Once again I pick up on a Daily Mail report, this time about a couple who were arrested and prosecuted while on holiday in Spain. While dining in a restaurant, they refused to pay for a paella that had not been ordered, and the waiter flew into a rage and then called the police.
Many years ago, when the Euro first came into existence, I saw a couple of British tourists being interviewed on the television. They were touring Europe, and were able to use the same coins in each country. They remarked that this was definitely the way to go. Apparently the convenience of the single currency to them far outweighed the terrible impact it would inevitably have on the people of the countries they were visiting.
Now, largely as a result of the single currency, Spain is desperately poor. It is therefore not at all surprising that the waiter in a Spanish restaurant should want to add an extra paella to the bill. Here is simple advice for holiday-makers: either pay up for the paella you never ordered, or risk being jailed, or else just stay out of countries which have had their economies trashed by the Euro.
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