点评:We stopped at the Pirate Museum while getting off the boat in St Thomas and decided to look around the gift shop first. The younger woman working was kind, but the two older women made the experience uncomfortable from the moment we walked in. One older woman in particular stood out for all the wrong reasons with how rude she was.
I was shopping with my 9 year old autistic son, who is an eloper, so staying close to him is always the priority. He was in a great mood, excited about the things he found, and we were just trying to enjoy a simple moment as a family. Instead, this woman hovered over us the entire time. She followed behind us, cut in front of us, and stood so close it felt unnecessary and intrusive.
I asked her twice if I could place our items on the counter. She looked at me and completely ignored me both times. No acknowledgment, no response. At one point, I picked up another item and she stepped in front of me like I was heading for the door. Meanwhile, I’m literally just shopping. Being a customer. Doing exactly what people come into a gift shop to do.
I don’t know if the issue was our child, our family, or something else entirely, but the way she acted made it feel personal. We weren’t doing anything other than browsing, staying close to our son, and enjoying our morning.
We chose not to buy museum tickets because paying to be around rude women was not on our vacation agenda. We purchased the few items we already had and left.
St Thomas has been wonderful overall, but this one stop did not reflect the warmth and hospitality we’ve felt everywhere else.
翻译:我们在圣托马斯岛下船后顺道去了海盗博物馆,决定先逛逛礼品店。店里年轻的女店员很友善,但两位年纪稍长的女店员从我们进门的那一刻起就让我们感觉很不舒服。其中一位年纪较大的女店员尤其令人反感,她非常粗鲁无礼。
我带着我9岁的自闭症儿子购物,他经常走失,所以一直待在他身边是我的首要任务。他当时心情很好,对找到的东西很兴奋,我们只是想享受一下简单的家庭时光。然而,这位女店员却一直盯着我们。她一会儿跟在我们身后,一会儿插队到我们前面,站得离我们很近,让人感觉很不自在,很不舒服。
我两次问她是否可以把东西放在柜台上。她看了我一眼,却完全无视我。既没有回应,也没有理会我。有一次,我拿起另一件东西,她竟然走到我前面,好像我要离开似的。可我当时只是在购物,只是个普通的顾客而已。我们只是在做人们来礼品店的目的而已。
我不知道问题出在我们孩子、我们一家人身上,还是另有其他原因,但她的态度让我感觉受到了冒犯。我们当时只是随便逛逛,陪着儿子,享受着美好的上午时光。
我们没有买博物馆门票,因为花钱和态度恶劣的女人待在一起不在我们的度假计划之内。我们买了本来就有的几样东西就离开了。
圣托马斯岛总体来说很棒,但这一个地方的体验却与我们在其他地方感受到的热情好客截然不同。