Comments on: Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Tour Guide https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/04/occupation-thesaurus-entry-tour-guide/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Wed, 10 Jul 2024 17:48:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Writing Links…4/30/18 – Where Genres Collide https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/04/occupation-thesaurus-entry-tour-guide/#comment-588496 Mon, 30 Apr 2018 11:02:07 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=32926#comment-588496 […] https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/04/occupation-thesaurus-entry-tour-guide/ “Sources of Friction: A group member entering an off-limits area at a historical site or causing damage to property, clients who wander away during the tour, having clients who are hard-of-hearing when in busy areas, having to compete to be heard over the throngs of tourists and tour groups in a particular area, accommodation mix-ups (not enough rooms at a hotel, rooms being less-than ideal, etc.), personality conflicts between one’s group members, a breakdown, travel delays, a client being pick pocketed, a client breaking a law because it’s not a big deal where they are from, a group member being injured or growing ill and needing a hospital, a mix-up in transfers (a van doesn’t arrive when it should, or the tuk-tuks are a no-show), group members who are given free time in an area and then don’t show up at the meeting spot when they should, causing everyone to wait, language barriers, clients who are entitled and don’t help out as expected with certain aspects of the tour (being on time, being organized, helping to clean up group areas, etc.), demanding clients who expect their tastes and desires to be fully catered to regardless of other group members, food poisoning, other tourists that try to join the group at historical sites to benefit from the guide’s knowledge without paying for it.” […]

]]> By: ANGELA ACKERMAN https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/04/occupation-thesaurus-entry-tour-guide/#comment-588337 Sun, 29 Apr 2018 16:39:47 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=32926#comment-588337 In reply to Dylan.

Hi Dylan, we don’t always include a “twist the stereotype” as sometimes an occupation won’t have really obvious stereotypes. If one comes to mind, let me know and I’ll add a way to twist it. 🙂

]]> By: Dylan https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/04/occupation-thesaurus-entry-tour-guide/#comment-588322 Sun, 29 Apr 2018 12:39:46 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=32926#comment-588322 there is no twisting the stereotype for this entry. Or is it the same as the outdoor guide entry?

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