Guest and their quirks
Especially for loupnoir, my first guest-related post of the season.
After nearly four years in this business you cease to be surprised at the endless variety of quirks and funny habits the ordinary common or garden human being can come up with, no two the same. Some of them just make you laugh, others are downright irritating, and some have you ( Read more... )
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And changing a reeking baby on a duvet? That's just... there are no words.
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Believe me, I thought of plenty at the time, and I wished afterwards I'd had the guts to tell him what I thought of him. The family were with us one night but during that short period they managed to prove categorically they weren't the sort of people we wanted to see again - ever.
MM
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The diaper incident...eww. You're convincing me that maybe this B&B idea isn't such a good one for me. I don't think I could have kept quiet while that happened.
You know, I'm sure there'd be a market for B&B anecdotes, if only to scare off potential sorts like me. There's a book, "Living and Working in France," that was written, as far as I can tell, to convince people not to relocate to France.
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Oh, dear, I do hope not, because it can be tremendous fun. The unpleasant guests are a very small minority and most of them are fairly easily dealt with. We've met many fascinating people on this job, and some of them have become friends.
I'm thinking of writing a book about it all one day but I think it'll be more about our life in France than just the B&B. I want to tell it like it really is not the romanticised "A Year in Provence" crap that is so prevalent.
There's a book, "Living and Working in France," that was written, as far as I can tell, to convince people not to relocate to France.
There's also a website - www.dontmovetofrance.org - oddly enough the bloke who runs it has gone and followed his own advice.
MM
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Had to laugh about the Japanese statue turned around. I had a stuffed penguin named Perky for many years, since I was young, that has now since been passed on to dear daughter (see userpic, he's a bit worn out now). But before that, it always sat on the headboard of my bed (bookcase-type headboard w/ lots of room to put stuff).
Anyway, when dear husband and I first got together, whenever we would have sex, he'd turn Perky around to face the other way. Or he'd joke around and take Perky's flippers and bring them up to cover his eyes. Perkey has this sweet, innocent little face, and it just unnerved hubby to have him "watching" us.
Hubby eventually got over it. Perky, however, is scarred for life.
;-)
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http://themolesmother.livejournal.com/3203.html#cutid1
Your Perky looks really cute. I'm glad your husband didn't manage to corrupt him!
MM
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Perky's main vice is that he likes to drive fast - we would take him in the car and let him "drive" now and then, or he'd sit on the dashboard.
And whenever he gets misplaced and we can't find him, we just say "he's gone off on an adventure". When we do find him, and he's once again reunited w/ my daughter, he will tell her where he went and what he did.
:-)
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