We do sometimes mock the colonials a little for being over awed by anything older than their settling in the Americas, and their tendency to forget that things were created prior to then, and in some cases still exist to this day. This chap however was a gem, he genuinely believed I was taking advantage of his American nativity and pulling his leg about standing parts of the building dating back that far.
Once I gave them the audio tour wands, he handed his directly to his wife and told me conspiratorially “She’ll listen to the whole damn thing, but I’m just going to get some great pictures of her looking like lady of the house.” As the house is full of replica furniture and is wholly hands on, he was very happy to have “Gotten a snap of her pouring tea like a real English lady.” :D (please don't turn this by having a crack at me about my understanding and perceptions of Americans and their history. I know some very bright and great Americans. I have also met some real doozies. Likewise, us Brits can be astonishingly dumb sometimes!)
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![]() I am wholly up for making customers happy, but had to laugh when a staff member just went the extra mile, causing my boss to ask: "Can you print a new copy of the poster about the regimental cat? The bar manager damaged it while trying to un-staple it off the wall. He was going to photocopy it for an American customer who really wanted a copy, but then we found the file and printed a new one off for him." This is simply an A4 comedy poster we stapled up about a missing cat (challenging kids to then find the hidden toy cat) which also gently mocks the manager who wanted to get rid of the cat in the first place (before we hid it) I can only assume our American guest is a cat lover after a unique souvenir! I was amused when visiting a naval museum at the staff attitude there, from enduring so many French school groups.
Issue #1 here.
Issue #2 here. I don't get this much where I work currently. But it is mid half term right now and like a warzone out there. Expect to see more NEW and EXCITING! tales of badly applied SCIENCE in the MUSEUMS of the FUTURE! Go and have a go at making your own pulp tales covers, as it's very easy to edit once you prod it a bit, and has great potential for entertaining things to stick on the staff notice board. Following a post about misuse of walkie talkies to the amusement and benefit of staff (warm kettle waiting for you!) I had a couple of message and a comment about what you lot do. It's good to know that this kind of abuse goes on pretty much anywhere that walkie talkies are used and the users get bored! Here's version two of the cartoon, with your further misuses.
Thanks to Rich for the snippets of commentary from "Rorke's Drift", which may become a full blown cartoon of it's own at some point! "Sarge! They're past the main walls! We couldn't hold 'em. I think they plan to take the cafe next... a group has just reached the gift shop....tell Mary I love her!" If you provide more examples, I'll make version #3 :) Bewildering Americans aahhhh, endless fun. To be fair, he did laugh after a second, and I did then direct him to the best local display for the evening.
(and yes, there's no L in Fawkes. Um, I can only blame being tired from quite a busy weekend and my pen not having a spell checker on it) |
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