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Audrey Forrest

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This weekend we had guests from Japan, China, Phillipines,
Columbia, and Ethiopia! Quite a mixture. The Japanese
were quite friendly until they saw the Ethiopians in the room
next door. These men were 7ft. tall, and very nice. I think
the Japanese had a problem with 2 black men in the house!
I thought it was just U.S. where there could be prejudice but one learns something all the time.
The Chinese didnt speak hardly any English and brought
their own food! They were respectful BUT brought a 10yr
old child knowing full well we didnt take children. It was too
much of a hassle to remove them so as they were only
staying 1 night I put up with it. Kid behaved!
Interested to know your experiences with guests from
overseas.
 
It is possible they had never seen a 7 foot tall man. Not sure I ever have.
It is possible they didn't know that you didn't take children.
In my experience, most children are well behaved if they know what you expect.
We have a lot of European and Asian guests. The worst experience was when the woman arrived one day early and we had no room for her. Date line issues.
One weekend we had 3 (of 6) rooms occupied by Australians and they were not together.
 
The Chinese had very poor English so may not have understood about the children.
I did however have to stop the
child from opening doors!
Those men from Ethiopia are tall. So are the ones from Fiji.
They spoke good English. I am
only 5ft. all and said to them you seem like Giants to me! They roared with laughter.
I forgot to add that when the 7ft. tall black man checked in, he
opened the bathroom door only to find the Japanese girl sitting on the toilet! She hadnt locked the door (shared bathroom),
and I witnessed the whole thing. She screamed and he had a
fright!
I managed to control myself from having hysterical laughter.
One thing I have learned after doing this gig for 16 years,
I dont take any of the guests seriously, never believe anything they tell me. Some of them like to spin a good yarn.
 
My brother only admits to 7'1". I gave a good view of his belt buckle.
 
As long as you are having fun, and they are having fun that is what counts.
 
I get guests from all over, some don't speak English. That's fine. That's why there is Google Translate. As for some guests from the PRC, they don't seem to count children, we do. We tell them we charge, too bad they didn't count the way we do. Part of culture shock.
 
I am just going to say it. How? How were all these people staying together in your place at the same time?
You have two rooms each with a queen bed. And another space with an air mattress plus a folding bed that comes out into the living room or other space with a screen up for privacy?
Anyway, I never had a problem between guests of different races. Expect the best and don't assume prejudice.
 
I am just going to say it. How? How were all these people staying together in your place at the same time?
You have two rooms each with a queen bed. And another space with an air mattress plus a folding bed that comes out into the living room or other space with a screen up for privacy?
Anyway, I never had a problem between guests of different races. Expect the best and don't assume prejudice..
I think it is all very interesting.
 
The Chinese had very poor English so may not have understood about the children.
I did however have to stop the
child from opening doors!
Those men from Ethiopia are tall. So are the ones from Fiji.
They spoke good English. I am
only 5ft. all and said to them you seem like Giants to me! They roared with laughter.
I forgot to add that when the 7ft. tall black man checked in, he
opened the bathroom door only to find the Japanese girl sitting on the toilet! She hadnt locked the door (shared bathroom),
and I witnessed the whole thing. She screamed and he had a
fright!
I managed to control myself from having hysterical laughter.
One thing I have learned after doing this gig for 16 years,
I dont take any of the guests seriously, never believe anything they tell me. Some of them like to spin a good yarn..
Audrey Forrest said:
I forgot to add that when the 7ft. tall black man checked in, he opened the bathroom door only to find the Japanese girl sitting on the toilet! She hadn't locked the door (shared bathroom), and I witnessed the whole thing. She screamed and he had a fright!
So you know good and well that this is the reason why they may have had an issue. NOTHING to do with race or culture, EVERYTHING to do with a man opening the bathroom door on a woman.

And NO, I am not wanting to start a discussion about gender neutral bathrooms.
 
Audrey Forrest said:
Interested to know your experiences with guests from
overseas.
Sorry I don't resist. I also have many guests from overseas : they are from U.S.
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By the way they are my best guests
 
Audrey Forrest said:
Interested to know your experiences with guests from
overseas.
Sorry I don't resist. I also have many guests from overseas : they are from U.S.
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By the way they are my best guests.
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Atreo said:
Audrey Forrest said:
Interested to know your experiences with guests from
overseas.
Sorry I don't resist. I also have many guests from overseas : they are from U.S.
regular_smile.gif

By the way they are my best guests
 
Our international guests are some of my favorite. They are always polite and very respectful. We sometimes have an issue with Asian guests bringing their own food, but I am happy to cook it for them. I won't let them cook it in their room (sometimes they bring an electric rice steamer). I've used google translate when it has been difficult to converse, and it has been very beneficial, but I much prefer trying to get along without it. We've also had multiple guests from different countries here at the same time and I've never seen any tension between them. It's quite the opposite, really. I think they all bond over trying to speak English.
 
Ours have been from all over and been very nice and nice to each other. The UK sailing team only had one person who knew English. But we could all smile at each other and they seemed happy especially when they had a good day of sailing. One time we had two sailing teams here that were competing with each other but they were nice and friendly to each other. We did tease them that there would be no fighting in the dining room which made them all laugh.
 
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