54. At home with the Beckhams

Scene:  A young couple, keen golfers, booked a room a year in advance of the 2010 Ryder Cup golf tournament which was being held at the Celtic Manor Hotel, Newport, Wales, in October 2010, as a special (very expensive) treat so they could enjoy the tournament and the five star accommodation.  These telephone calls took place shortly before the event.

Young couple (20’s):  ??!  No!!!  J J

(Reply given to the heavily booked Celtic Manor Hotel when the management asked them if they would give up their room for somebody who was offering them £1,000 ‘reward’ in addition to refunding them the price they had paid for the room.)

Young couple (20’s): ??! No!!

(Reply given to Celtic Manor Hotel half an hour later when the management upped the offer to £2,000)

Young couple (20’s):  No!  L

(Reply given to Celtic Manor Hotel half an hour later when the management upped the offer to £5,000)

Young couple (20’s):  No

(Reply given to Celtic Manor Hotel half an hour later when the management upped the offer to £10,000)

Young couple (20’s):  OK then J

(Reply given to Celtic Manor Hotel half an hour later when the management upped the offer to £56,000 after asking them how much they had left on their mortgage.)

PS:  They learned later that their room was in the middle of a suite of five which David and Victoria Beckham wished to reserve for themselves, and it was they who were making the offers.  The celebrity couple only required one room, but ‘needed’ the two rooms either side for ‘privacy’.  The young couple were able to pay off their mortgage.  Everybody happy.

(Note from Lonicera:  Sadly this story may be apocryphal; I have just discovered that there are other similar ones circulating on the internet...)

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