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Friday, 16 August 2013

Not one of my proudest moments....

I worked as a train/bus guide from Sweden to Greece with another girl (20 years old). It was mainly retired travellers who made this long trip. It was our first trip for me and my fellow guide. We were accompanied with a male senior guide who was going show us how it was going to be done. Well it was very exciting for us two rookies. During this trip we had several embarrassing moments. So, let me tell you what happened. At one point we had a couple who just took a sleeping wagon on the train which had 4 beds when they should stay in a two bed refused to move. That meant that we had to mix all the guests and us guides and to sleep in the same rooms with them. I had to stay with a couple and when I was going to enter the top bed using the stairs the husband gave me a slap on my rear end. Not a very good start and I did not want to mention this so his wife would know so I did not say anything about it.  At one stop during this trip we had to get up very early in the morning to take a bus and we instructed the customers of the importance of being on time to the bus as we were going to catch a train.  Who overslept!? Us rookies guides did. A hotel employee came and knocked on our hotel door saying that the bus was waiting for us. Guess if the bus full of guests made comments on our late arrival to the bus!??? How embarrassing!
Finally, when we had arrived to Athens me and my fellow female guide met two men who started to talk to us and they asked if they could see us again. We didn´t really want to but answered yes that we would meet them outside the hotel in the evening at 20:00 o´clock. At 20:00 we had a dinner with all the guests and we had no intention of seeing these men again. Suddenly in front of about 20 guests the men came walking up to us at the dinner table and somewhat annoyed and angry said that they were waiting for us and pulled us out from the hotel and the dinner. Now how awkward what this!? Really embarrassing and again we had funny comments from our guests. So we left the guests to go out for a dinner with two angry men. Really!???   Not one of my finest moments I must say.

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