Accursed tourists

Today work was pretty quiet, most likely because all the schools have gone back. A year on, I kind of miss the banter associated with school but overall I do think its much better in the 'real world'. Im also looking to next year when I hope to go to University which should incorporate the social aspects of high school in a much more mature and varied surrounding. Sounds good to me. However, back to present day, the day dragged in the quietness and most of the day was spent preparing the store for a visit from the regional manager. Apparently there was a cruise liner group in town today which definitely explains the plethora of people shouting at me in German waving a camera in my face, refusing to adapt their conversational methods in light of my English language. While the majority of non-german-cruise liner customers were fine, there was another lady who really badly annoyed me. I'm not one for American-bashing but this lady, in her 50s I'd say, was the entire personification of most peoples problems with them; she was so ignorant and clearly believed America was the complete pinnacle of human civilisation. On asking for an SD card I told her the price was £12.99. She immediately replied "Yeah and what's that in REAL MONEY?", as I had the audacity to quote her in this countries currency. Fair enough, I took it as a joke at first but the way she went on about me not knowing the current precise exchange rate in order to quote her in her beloved blood and oil stained dollars it was clear she wasn't joking (Disclaimer: the above was America bashing, I.e. the country, politically. That is acceptable. The people however are largely very nice in my experience, save this bint). She finally decided to buy it and on calculating the price in dollars she winged about the expense, adding "well that'll teach me to buy technology in strange countries" as though she was haggling with a witch doctor in deepest Africa. Even after it was paid for I had to open it and put it into the camera as she was convinced I was lying to her, perhaps selling her a worthless piece of plastic. My day lightened when she left, to look on the bright side. Tonight I watched Loch Ness Terror, an American b movie about Nessie eating people after having migrated to Lake Superior via a network of sub-oceanic tunnels. Naturally it was atrocious, with a very bare plot that still manages to have black holes of logic and continuity. Effects are also horrendous with the monsters being greyish green in CGI and a baby rabbit type pink in puppet form. Acting matches the rest of the efforts, and the resounding worst point is the sound; talky scenes are enfuriating because they havent cleaned up the sound so there's a constant him in the background that is occasionally muted and pops back in, and some lines actually cut in half a syllable late. All said it has a throwaway laughable entertainment quality to it, so I give it 2/10. Song of the day is Robot Rock/Oh Yeah by Daft Punk fron the Alive 2007 album. It's the excact same set they played at Rockness 07 so the album always brings back great memories, such as today, when I listen to it.