Australians aren’t the biggest fans of people from the United States. My drivers hate them because American tourists always complain about how they can’t use American money in Australia and act like the economic collapse had nothing to do with them. I guess I’ve become accustomed to dealing with their nonsense and since I am meeting more people from other parts of the world who are all so kind, I realise now how annoying they truly are.
In Sydney, you are not allowed to ask people their age because it's against the law (no joke) and is generally offensive. So this couple bought 2 adult tickets from Patrick at 9:15 AM. At 5:45 PM they get on the second last bus and yell at ME, who didn't sell them the tickets, because they didn't know there was a 48 hour option and that they could have gotten the senior rate. I explain that we can give them a 20% discount on the upgrade, but we can't refund the $10 they would have saved on the concession rate (seniors over here). THEY LOSE IT!!! They berate me for 3 minutes and the other passengers are shocked at how calm I remain. If we are harassed verbally or physically, we are allowed to kick people off of the tour, especially if it holds up the bus and there are children aboard. So instead of just kicking them off I decide to let other passengers choose their fate aboard the bus. Every person now gestures YES for them to leave. Now I say, "First two people voted off the City Sightseeing Tour bus of Desire...the Americans...THE TRIBE HAS SPOKEN.” Thank you Jeff Probst. The driver, Richard, actually got the remaining passengers to wave at them.
After explaining the tour to a couple from Mississippi, the wife told me I had quite a unique accent.
Lady: “Where are you from?|
Me: “I am from Canada!”
Lady: “Oh I see. What part of Australia is that in?”
(WTF?)
Me” “It’s it the northern part. You know the northern part?”
I did end up selling them the tour and on Sunday the 12th of December, I had my best sales day doing $830.
Oprah Winfrey will be here for a few days in mid-December to promote tourism in Australia for Americans. Apparently Americans don’t really travel that far outside of the United States, and since the city of Sydney has so much extra money, they were able to promote tourism here via Oprah. The locals here are actually upset and hate the fact that everyone is calling the Opera House, “Oprah House”. She is also in town to help promote $640 million renovations of Star City Casino where Bon Jovi will be performing on the 17th and 18th of December.
A couple I met from Indiana recently were appalled that they had to wait 5 minutes for the bus. They had recently purchased some land in the cottage country of Ontario and complained about what was wrong with Canada and why America is better than Canada. The husband began to criticize how ugly the architecture in Sydney is and how much better New York City. The icing on the cake was when they started to argue with each other about the name of an art gallery outside of Toronto. The cherry on top of the icing was when the wife meddlesome asked me what differences I had noticed in the company since we purchased the other companies brand name. I politely told her that I have only been working here for a couple of weeks now and it was all the same to me, but she kept prying for information.
Typical Americans: STICKING THEIR NOSE IN AND OTHER PEOPLES BUSINESS THAT DOES NOT CONCERN THEM!
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