Working in a shop that sells tacky tourist souvenirs gives me the opportunity to acquire many funny stories involving random customers that come in. The best stories usually involve American tourists (I'm sorry, but it's true). Last night, a group of American guys came in and they kindly provided the fodder for the following stories:
Story 1: I was stocking up a display nearby and I could hear this one guy asking his friends, "Who's Robert Burns? Is he a poet?"
Two seconds later he comes up to me and says, "Excuse me, who's Robert Burns?"
My answer: "A poet."
I guess that story is funnier if you know who Robert Burns is . . . if you're unsure google him.
Story 2, is admittedly the better one: One of the American customers is looking at a display of key rings, badges, car stickers, etc; and turns to me and asks, "What's Bonny Scotland anyway? Is it a famous place or something?"
(internally I am laughing my butt off, but I think I managed to keep a straight face and say) "No, it's an adjective that means 'pretty or beautiful'".
As he than ran over to his friends to share his new found knowledge I shook my head slowly from side to side in complete bewilderment. I really hope that I am not that ignorant when I travel to other countries.
THE END.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Looking forward to the weekend
What a long hard week it's been! I am not sure if I am cut out for this whole working for a living business! It's starting to get me down. There is lots of stress surrounding my jobs at the moment: two are in a bit of uncertainty as rumours are flying about that there may be lay offs/cut backs. We'll see what happens, I suppose. The other job, that I feel secure in (but maybe I'm not?) is moving house in a month and there is SO MUCH TO PACK!!!!!! I don't know what they're thinking by moving now anyway. It's practically the worst time to do it . . . well, at least it's not the most sensible time to do it. Plus, we're moving into a new building, i.e. it's not finished yet and the last I heard they were three weeks behind! Well, it'll certainly be all fun and games over the next few weeks.
Of, course I am being sarcastic.
I have two rays of light ahead: 1. A friend of mine is coming up to visit this weekend from england (yay!) so I am going to put all my work commitments aside and have a fun couple of days! This is the first weekend I have had off since . . . . oh yeah, since I tore a muscle in my back in October. Not really what you'd call a good time. Hopefully all my muscles will stay in their correct places this weekend.
2. The second thing I have to look forward to is going home in April!!!! It'll be a year and a half since I was last home so I am really looking forward to it. I am going to sort out all my stuff in storage so that I hopefully will have nothing left there. It's been draining my credit card and I need to sort out my finances. Maybe my mom will be nice and let me stash a couple of boxes at her place? Regardless, I am looking forward to seeing all my friends and family again. Except Keri, who apparently is going China without me. Typical, really. The lengths she goes to so that she can avoid me! haha :)
In other random news, I got my hair dyed red over the weekend, but I don't think I really really really like it, so I just called to see if I could get it fixed. I wanted it to be reddish brown, i.e. just a hint of red rather than the bright red it turned out to be. I have never called a hairdressers to complain before, so this was a first! But she seemed really nice about it, so hopefully everything will be fine 1 week from now. Well, either that or in sheer vengence of me calling to complain she'll dye it green and I will feel just like Anne Shirley.
I have to wait a whole two weeks to get it fixed because the colour is so bright it has to tone down before the hairdresser thinks she should redye it again. Okay, it's not really that bad - but it is bright!
Of, course I am being sarcastic.
I have two rays of light ahead: 1. A friend of mine is coming up to visit this weekend from england (yay!) so I am going to put all my work commitments aside and have a fun couple of days! This is the first weekend I have had off since . . . . oh yeah, since I tore a muscle in my back in October. Not really what you'd call a good time. Hopefully all my muscles will stay in their correct places this weekend.
2. The second thing I have to look forward to is going home in April!!!! It'll be a year and a half since I was last home so I am really looking forward to it. I am going to sort out all my stuff in storage so that I hopefully will have nothing left there. It's been draining my credit card and I need to sort out my finances. Maybe my mom will be nice and let me stash a couple of boxes at her place? Regardless, I am looking forward to seeing all my friends and family again. Except Keri, who apparently is going China without me. Typical, really. The lengths she goes to so that she can avoid me! haha :)
In other random news, I got my hair dyed red over the weekend, but I don't think I really really really like it, so I just called to see if I could get it fixed. I wanted it to be reddish brown, i.e. just a hint of red rather than the bright red it turned out to be. I have never called a hairdressers to complain before, so this was a first! But she seemed really nice about it, so hopefully everything will be fine 1 week from now. Well, either that or in sheer vengence of me calling to complain she'll dye it green and I will feel just like Anne Shirley.
I have to wait a whole two weeks to get it fixed because the colour is so bright it has to tone down before the hairdresser thinks she should redye it again. Okay, it's not really that bad - but it is bright!
Friday, January 09, 2009
Getting into the swing of things
A new year has started and I was DREADING going back to work. It was so nice having time off and being able to sleep in as late as I wanted to. By the end of the week, I was staying up as late as 3 or 5am - don't ask why - and sleeping in until noon. It was wonderful! But then, the harsh reality of Monday hit with my alarm going off at 6:20am!!! I had been up until 3:30 the night before, so it was a difficult morning . . . and I hadn't even started the work day yet!
My first day back was an interesting one, for sure. I ended up taking someone to Minor Injuries because they had fallen over and hurt their leg. *sensitive readers, please be warned - there are graphic details ahead* Her leg wasn't hurting so much as there was a chunk missing from it. We could see bone. And fatty tissue. It was pretty gross, but somehow my eyes couldn't seem to look away. Does that make me a bad person? Anyway, she turned out to be fine . . . just a few stitches. We never did find her missing skin though . . .
*Gruesome details over with*
I am pretty happy it's Friday as it's the weekend and that means I can sleep in for two whole days in a row! It's been a stressful week, but I felt like I was finally starting to get in the swing of things again by Thursday . . . too bad that I will have to start all over again next week. Oh, well.
I have got a few days holidays coming up and I was looking for cheap places to fly to. So far, I am considering Geneva, Switzerland; Madrid, Spain; and Paris, France. Paris is the only one I have been to before, but I love it so I think it would be totally worth going again. All these holidays need to be carefully considered as I have been quite strict on myself budget wise lately, and this would certainly be out of budget. However, last year I didn't go anywhere and I want to be a bit more adventurous this year! I hope to make some decisions over the weekend. (I have 5 weeks left until Stockholm!)
My first day back was an interesting one, for sure. I ended up taking someone to Minor Injuries because they had fallen over and hurt their leg. *sensitive readers, please be warned - there are graphic details ahead* Her leg wasn't hurting so much as there was a chunk missing from it. We could see bone. And fatty tissue. It was pretty gross, but somehow my eyes couldn't seem to look away. Does that make me a bad person? Anyway, she turned out to be fine . . . just a few stitches. We never did find her missing skin though . . .
*Gruesome details over with*
I am pretty happy it's Friday as it's the weekend and that means I can sleep in for two whole days in a row! It's been a stressful week, but I felt like I was finally starting to get in the swing of things again by Thursday . . . too bad that I will have to start all over again next week. Oh, well.
I have got a few days holidays coming up and I was looking for cheap places to fly to. So far, I am considering Geneva, Switzerland; Madrid, Spain; and Paris, France. Paris is the only one I have been to before, but I love it so I think it would be totally worth going again. All these holidays need to be carefully considered as I have been quite strict on myself budget wise lately, and this would certainly be out of budget. However, last year I didn't go anywhere and I want to be a bit more adventurous this year! I hope to make some decisions over the weekend. (I have 5 weeks left until Stockholm!)
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