• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Couple Demand Refund From UK Comedy Night 'Because Ukraine War Makes It Unsafe To Travel'

Home> News

Updated 18:17 25 Feb 2022 GMTPublished 17:08 25 Feb 2022 GMT

Couple Demand Refund From UK Comedy Night 'Because Ukraine War Makes It Unsafe To Travel'

A couple have demanded a refund for comedy club tickets - blaming Russia's invasion of Ukraine for making it 'unsafe' for them to travel

Isobel Pankhurst

Isobel Pankhurst

A British couple have demanded a refund for their comedy club tickets after claiming Russia's invasion of Ukraine has made it 'too unsafe' to travel.

Staff at the Comedy Station Comedy Club in Blackpool have shared screenshots of the alleged emails from the pensioners, who were refusing to travel from Hull due to the ongoing events in Ukraine, which is almost 2,000 miles away.

It appears as if the couple had planned a weekend in Blackpool and were willing to lose out on train fare and the cost of their hotel, but were insistent on a refund for their tickets at the Comedy Station.

"Due to events in Russia and Ukrayne [sic] it is not safe for us to travel from Hull as we are both retired. Due to this it's safer that we say nearer to home until it is sorted," the pensioner wrote in the lengthy email.

Advert

After staff member Rob refused to refund them, the pair threatened to report the comedy club to trading standards and their solicitor, and even accused them of 'scamming people during a war'.

The email sent to the Comedy Station Comedy Club.
Kennedy News and Media

The club have since accused the customers of threatening to find out where Rob lives and asked if he 'masturbates to Putin'.

Ryan Gleeson, the owner of Comedy Station Comedy Club, said the customer first contacted the club two weeks ago via Facebook requesting a refund due to a positive COVID test.

They then messaged again this last week asking for a refund as they wanted to stay home because of 'what’s going on in Russia'.

Advert

"She was advised again, that we couldn’t refund her as the show was going ahead, but we’d hold her tickets and transfer to another date.

"She then started calling Rob a scam artist, etc. Rob even offered to hold her tickets for an unlimited time, for when she wanted to re-book and if that wasn’t satisfactory, he’d escalate to his manager to see if anything else could be done, above his level.

"This was when threats to find out where he lived started, suggestions of being in cahoots with other businesses, calling him awful names and swearing at him."

Kennedy News and Media

The customer then spammed the club's Facebook account, sending a whopping 17 more messages before deciding to then send another email, in which they bemoaned the company for not offering refunds 'for a war' and said it was 'disgusting' that the club were refusing to issue one.

Advert

In response to this, the club wrote: "Despite offering multiple solutions to you problem, you persisted in calling him a liar, asking him if he masturbates to posters of Putin (he doesn't by the way. I have a rule that he's only allowed to do that to posters of me).

"At this point he quite rightly advised you that he was not going to continue the conversation and gave you our email address.

"As Rob mentioned, you are not entitled to a refund, simply because you live closer to Russia than we do."

The club has since shared screenshots of the exchange to Twitter, where users found the exchange hilarious.

Advert

One wrote: "I am currently in Hull & can confirm no sightings of Russian troops. Have just seen a police car go past with lights & sirens on, nothing new here then."

Another said: "As a person of Hull, can confirm war has not arrived here."

Featured Image Credit: Kennedy News and Media/Alamy

Topics: UK News

Isobel Pankhurst
Isobel Pankhurst

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

7 hours ago
8 hours ago
9 hours ago
  • ABC7ABC7
    7 hours ago

    Man regains sight after having his tooth implanted into his eye

    Brent Chapman said he was left in tears when he emerged from surgery and made eye contact for the first time in 20 years

    News
  • HandoutHandout
    7 hours ago

    Brits imprisoned in Afghanistan are 'literally dying' says US woman who was jailed with them

    The Taliban imprisoned Peter and Barbie Reynolds in February after the pair were travelling in the Bamyan province

    News
  • DD News IndiaDD News India
    8 hours ago

    British sole survivor of Air India crash still hasn't returned home as families demand answers over victims' remains

    Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, previously said he has been plagued with survivors guilt since the tragedy took place three months ago

    News
  • Ben Montgomery/Stringer/Getty ImagesBen Montgomery/Stringer/Getty Images
    9 hours ago

    Tommy Robinson claims 'millions' turned up to march but authorities say it was significantly less

    The prominent far-right activist described the event in London as 'the biggest protest in British history'

    News
  • People discover loophole to get around new UK porn rules less than one day after it became law
  • Couple catch flight for day trip because it's cheaper than train fare to London
  • Residents left unable to sleep at night in UK cul-de-sac where crimes go unsolved
  • First Ever Footage Inside UK Court Showing Killer Being Sentenced Makes History