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 School holidays are in full swing, the venue is buzzing with kids and families in various states of excitement and tiredness, and I am once again extra alert on my morning floorwalks, to make sure all is spic and span, and that I've destroyed the evidence before the next day.
What evidence? Click the read more below to see what the little loves keep leaving us...
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 Sadly, it was real, but luckily in a tiled area, with plenty of period buckets, dishes and cloths to work with. This incident came to mind after having just had a very wet weekend. Thankfully my current venue survived admirably!
Addendum: A colleague just asked me about this, and it reminded me that by the end of the day, the lady providing the cookery demonstrations had worked into her character a lengthy and amusing rant about the state of the building, conditions she was expected to work in, and how she kept telling Mr Shallcross to get the builders in- which matched marvelously into the building having been 'modernised' in 1618. Do excuse the biro drawing!  Remember the one about the cat walking in ink and then over the manuscript?
How about one about a cat peeing on a manuscript? The comedy is the scribe's following illustrations and notes on the page: Here is nothing missing, but a cat urinated on this during a certain night. Cursed be the pesty cat that urinated over this book during the night in Deventer and because of it many others [other cats] too. And beware well not to leave open books at night where cats can come. And a lovely little drawing of a cat, having a wee. :) Effectively a reblog - go here for the full tale!  'In a recent survey 20% of respondents confessed that they had fallen in love in a museum, with the V&A topping the list as the most romantic destination to find the love of one's life'. V&A curator, Sue Pritchard's blog on The Power of Love.
Spare a thought for all those public facing staff who act in an approachable manner, smile nicely, listen with interest, and chat in an informed and friendly way. These are the people who then have to field unexpected gifts, hide in cupboards from minor stalking, and politely explain that they are simply PAID to be nice to people all day. Tagged publicly with their name on show and held captive in their galleries, they can't escape the weirdos easily! I'd really like the survey for how many staff have had to fend off well intentioned but misunderstood advances, or actually successfully fallen in love with a visitor! (my apologies for the fast and scrappy text in the cartoon)  The security guards often get a very different view to the attendants, not least of which is night duty. The ten minute rule for erm, frisky, visitors is a way to ensure they are approached at a moment just embarrassing enough to not try it again.
 "I'm sorry but it's really not fair on other visitors to close the door to the children's room and hold a private picnic birthday party. And it's a lovely cake, but your candles might set off the fire alarms. I'll give you a few minute, but you will need to pack up the food and let other children in."
"We all paid to come in here, so we'll pack up when we've finished. Thank you." For some people, no amount of "no food" signs will ever register, as they continue to act as living examples that common sense really isn't that common. P.S. The building has previously burnt down, so the attendant was, understandably, a bit twitchy about people having lit candles in a room full of dressing up clothes, soft toys and fake plants. Incidentally, August means happy 2nd birthday to Attendants View!  And the reason to go and stand behind David to see what's on the back of his plinth is explained here
 Somewhat adapted from a great tale told to me by someone working in a castle. Still repelling invaders.
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