点评:Having been recently bereaved and anticipating spending Christmas alone I decided to take myself on a tour of some of our nations beautiful churches and Cathedrals. All went well I met kind helpful informative people and experienced fantastic History and Architecture.... that is until I reached Gloucester Cathedral. The "welcoming team" were a group of 4 young women who seemed to have been handpicked for their Complete lack of Human feeling and talent for arguing, being abusive and applying Rules.
There is a sign on the door which says "Well Behaved Dogs Welcome" I failed to notice that underneath in much smaller writing it says Monday to Saturday ....and this was Sunday. This should also be in big writing then people would be made aware.
I had nobody with me who could take my tiny Dachshund and I was told in a very nasty way that I was not welcome. When I expressed my disappointment that I had come 200 miles and I was therefore disappointed. I received abuse and the young women actually ganged up on me endlessly repeating their Rules which by now I was quite aware of.
The advertised "Tidings of Comfort and Joy" and "A Place for Everyone" are empty hypocritical words.
I left the Cathedral more in need of "Comfort" than when I arrived.
I am astounded that the Dean apparently doesn't prioritise the "Welcoming Team" as the first impression they make colours the visitors whole experience.
My legacy will go to Wells Cathedral. I love it and I felt good there as I also did at Hereford Cathedral though they probably don't need extra money as they have the Mappa Mundi. The people running Gloucester Cathedral need to take a look at themselves. Some of them are badly letting down a beautiful place.
翻译:由于最近痛失亲人,预感到圣诞节要独自一人度过,我决定独自游览英国一些美丽的教堂和大教堂。一切都很顺利,我遇到了许多友善、乐于助人、知识渊博的人,也欣赏到了令人惊叹的历史和建筑……直到我到达格洛斯特大教堂。所谓的“接待团队”是四个年轻女性,她们似乎是被精心挑选出来的,因为她们完全缺乏人情味,而且擅长争吵、辱骂和死板地执行各种规矩。
门上贴着一张告示,上面写着“欢迎行为良好的狗狗”,但我没有注意到下面用更小的字写着“周一至周六”……而那天是周日。这条信息应该用大字标明,这样人们才能注意到。
我身边没有人可以照顾我的小腊肠犬,她们却用非常恶劣的语气告诉我,我不受欢迎。当我表达了我的失望,说我跋涉了200英里来到这里,所以感到失望时,我遭到了辱骂,那几个年轻女性甚至围攻我,一遍又一遍地重复着她们的规矩,而这些规矩我早就很清楚了。那些宣传的“慰藉与喜乐的佳音”和“人人皆可入内”不过是空洞虚伪的言辞。
离开大教堂时,我比来时更需要“慰藉”。
令我震惊的是,院长似乎并不重视“接待团队”,因为他们给游客留下的第一印象会影响整个参观体验。
我将把遗产捐赠给威尔斯大教堂。我热爱它,在那里我感觉很好,就像在赫里福德大教堂一样。虽然他们可能并不需要额外的资金,因为他们有世界地图(Mappa Mundi)。格洛斯特大教堂的管理人员应该好好反省一下。他们中的一些人正在严重辜负这座美丽的地方。