Tourist Etiquette

TickledPink · 05-28-2011, 08:18 PM

Nashville is small and we get lots of tourists wanting to experience the "Country Music Scene."

So, all I gotta' say is I invented my own bumper sticker:

"Welcome to Nashville! Now go home!"

LaneyDoll · 05-29-2011, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TickledPink

So, all I gotta' say is I invented my own bumper sticker:

"Welcome to Nashville! Now go home!"

I have a friend in Illinois who is always sending me "redneck jokes" about the South. I always reply the same way "We don't mind those jokes, although they are lies. We will gladly suffer the stereotype to keep y'all out of here-anything to protect the beauty and serenity of our world."

Trishagee · 05-30-2011, 11:29 AM

I grew up in Huntington Beach, CA, us locals went to Newport during tourist season. We knew it would be crazy by the pier so we knew to go elsewhere.

Now I live in L.A. and honestly most everyone here is from somewhere else so no rules apply here!

Honestly though, being a people watcher, I enjoy tourists. We often go to Disneyland or The Grove just to sit on a bench and enjoy

Also as an added benefit, seeing more tourists again reminds me that things around here may one day get better! (financially)

Peach · 05-31-2011, 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TickledPink

Nashville is small and we get lots of tourists wanting to experience the "Country Music Scene."

So, all I gotta' say is I invented my own bumper sticker:

"Welcome to Nashville! Now go home!"

I grew up on a small island in Canada, a very popular tourist destination. i worked in the local hotel bar, and we had tshirts made that on the front said WELCOME TO SALTSPRING ISLAND!

on the back, it said, NOW GO HOME.

I hated tourist season there, and I have to say, ignorant tourists are not limited to one country, its global! We dont have chain restaurants there, no golden arches etc......I was enjoying a quiet solitary walk one day, minivan loaded with kids, parents, barking dogs, and what was probably the entire contents of their house pulled up, music blaring, dogs barking like mad, and kids screaming, "hey, look, there is a local, you can tell, look at her shoes....hey you, come'ere, yeah, you...hippy girl............where is the closest McD's, well, if you turn around and take that ferry, drive 5 miles you will find one......yeah sure, liar, where is the one here on this rock. Well, fine, just joking, drive up this road, turn right at the next one, and follow it til you come to the Golden Arches, cant miss em

said road went up the mountain to the fire station lookout, 10 miles of potholes, washboard, unpaved road, so narrow even a VW bug might not clear the brush on either side of it. Dont know if they ever came out!!

suebee · 05-31-2011, 09:20 AM

I worked as a hostesse on a Cafe-Terasse in Quebec City one summer as a student. I can't tell you how many times a tourist would come up to me and ask if I "spoke American". I'd always answer, no, I speak English and French though.

Yeah. I know. And we Canadians are supposed to be so nice and all.

betenoire · 05-31-2011, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Peach

I grew up on a small island in Canada, a very popular tourist destination. i worked in the local hotel bar, and we had tshirts made that on the front said WELCOME TO SALTSPRING ISLAND!

on the back, it said, NOW GO HOME.

You're so lucky to have grown up there, Saltspring Island is so great. (That was the only island I ever visited when I was living in Vancouver.) I promise I didn't act like an ass. I just went hiking and then went home.

Here in stupid Sarnia during the summer we have a stupid outdoor music festival that brings in stupid people from all over stupid north america. I kinda hate Bayfest every time I see an out of province or out of country licence plate.

Those cars with our of province/country plates are almost always driven by people who have no idea where they are going and are too busy looking for street signs to pay attention to pedestrians - so every time I leave my apartment I feel like I am putting my life at risk. My "some jerk making a right turn didn't see me crossing the street and almost hit me today" stats go up about 20 fold when Bayfest is here.

And jesus, you drove all the way from Kentucky to come see KISS? Really?

Peach · 05-31-2011, 12:19 PM

[QUOTE=betenoire;349768]You're so lucky to have grown up there, Saltspring Island is so great. (That was the only island I ever visited when I was living in Vancouver.) I promise I didn't act like an ass. I just went hiking and then went home.

it was an amazing place to grow up. As a kid, we had acres and acres of forest, farms, a lake across the road, orchards so full of fruit, we would make ourselves sick from eating! As an teen, it became a bit close. Everyone knew everyone, if you skipped class, you would be found out bythe time yougot home!! LOL
It has become a tourist mecca, which IMO has had a negative effect. Property prices are outrageous, low income people cant find a decent place to live for a decent rent. If you do, you have to vacate by May, because everyone wants to rent any space they have to tourists. You cant find a place to park in town, and stores and shops hike their prices for the season.
I get that tourist dollars fuel business, but at the same time, locals seem to get the short end of the stick.

Apocalipstic · 05-31-2011, 01:18 PM

I live in Nashville and a great portion of our income is also from tourists.

I worked at Opryland USA for 5 years and most of my other jobs have been tourism or travel related.

It really is...take a vacation...leave your brain at home!

Though Opryland closed in 1998, people still show up here looking for it.

One of my favorite things, when working in a hotel was when people thought turn down service meant their room had been broken in.

Tourists here wear cowboy attire...middle of humid 113 degree Summer and tourons with cowboy hats and boots everywhere? or those umbrella hats. Oh and black socks with sandals.

They run around looking for stars to ogle, and as Nashvillians we don't notice stars, we want them to stay here, not the tourons. I have no idea if Whispering Bill is still around. Zero clue.

I could go on and on....

TenderKnight · 05-31-2011, 01:22 PM

Here in San Diego we have these cars that can be rented out so that folks can take tours of Balboa Park and harbor areas.. These cars are all very small, bright yellow and look like lil dune buggies.. Sometimes they run in packs6 to 10 at a time. Those are always fun to see..

Also, the store that I work at is a leather/fetish retail store.. We seem to get a lot of tourists walking in.. In fact, anyone that visits Hillcrest seems to HAVE to visit our store.. Usually later at night and after a few drinks.. They giggle and ignore me and my coworker then they either want to plkay dress-up or wack at each other with 100 dollors worth of leather flogger.. And they like to take pictures.

Yeah.. Not good tourist or shopper's etiquette. I tend to be a lil snippy with them when they take down our displays to play with them or to take pictures with the "gimp" mask.. lol I also like to kinda follow them around and educate them on the finer points of fetish gear and play. They usually leave after that.

Bah.. lol

My favorites are the Asian tourists with the big cameras that come in.. lol Yeah, really

Nina · 05-31-2011, 01:26 PM

really?---how come?

reading that makes me very uncomfortable...is the ethnic descriptor interchangeable?...and if it is, how would it read?...

why are they your "favorites"...good tippers?

My favorites are the Asian tourists with the big cameras that come in.. lol Yeah, really

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betenoire · 05-31-2011, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Peach

It has become a tourist mecca, which IMO has had a negative effect. Property prices are outrageous, low income people cant find a decent place to live for a decent rent. If you do, you have to vacate by May, because everyone wants to rent any space they have to tourists. You cant find a place to park in town, and stores and shops hike their prices for the season.
I get that tourist dollars fuel business, but at the same time, locals seem to get the short end of the stick.

Yeah, I've heard that.

I think it'd be great to be a kid there, for sure. But I guess most places that are great to be as children are little less great to be when you're an adult and you have to worry about money and stuff.

I went through a pretty short-lived phase where I wanted to move there, actually. The phase ended as soon as I looked at house prices.

You know how that goes.

Rockinonahigh · 05-31-2011, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by suebee

I worked as a hostesse on a Cafe-Terasse in Quebec City one summer as a student. I can't tell you how many times a tourist would come up to me and ask if I "spoke American". I'd always answer, no, I speak English and French though.

Yeah. I know. And we Canadians are supposed to be so nice and all.

I often had the same problem with tourist hear in louisiana,How many times ive been ask if I spoke english or did I just speak cajun slang.I would anser them is the fue words of italian and spanish that I know.They would think is really cool,if they knew what the words translated ment they would faint.

Kobi · 06-03-2011, 07:18 PM

This seems like common sense but sometimes a refresher doesnt hurt.

The officials dealing with the massive destruction from the 3 tornados that hit western Massachusetts issued a statement today that they had enough to deal with without having to contend with "tourists with cameras".

Curley · 08-15-2011, 11:42 PM

We have a zillion tourists in the part of vancouver where I live, and most I encounter are nice , except for the idiots that stand on a busy side walk three or four abreast looking at something.

a friend of mine who worked for the parks board here would have some interesting stories.. I love this one

tourists - your on metric up here. Is your time on metric too?

my friend when he was being bad- yep we have 100 min in an hour and 100 secs in a min

and some of them believed him!!!

05-30-2011, 11:29 AM	#3
Trishagee Junior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: City of Angels Posts: 40 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 24 Thanked 27 Times in 8 Posts Rep Power: 82424	Tourists I grew up in Huntington Beach, CA, us locals went to Newport during tourist season. We knew it would be crazy by the pier so we knew to go elsewhere. Now I live in L.A. and honestly most everyone here is from somewhere else so no rules apply here! Honestly though, being a people watcher, I enjoy tourists. We often go to Disneyland or The Grove just to sit on a bench and enjoy Also as an added benefit, seeing more tourists again reminds me that things around here may one day get better! (financially) __________________ and I'll be back when the day is new... and I'll have more ideas for you... and you'll have things you'll want to talk about... I will too ~Mr. Rogers~

05-31-2011, 09:20 AM	#5
suebee Member How Do You Identify?: TOWANDA! Preferred Pronoun?: Queen Bee Relationship Status: Good 'n married. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Eastern Canada. But if I make a wrong turn at the lights I get stopped by a border guard. Posts: 1,499 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,355 Thanked 2,756 Times in 820 Posts Rep Power: 16450092	Not that anybody HERE would do this....... I worked as a hostesse on a Cafe-Terasse in Quebec City one summer as a student. I can't tell you how many times a tourist would come up to me and ask if I "spoke American". I'd always answer, no, I speak English and French though. Yeah. I know. And we Canadians are supposed to be so nice and all. __________________ "Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind." -Albert Schweitzer

05-31-2011, 01:18 PM	#8
Apocalipstic Pink Confection How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her, Ma'am Relationship Status: Dating Myself Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Nashville Posts: 4,266 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 17,195 Thanked 11,362 Times in 2,838 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	I live in Nashville and a great portion of our income is also from tourists. I worked at Opryland USA for 5 years and most of my other jobs have been tourism or travel related. It really is...take a vacation...leave your brain at home! Though Opryland closed in 1998, people still show up here looking for it. One of my favorite things, when working in a hotel was when people thought turn down service meant their room had been broken in. Tourists here wear cowboy attire...middle of humid 113 degree Summer and tourons with cowboy hats and boots everywhere? or those umbrella hats. Oh and black socks with sandals. They run around looking for stars to ogle, and as Nashvillians we don't notice stars, we want them to stay here, not the tourons. I have no idea if Whispering Bill is still around. Zero clue. I could go on and on.... __________________

05-31-2011, 01:22 PM	#9
TenderKnight Member How Do You Identify?: Kinky Poly Transman Preferred Pronoun?: He Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Monroe, NC Posts: 551 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 773 Thanked 822 Times in 256 Posts Rep Power: 2402408	Here in San Diego we have these cars that can be rented out so that folks can take tours of Balboa Park and harbor areas.. These cars are all very small, bright yellow and look like lil dune buggies.. Sometimes they run in packs6 to 10 at a time. Those are always fun to see.. Also, the store that I work at is a leather/fetish retail store.. We seem to get a lot of tourists walking in.. In fact, anyone that visits Hillcrest seems to HAVE to visit our store.. Usually later at night and after a few drinks.. They giggle and ignore me and my coworker then they either want to plkay dress-up or wack at each other with 100 dollors worth of leather flogger.. And they like to take pictures. Yeah.. Not good tourist or shopper's etiquette. I tend to be a lil snippy with them when they take down our displays to play with them or to take pictures with the "gimp" mask.. lol I also like to kinda follow them around and educate them on the finer points of fetish gear and play. They usually leave after that. Bah.. lol My favorites are the Asian tourists with the big cameras that come in.. lol Yeah, really __________________ The beatings shall continue.. until moral improves..

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05-28-2011, 08:18 PM	#1
TickledPink Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Girly Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Miss Pink Relationship Status: Shacked UP Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Holt-Mason Chateau Decherd/I'm a NashVegas Girl! Posts: 1,041 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 586 Thanked 1,996 Times in 606 Posts Rep Power: 9218477	Nashville is small and we get lots of tourists wanting to experience the "Country Music Scene." So, all I gotta' say is I invented my own bumper sticker: "Welcome to Nashville! Now go home!"

05-31-2011, 12:19 PM	#7
Peach Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: happily married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: where my hat is Posts: 173 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 69 Thanked 640 Times in 129 Posts Rep Power: 5775547	[QUOTE=betenoire;349768]You're so lucky to have grown up there, Saltspring Island is so great. (That was the only island I ever visited when I was living in Vancouver.) I promise I didn't act like an ass. I just went hiking and then went home. it was an amazing place to grow up. As a kid, we had acres and acres of forest, farms, a lake across the road, orchards so full of fruit, we would make ourselves sick from eating! As an teen, it became a bit close. Everyone knew everyone, if you skipped class, you would be found out bythe time yougot home!! LOL It has become a tourist mecca, which IMO has had a negative effect. Property prices are outrageous, low income people cant find a decent place to live for a decent rent. If you do, you have to vacate by May, because everyone wants to rent any space they have to tourists. You cant find a place to park in town, and stores and shops hike their prices for the season. I get that tourist dollars fuel business, but at the same time, locals seem to get the short end of the stick.

05-31-2011, 01:26 PM	#10
Nina Timed Out How Do You Identify?: unmistakably Preferred Pronoun?: dearheart Relationship Status: In love, loved and Happy, thanks for askin' Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: SF CA Posts: 1,720 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,113 Thanked 3,384 Times in 931 Posts Rep Power: 0	really?---how come? reading that makes me very uncomfortable...is the ethnic descriptor interchangeable?...and if it is, how would it read?... why are they your "favorites"...good tippers? My favorites are the Asian tourists with the big cameras that come in.. lol Yeah, really [/QUOTE]

08-15-2011, 11:42 PM	#14
Curley Junior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her, hey you lol Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Vancouver B.C Posts: 85 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 517 Thanked 133 Times in 48 Posts Rep Power: 659478	We have a zillion tourists in the part of vancouver where I live, and most I encounter are nice , except for the idiots that stand on a busy side walk three or four abreast looking at something. a friend of mine who worked for the parks board here would have some interesting stories.. I love this one tourists - your on metric up here. Is your time on metric too? my friend when he was being bad- yep we have 100 min in an hour and 100 secs in a min and some of them believed him!!!