Fort Christian — Attraction in Charlotte Amalie

It’s official we have just met THE RUDEST member of staff at a tourist attraction ever.

We went to the window to pay and as very inconvenienced member of staff had to stand up to serve us. We asked nicely how much it was for 2 adults and 2 kids to which he very rudely asked me to repeat myself twice (we are native English speakers also).

Once we established what we wanted he then had to calculate the price of something like 37.50usd.

I got my wallet out and he huffed majorly about the 50 note and said could we not pay with card “or something” I then offered 2 20’s instead and he absolutely freaked out and shouted about “I’ll have to see what I have” not one time but twice.

At this point we said we don’t want to go any more as he was being so rude.

He then panicked and told us “I can be calm, I can be calm”

We decided to leave.

We did not enter the fort disappointingly but we could not entertain the rudest member of staff ever.

We hope no other people are subjected to this awful person. He should be dealt with swiftly.

This took place at about 11.30am on...

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