Fasten Your Seatbelts; It’s Going To Be A Bumpy Ride
While on a cruise, I book a tour of a historic site. After everyone boards the bus, the tour guide tells us that in his country it is required by law to wear seat belts. We buckle up and he checks to make sure we are all wearing the belts. One tourist near me has decided not to wear his.
Guide: “You need to buckle your seat belt.”
Tourist: “I am not wearing the belt.”
Guide: “Maybe you misunderstand me. It isn’t the cruise line recommending you wear your seat belt or the tour company recommending you wear the seat belt. It is the law of my country. I am not asking you to wear it; I am saying you have to.”
Tourist: “No, I’m not using the belt. I don’t want to.”
Guide: “Our driver cannot legally go on the roads if anyone doesn’t have the belt on, so you have two options. You can either buckle up and come see the ruins with us, or you can get off the bus and stay at the port. Your choice.”
Tourist: “I don’t have to wear a seat belt in my home country, so I’m not going to wear one here.”
Guide: “Are we in your home country?”
Tourist: “No.”
Guide: “Then your country’s laws don’t apply here. Either buckle up or get off the bus.”
The man did buckle up, but he spent the whole ride talking angrily with his wife. I don’t know what exactly he was saying as it was in a different language, but the tourist got increasingly louder as the trip went on. He was so angry that, once we got to the site, he didn’t go on the tour; he just sat at the entrance.
His wife came with us on the tour, though, and she seemed like she had a great time. It’s a shame he ruined his day over a little safety thing like a seat belt.
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