Another month of exploring New Orleans! I bought Adam a bike and membership to an office co-op (tho, we've moved on since then to more fun modes of transportation), we went to the zoo, we had more visits from family and we began to relax a bit into our roles as Hostel Managers. We learned how to better deal with troublesome guest, which is perhaps one of the most valuable skills I've gained so far.
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#neworleans Couple of guests just got back from their day out with a pic of themselves posing with Nicholas Cage. Cool.ADAM
#joysofhostelmgmt Just walked into Rm 8 to ask the couple wrapped in sheets and post-coital bliss who, exactly, they even are.
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#joysofhostelmgmt Tell a new arrival where the best place to get good Cajun is, get accused of taking kickbacks from it. Fine, don't go.
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#joysofhostelmgmt Panicked phone call from lost guest: "Me and chicken are the only white meat out here! I'm about to be gang-banged!" He made it home safe.
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"In my hometown of Pamplona," says our Spanish guest, "someone dies every 2 years by a bull. Usually," he adds, "it's an American."
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#joysofhostelmgmt Being a biz in a residential 'hood, our trash output is way beyond the limit. So, we've bought off the trashmen w/ beer.
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#joysofhostelmgmt Why do reviewing customers gush about us in their comments - "PERFECT" - then give us a flippin' 80% score?
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#joysofhostelmgmt And why can't it be the other way around, since the actual scores are averaged to rate us on aggregators?
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#joysofhostelmgmt: great thing about hostel guests is they're always willing 2 share- now enjoying someone's gift of a glass of Merlot!
Was just almost engulfed in flame helping my guest start the grill. Man left the gas on for a while, apparently. Quite the ball of fire.
#joysofhostelmgmt Sometimes you get lucky w/ who your guests are. Case in point: the French chef who just fixed us all dinner for $5.
#joysofhostelmgmt A LONELY PLANET writer just checked in! Well, he says he's one. Pretty damn ingenious of him if he isn't. Slave-mode: On.
#joysofhostelmgmt How much ya wanna bet these guys who've set their arrival time for 2 in the morning... are still going to be late?
WHOOHOO! Hostel's rating when we arrived: 79%. Today it hit 83%. If we hit 90% - and we've tons of time to do it - we get a BIG bonus.
Actual review for our hostel: "Anna + pancakes = a lot of fun in new orleans". :)
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| St. Louis Cemetery #1 |
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| A sculpture in the Lower Ninth Ward - part of our City Tour took us to the areas most devastated by Hurricane Katrina |
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| Boss #1 and Boss #2 |
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| This guy was the comedic interlude in our zoo trip |
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| "Whee!" |
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| Biking by the ol' Mississip' |
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| Audubon Park |
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| @ Jean Lafitte Swamp Preserve: Happy family faces |
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| Us with sweet Emma |
