Tourists.......ugh.

[Hon'ya-chan]

Howabout speaking it in I dunno....other than English?

If your gonna be insulting, at least attempt to speak it in your native language to cover it up instead of saying right in front of me blatantly in near perfect English. Especially when I was unable to help you with your outlandish request. Unless this is some sort of weird custom that I don't know about.

You think we're ripping you off....

Tourist complains that the postcards we sell are "expensive."

25 cents is what he paid for each postcard. $2 worth!! I've seen them go elsewhere for 35 cents!!

He thinks we're ripping him off, wait till he goes to the Post Office!!

Uh...no.

It's bad enough we have a hard time stocking books in Spanish, but seriously, can you justify why my superiors need to stock (language) books or the publishers need to print different versions of their works in 15 separate languages? And if you need a travel guide, why didn't you get one back home in your native language?!

[kiwiwinelover]

And if you need a travel guide, why didn't you get one back home in your native language?!

Because it is one of their cultural rites of passage. One must go to a foreign country, and then demand in the most bewildering way imaginable help from the most innocent looking staff member. Yell loudly in one's native language, ignoring the pleading eyes of said staff member, who has had a bad day and wants to go home to some Stargate and a pot of noodles, which is all they can afford because of stinkin' minimum wage so leave ME ALONE DAMMIT!!!!ELEVENTY!!!!!!

Phew... sorry bout that... I've come across this situation so often it is now a recurring nightmare. That I live everyday.....

I love your posts Honya

[Snowbird]

Tourist complains that the postcards we sell are "expensive."

25 cents is what he paid for each postcard. $2 worth!! I've seen them go elsewhere for 35 cents!!

That's bargain basement for postcards. I've seen them in the big touristy towns and elsewhere for a dollar or more.

[Sliceanddice]

i collect postcards ive sen them cheaper and more expensive i would never complain though

[Jester]

Luckily in Key West when people complain about the expense, we have a catch all explanation:

"WELCOME TO KEY WEST!"

And if we really want to shut them up, we'll direct them to the real estate listings, where even in today's market, the prices down here are ricockulous.

[JoitheArtist]

Luckily in Key West when people complain about the expense, we have a catch all explanation:

"WELCOME TO KEY WEST!"

And if we really want to shut them up, we'll direct them to the real estate listings, where even in today's market, the prices down here are ricockulous.

Same thing goes in LA. We sometimes point and laugh if they persist in being dumb.

[Jester]

Another one of my favorite (and truthful) comments to people who bitch stupidly about something I have no control over.....

SC: "Why is it raining?"
JESTER: "It's the tropics. It does that."

[Lachrymose]

.

SC: "Why is it raining?"

"Because you make baby Jeebus cry."

or

Memorize the entire Wikipedia article on rain and repeat it to the customer.

[RayvenQ]

Another one of my favorite (and truthful) comments to people who bitch stupidly about something I have no control over.....

SC: "Why is it raining?"
JESTER: "It's the tropics. It does that."

Hell, over here it's not the tropics and yet it still rains

Personally I'm in with the theory that we get crappy weather all the time so other parts of Europe have good weather.

[Jester]

Oh, I know other places have rain. But I wonder how many places have rain on a regular basis where people have this entitlement expectation that it's supposed to be sunny and gorgeous because it's THEIR vacation.

Something tells me the folks in Hawaii know my pain.......