Took a coachload of seniors to a museum recently. We had ordered coffee and buns at the start of the visit. This was self service, which made for a difficult process with slow moving people trying to clutch a coffee in one hand and a bun in the other (no trays provided) while walking to their tables.
Meanwhile a woman had put her handbag on one of the tables, not noticing the tealights in glass containers placed in the middle of the table. The handles of her bag flopped over on to the tealight and caught fire , which fortunately another senior noticed and extinguished before we had torched the whole place.
Some months earlier we had visited another museum, where one of our seniors had bumped into an insecure exhibit, causing a huge fall, including a vast amount of glass, all over the floor, but fortunately not injuring the senior.
We seem to be a little accident prone.
Where the first museum did score was that they had left folding stools discreetly placed against the walls in groups, so those who became tired on the long walk around could take a short rest. A very good plan which could well be followed by other organisations.
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