Reply to Security Guards at the National Gallery of Art

Forum Index » Off-Topic

Reply to "Security Guards at the National Gallery of Art"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]... They also get mad when children do anything but stand on the underground moving walkway between the two gallery wings. ...[/quote]

... but we bounce on the moving walkway EVERY TIME we visit because it is bouncy and wonderful, and have never gotten the stink eye from employees at the museum. Snooty twentysomthings, sure, but I don't care what THEY think. But maybe they just aren't going to argue with a mid-thirties lady bouncing on the walkway. [/quote]

You're lucky, or maybe they've loosened the policy.  For me, it was about three years ago, and my daughter (then 4yo) got barked at twice within a month.  The first time, she was really bouncing and laughing, and I probably was too.  Out of nowhere, this guard started yelling at us to stop.  No warning, just flat out yelling at us to stop bouncing.

But the second time, a month later, I warned my daughter as we started across that she wasn't allowed to bounce.  So we were just walking normally.  I guess the guard must have resented the spring in her step, or maybe he just thought she looked a little too happy, because he started yelling again.  "No bouncing on the walkway! No bouncing on the walkway!"  To be fair, his yelling the second time had more of an announcement-type tone, and less of a reprimand tone, but he was clearly talking to my daughter.

Typing this, I know I sound like a crazy person to dredge this up from three years ago.  But it was pretty over-the-top offensive, so I've never forgotten it.  Indeed, when friends visiting DC tell me they plan to visit the Galleries, I always warn them to watch out for the strict guards.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics