INVITED AFTER ALL!
I have just had first allocations for spring/summer and it seems I am going to the barbecue after all. Plenty of good tours with small spaces in between. I had said that if i could not get better ratings I would quite with the idea of going back to guiding but it is an uncertain world and the outpayments on overheads have to go whatever the incomings are.
Many years ago I left the civil service which gave a guaranteed income and entetred the commerical world which did not. You can pretend that guiding is an intellectual pursuit but frankly it is a business so you have to adapt to the ways of the customer.
So if charm and simplicity are needed rather than challenging ideas and sarcasm (my weakeness) so be it. New season resolution to keep up the smile quotient and cut out the cleverness...
Many years ago I left the civil service which gave a guaranteed income and entetred the commerical world which did not. You can pretend that guiding is an intellectual pursuit but frankly it is a business so you have to adapt to the ways of the customer.
So if charm and simplicity are needed rather than challenging ideas and sarcasm (my weakeness) so be it. New season resolution to keep up the smile quotient and cut out the cleverness...
posted by tourguideddie at 4:10 AM
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Well, Eddie, speaking of customers, I am one of your former tourists. Granted, this was back in 1999. Britain-Ireland Experience. Name's Boaz Naiman. I was there with my dad and older sister. George was the driver. How did I find you? I randomly googled names I knew from the past. I have a bit of a long memory with names. lol. You still work with Trafalgar? Is George still working there too? I would so love to visit the UK again.
Thanks for your message - your memmory is very good. Sadly george passed away last year but I am still soldiering on. Writing this in Edinburgh libary while my group are at the castle. Cheers...
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