After several complaints, she only wanted to avoid false expectations, hotel owner Angelika Hargesheimer from Cuxhaven made it clear. "The guests should be able to enjoy their stay," she told the German Press Agency on Friday. It is far from her to discriminate against people.
Hotel operator: "You saw the designer chairs"
Radio Bremen had described that "fat people are not welcome" in the hotel; the hotel owner had been critical of the overweight in the report. The hotel website states:
Hargesheimer had previously said to the regional magazine “Buten und Binnen”: “You saw the designer chairs downstairs, they are real classics. If a person over 130 kilos sits on it, they'll sit there with a buttock and the chair won't last long. ”Hargesheimer wants to“ have a designer hotel, so I want nice furniture – and not so oak brutally."
"… that I have to endure such a sight"
The reason for the notice on the homepage was a collapsed hotel bed in which an overweight guest had slept. The man had sued for damages and had been settled out of court, said Hargesheimer. Other overweight guests would have criticized not being able to fit in the shower of the boutique hotel with rather small rooms or sitting too uncomfortably on the chairs in the breakfast area.
From a legal point of view, the hotel owner's approach is not discrimination. The German anti-discrimination law, which actually applies in such cases, does not mention overweight. Hargesheimer said "Buten and Binnen": "Well, I find it personally discriminatory that I have to endure such a sight – to be honest."
No fat people, no children, no smoking in a North Sea design hotel
Hargesheimer does not see this as discrimination: "Well, I find it personally discriminatory that I have to endure such a sight – to be honest." In addition to overweight people, no children are allowed in the hotel, and there is also an absolute ban on smoking.