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"You want the best lodgings in the place, and then, when at a tremendous cost of trouble, they have been obtained for you, you object to pay the price asked for them. You all try and palm yourselves off for dukes and duchesses, travelling in disguise. You have none of you ever heard of a second class railway carriage  didn't know that such things were made. YOU WANT THE BEST LODGINGS IN THE PLACE AND THEN WHEN AT A TREMENDOUS COST OF TROUBLE THEY HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FOR YOU YOU OBJECT TO PAY THE PRICE ASKED FOR THEM YOU ALL TRY AND PALM YOURSELVES OFF FOR DUKES AND DUCHESSES TRAVELLING IN DISGUISE YOU HAVE NONE OF YOU EVER HEARD OF A SECOND CLASS RAILWAY CARRIAGE DIDN'T KNOW THAT SUCH THINGS WERE MADE
ld us all his troubles. It seems that a tourist agent is an ordinary human man, and has feelings just like we have. This had never occurred to me before. I told him so. "No," he replied, "it never does occur to you tourists. You treat us as if we were mere Providence, or even the Government itself. If all goes well, you say, what is the good of us, contemptuously; and if things go wrong, you say, what is the good of us, indignantly. I work sixteen hours a day to fix things comfortably for you, and you cannot even look satisfied; while if a train is late, or a hotel proprietor overcharges, you come and bully _me_ about it. If I see after you, you mutter that I am officious; and if I leave you alone, you grumble that I am neglectful. You swoop down in your hundreds upon a tiny village like Ober-Ammergau without ever letting us know even that you are coming, and then threaten to write to the _Times_ because there is not a suite of apartments and a hot dinner waiting ready for each of you. M OBEROW WITH A TOURIST AGENT AND HE TOLD US ALL HIS TROUBLES IT SEEMS THAT A TOURIST AGENT IS AN ORDINARY HUMAN MAN AND HAS FEELINGS JUST LIKE WE HAVE THIS HAD NEVER OCCURRED TO ME BEFORE I TOLD HIM SO NO HE REPLIED IT NEVER DOES OCCUR TO YOU TOURISTS YOU TREAT US AS IF WE WERE MERE PROVIDENCE OR EVEN THE GOVERNMENT ITSELF IF ALL GOES WELL YOU SAY WHAT IS THE GOOD OF US CONTEMPTUOUSLY ANY THINGS GO WRONG YOU SAY WHAT IS THE GOOD OF US INDIGNANTLY I WORK SIXTEEN HOURS A DAY TO FIX THINGS COMFORTABLY FOR YOU AND YOU CANNOT EVEN LOOK SATISFIED WHILE IF A TRAIN IS LATE OR A HOTEL PROPRIETOR OVERCHARGES YOU COME AND BULLY ME ABOUT IT IF I SEE AFTER YOU YOU MUTTER THAT I AM OFFICIOUS AND IF I LEAVE YOU ALONE YOU GRUMBLE THAT I AM NEGLECTFUL YOU SWOOP DOWN IN YOUR HUNDREDS UPON A TINY VILLAGE LIKE OBER AMMERGAU WITHOUT EVER LETTING US KNOW EVEN THAT YOU ARE COMING AND THEN THREATEN TO WRITE TO THE TIMES BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A SUITE OF APARTMENTS AND A HOT DINNER WAITING READY FOR EACH OF YOU
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