I’m guessing that they failed the test
terribly early in the morning on Thursday, the 3rd of July 2008 by Katie
Now, normally, I am all for getting the govenment out of my business. But, I think this time the government has a point. This probably doesn’t come as a surprise to some, but it seems as though some of the tour guides were rather lacking in the history department. One guide was overheard telling their group that George Washington and Abe Lincoln had dinner, together, at the location that they were visiting. Somehow, I don’t thing that the tourists were getting what they paid for on that tour.
So, now some tour guides are suing, claiming that the test requirement is against their first amendment rights. Myself, I think that this problem could be taken care of at the time of employment. The tour guide’s employer could administer a history test during the interview. And, possibly the City is the employer of the tour guides at this point. This would not cover self-employed tour guides, however. So, maybe a license is the only way to do it (and the City would love those license fees, also). But, I think that the consumers should be protected in this case. When you come to a strange city and hire a tour guide, it is reasonable for you to expect that the tour guide knows what they are talking about.
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July 7th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
so there is a problem with knowing your job for these people? if you are a history tour guide.. i would expect you to know the history of the tour.. oh my gosh!
so i guess then a shoe sales person can sue cause he tried to fit sneakers on someone’s hands?
seriously.. people are really oozing brains lately.. how scary is this crap to you?
when people are this astoundlying utterly absolutely idiotic it makes me want to shoot them.. put them out of their misery. well i guess if you are that dumb there is no misery.. but seriously.. dag, now we see why there are shows like are you smarter than a 5th grader.. and people actually lose.. sigh!