An Australian woman backpacking through Europe says her experiences in hostels are making her ‘ageist’ towards older females who ‘snore’ and have ‘no respect’ for other people.
In a lengthy TikTok video, Lucy Holz claims ‘older women’ are the ‘worst’ to be around when it comes to sleeping in a shared space.
The young traveller booked female-only hostels both for safety reasons but also because women are less likely than men to snore at night.
However, she’s learnt that this isn’t the case for older women who have kept her awake through the night by snoring, making noises, and even blow-drying their hair at midnight.
Aussie traveller Lucy Holz is currently backpacking around Europe and opted to stay in female-only hostels. However, she claims this decision is making her ‘ageist’ towards middle-aged women who ‘snore’ at night and are ‘disrespectful’ towards others in the dorm
‘While women may not snore as much in general, I’ll tell you who does snore, old women. It’s got to the point where I see an older woman walking into my dorm room and I’m like, ‘Oh my god, why are you here?” she said in a TikTok video
‘I really hate to have to say this, but I do. Staying in hostels is making me ageist,’ she began.
‘I’ve been staying in a lot of hostels lately and I specifically selected female hostels, which are more expensive [and] they shouldn’t be.
‘Other girls were telling me you should always pick the female hostel not just for safety but also for snoring because women don’t tend to snore as much as men do.’
Lucy added how she ‘doesn’t fall asleep very easily’ and earplugs ‘don’t work’, so snoring ‘really effects’ her sleep.
‘While women may not snore as much in general, I’ll tell you who does snore, old women,’ she continued.
‘It’s got to the point where I see an older woman walking into my dorm room and I’m like, ‘Oh my god, why are you here?”
Lucy complained that older women don’t just snore, but they tend to be ‘so disrespectful’ towards other people in the dorm.
During her final night of staying at a ‘horrific hostel’, she claims a middle-aged woman had a shower at midnight then proceeded to blow-dry her hair and woke everyone up. Lucy claims the woman kept making noise while climbing into the middle of the three-bed bunk
‘I was just not built for the hostel life. It’s tarnishing my view of middle-aged women. I will not be the same person when I return from this holiday,’ she said
During her final night of staying at a ‘horrific hostel’, she claims a middle-aged woman had a shower at midnight then proceeded to blow-dry her hair and wake everyone up.
Lucy claims the woman kept making noise while climbing into the middle of the three-bed bunk.
‘Like, girl! You’re in a shared space!’ she said.
‘Anyway my towel was hanging up on one side, not in her way whatsoever.. she takes it off, throws it onto my bed, like…. awesome.
‘And of course, as I suspected, she f***ing snores. I was just not built for the hostel life. It’s tarnishing my view of middle-aged women.
‘I will not be the same person when I return from this holiday.’
Within 24 hours the video exceeded more than 176,000 views and others agreed older women tend to be inconsiderate in hostels.
‘I had an older lady in a hostel wake up at 6am, turn on the light and do a full workout routine,’ one wrote.
‘And no phone etiquette, they’re always watching videos and TikToks [at] full volume,’ a second said.
‘Literally! just left a hostel in Switzerland and an older lady was yelling on phone calls late night and early morning every day,’ someone else wrote.
Another joined the conversation and said: ‘An older woman straight up TOOK someone’s bed at 10pm when they were out bc she wanted that bed more. Moved all the person’s stuff and everything.’
One person said a middle-aged woman kept turning the air-conditioner off overnight while staying in the humid Australian rainforests.
Another said: ‘I stayed at a hostel in Madrid and an older lady turned on the lights at midnight, then blasted TikTok at like 1am and also snored like crazy!’
One person encouraged Lucy to speak up in future.
‘You need to be assertive and tell them when they are doing things that are inconsiderate… cause God knows they will tell you on the reverse,’ she said.
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