Hello? You're touching me!!!

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Date: 10 February 2005 13:31:46

Thank you for your kind comments. I was a bit overwhelmed at the response. I had 32 hits in the first 12 hours or so. That was a lot more than i thought. Well to be honest i had no idea how many hits to expect. To the person in Canada who read the blog Hi! To answer questions from the comments. You are correct i am not situated in Great Britain. There are a few clues in the blog as to the land of my origin. To answer the second question yes the lovely one does very much appreciate me walking in the heat and humidity. She has been vocal in her appreciation of making time to spend together.

I know i said i would update once a week or so. Well if things are happening i will keep updating but if things are quieter there won't be as many updates.

After the housekeeping onto today's tale of woe.

If you want to have a grand day in the house of Chops you need to do a couple of things or you may raise the ire of one Chops.Trust me you want a Happy Chops cause he is close friends with Angry Chops and he is just aroudn the corner and I can go get him for you if you like. (I realise that i come across very harsh in this blog but i really am warm and personable. I just don't suffer fools well)

The first rule is read signs!! If you ask me directions and your standing beside a very clear six foot high sign with a large red arrow on it. I will reply with if you just follow the SIGN sir/maam and go blah blah blah you will find event xyz. The amazing thing about us humans is we are very much controlled by tone. I could be nice and sweet sounding but really i am ripping you apart and your none the wiser that i am really thinking is wow people are as dumb as sheep. It seems as soon as people get in crowds their I.Q plummets.

The second one is treat yourself and those around you with a little respect. It is amazing how people feel because you work for the venue they can get instantly venomous about the smallest thing. That is right I will go down to the carpark and save you a spot out of 1700 carpark spaces so you get one. The other one is the “Don't you know who I am?” tone. Which really gets me. People who think it is below them to find themselves in a line.

I had one such incident last night. We were running three ticket sellers at one of the booths. The crowd was in one line that then split into the three lines. The line would take about 10 minutes long to be served. It was flowing quite well. For some reason people struggle to go from the one line and split themselves amongst all three of the lines. There was a gap in one of the lines. A lady who was well dressed slipped under the ropes and in the line right beside me. I said unfortunately that is not the actual end of the line. She told me tersely that she was not moving and she was at the end of the line. I said I am sorry you will need to move to the end of the line. She gave me a look that would cool off a moose at mating time and said I am not going anywhere. I smiled that nice slick hospitality smile you some how acquire somewhere and said “Maam I am really going to ask you to move to the end of the line. It is unfair to those who were already in the line” She looked at me as to say if I stay you won't shut up will you. She told me she did not believe what I said to her was fair and walked to the end of the line. She stood there for two minutes and moved off to the next ticket booth. Ten minutes later I go check the other booth and she was just buying her ticket. She walked up to me and said, “I am very upset and hurt by your comments. I did not think behaviour like yours would be tolerated here. You should not speak to ladies in such a way” In my brain I said “From what I have seen of you your no lady.” I also wanted to say, as she was quite large across the shoulders and tall over 6ft. “Have you always been a woman you can tell me.” It was at this point she grabbed my suit and my nametag. I said “excuse me” if you would like my name I will give you my card. “Yes I would like that I intend to take this matter up with your management” And she once again stormed off. It is with blushing pride that I tell you no complaints were made today. My Manager is fully aware and several staff were beside me when she grabbed my badge and heard the whole thing.

Incidents like that confirm my belief that my building would be a better place to work if we didn't have clients.

Till next time love the one you're with,

Chops.