I can see that the National Trust have some great places, but it puts years on me whenever I visit one.
They always try to flog you the annual membership. When you suggest you may not get the value out of it (because believe it or not you have other things to do and places to visit of a weekend than just National Trust places) they look at you like you are stark raving mad. And people with National Trust memberships do the same. It's like a cult.
They have complicated pricing systems based on which bits of the place you want to visit. How do I know which bits I want to see, I've never been there before.
The cafes are always expensive.
Whilst you often go for days out to entertain/educate the DCs, and they often have activities/packs aimed at children, they seem to tolerate children rather than welcome them.
They must also think the children of today are some sort of alien species, judging from their '50 things to do before you are 11 3/4'. I mean, do we have to be told the DCs would enjoy making a daisy chain, climb a tree or run about in the rain? I know kids like to play computer games these days but do they think we are so so removed from doing this kind of thing with our DCS? It's condescending.
They are full of performance parents with massive great big picnic baskets (which is probably understandable given the prices in the cafes I suppose).
Although they are knowledgeable, they often just seem to sap the life out of the very things they want to show you, and could do with taking a leaf out of places like the Black Country Living Museum, which has amazingly enthusiastic staff.
So go on, National Trust members, do your worst. AIBU?
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