I was buying a diary and postcards in WH Smith in Muscat airport last night and wanted to pay in US Dollars. It came to $6 and I had a $5 note and a $50 note.
I knew I would get the change in Rivals but I agreed to pay with the $50 note.
I hadn't seen her but suddenly a woman in the queue behind me said, you don't want to break that $50 note and handed over an Oman Rial note.
That was so kind and it has never happened to me before. I thanked her profusely and for the record, English accent.
DW
I was buying a diary and postcards in WH Smith in Muscat airport last night and wanted to pay in US Dollars. It came to $6 and I had a $5 note and a $50 note.
I knew I would get the change in Rivals but I agreed to pay with the $50 note.
I hadn't seen her but suddenly a woman in the queue behind me said, you don't want to break that $50 note and handed over an Oman Rial note.
That was so kind and it has never happened to me before. I thanked her profusely and for the record, English accent.
DW
At the end of today's session one of the delegates said my knowledge and skills are impressive.
Then another one said it's so unusual to see someone so old and aged knowing so much about computers!
Pass the walking frame nurse!
DW
These days many hotels have a safe in the room that doesn't work. So itq's sometimes rare for me to put things in a safe but yesterday I did. This morning I got ready for my 6 am departure and checked out. As I waited for my bill they came and said, your safe is locked, did you forget anything?
Well, I had: money and passport.
Praise their checking system and note that I have never left anything in a safe before.
I am in the taxi to the airport as I write this, sunrise ahead of us; and a five Baht coin has just skittered down the back of my seat. Mega photo!!
