And now, a sillier post.

[superkittin]

Today at work, Heather (my coworker at The Whale Museum) and I decided that there should be a World Diversity Toilet. Any time you get tired of someone, just flush them down the WDT and send them to another part of the world! That way we can mix up our peoples allll over the place

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Re: scotland

[smackypants]

On the rain front.... It rains ALOT. A LOT A LOT A LOT. There's a joke....you'll see all 4 seasons in one day over there and it's true. I've had days where it would rain, hail, SNOW, then thunder lightning, and then sunny hot and then cool and breezy all in one day.

Think that rain sequence in the movie Forrest Gump. It'd rain and rain and rain and rain and then suddenly it'd stop. And it's windy as hell there. WINDY WINDY WINDY hence the suggestion for scarves, 2 pairs of mittens, long underwear hats.... I never had much use for an umbrella so if you're like me....hats. lots and lots of hats. Or a jacket with a big hood. And still have an umbrella cos sometimes the rain is weird and comes sideways or up from the bottom.

Kids are super cute and curious there and they have filthy little dirty mouths. I've had rocks thrown at me before so I just pick rocks up and throw em back. Little fuckers. It can be like kid mafia sometimes but just keep walking. When in doubt just keep walking. Don't look anyone in the eye especially if you get scared or pestered by drunks.

If you feel unsafe at all you can always find and ask to walk with couples. I would walk home from my 2nd job at the pub at 1-3am right up night club alley where drunk scary people liked to hang out and I learned that if it was one of those nights it was safe to find a couple and ask if you can walk a ways with them. I've never been told no and in most cases they insist and are the first to ask you to join them for safety.

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Re: scotland

[smackypants]

I'm not trying to scare you at all. I promise you it's very safe in scotland...especially Glasgow since you'll hear a lot of shit talk about Glasgow if you're living in Edinburgh. Safer than the states to be exact but ya just gotta observe and be aware of what's around you.

Tipping...non existent. Don't bother. You'll just look more like a tourist. In bars...it's good to tip if you've got a large group or if you're really nice....you can say "have one for yourself" which means the bartender can take whatever they drink in monetary equivilent from your change. I drank stella so I would tip myself 3-4quid. Sometimes the bartender will just take a tip from your change anyway so if you catch that you can get bitchy and ask for your change. And then go to another till next round if you're at a busy bar.

Customer service we're accoustomed to here...non existent...just get used to waiting a lot. Lots and lots and lots and lots of lines for everything. It's just the way things are....

More questions? I'm just shooting whatever comes to my head....

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