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4-week experience of being a Hospitalero
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[QUOTE="TomSawyer, post: 1199304, member: 105935"] I've just completed a 4-week stint as a (volunteer) Hospitalero on the VdlP, and I'm so pleased that I did it because it really was an eye-opener. As pilgrims, we trail from albergue to albergue without often thinking about the work that goes into ensuring that we reach a clean and safe bed at the end of a stage. My experience was overall positive. I met so many interesting and loving people. I also met three pilgrims who represent (for me) some of the negativity on the Camino that tends to spread much faster and further than all of the positivity. One pilgrim paid his money for the night, and while I was showing another pilgrim around the bathroom, he took back his money from the money box. I couldn't prove it was him - I didn't want to create a negative atmosphere - but the next day, I concluded that it had to have been him. Another pilgrim (female) spent an hour in the shower. When the rest of the newly-arrived pilgrims asked me when she was coming out (so they could shower) I knocked on the door (got a reply from her) and entered because no water was running and her voice was coming from the end of the bathroom, where the mirror is - furthest away from the shower area. Fully clothed, brushing her hair, she screamed at me that she was "having a shower!". The next morning, she was indignant that she had to wake up so early (to leave by 8 am) and a few days later left a 1-Star review on Google for the albergue - as if it were a hotel experience from hell. I later found out that she returned to her homeland and is continuing her one-star reviews of businesses. The third pilgrim was explained all of the albergue rules and promptly ignored them all. I'm writing this piece because when you come across a seemingly rude or curt hospitalero/hospitalera, it is most likely because they have experienced pilgrims similar to the ones that I experienced. And it is such a shame because this minority of self-absorbed people really ruin it for everyone else. Still, I refuse to allow those three pilgrims to take from me the beautiful memories of time spent with all of the other pilgrims whom I spent amazing times with. Buen Camino! :) [/QUOTE]
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