food he was given after only the first day of his stay that he decided that he could not stomach it any longer and posted a note declaring: ‘No food!!! Water + Juice Only’
Mr Hennion told MailOnline: ‘After 24 hours of that food I couldn’t take it any longer. It was disgusting and vile, you can’t live on that for a whole ten days’
He says he has been spending around £50 per day on takeaways for his breakfast, lunch and dinner. He posted this note outside his door
‘I love good food but what I was being given was not food. The bread was stale, the vegetables were cold, and limp and I was given scrambled eggs that were floating in water. It’s left for you outside in a paper bag and served in plastic plates with plastic cutlery. It’s the most unappetising thing imaginable.’
He added: ‘I just wanted to throw the food against the wall and made it clear that I didn’t want any more of it. If you really want to punish someone, lock them in a room like this and given them the food I was given.’
Mr Hennion said that since rejecting his quarantine meals, he has been spending around £50 per day on takeaways for his breakfast, lunch and dinner.
He also slammed conditions at the hotel, describing his room as ‘filthy’ which has no fridge and a television that only works intermittently with matters coming to a head during England’s European Championship semi-final match against Denmark.
Mr Hennion cried that he almost ‘ripped it off the wall’ after the television cut out just before Harry Kane was about to take an extra-time penalty.
He moaned: ‘The football is the one thing that’s been keeping me going. Just as Kane was about to take the penalty, the screen went blank.
‘I went ballistic and came really close to ripping the TV off the wall. I don’t know how I calmed myself down. After the food, it was the worst thing that could have happened. And what makes it more painful is that I’m stuck in this room while the rest of the country is out partying.’
Mr Hennion, who has two children, had been in a remote region of Pakistan for almost two weeks helping to build a power plant.
He fumed: ‘This hotel is not fit for purpose. I’ve just been in the middle of a dessert in Pakistan staying at a better hotel that serves nicer food.
Mr Hennion, who has two children, had been in a remote region of Pakistan for almost two weeks helping to build a power plant
‘People in quarantine are paying a lot of money but we deserve better treatment and food.’
He also slammed the quarantine system, describing it as a ‘shambles’ and poorly managed.
Mr Hennion added: ‘When I arrived in the UK last week, it took six hours to process my paperwork and we were mingling in the reception area with no social distancing. It was chaos. And then you’re stuck in a filthy room that is like a prison cell.’
Sudarshi Ali, General Manager of the Ramada hotel told MailOnline: ‘We have not had any complaints from other guests. We cater for all kinds of dietary requirements, and everything is freshly made by our chefs.
‘The issue here is that some people don’t want to be in quarantine. They are stuck in a room, it’s not like a normal hotel. They are bored and they have a lot of time on their hands. But we have not had any complaints from other guests about our food.’
Ms Ali said that she was prepared to discuss with Mr Hennion the issues he had raised.
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