Snowflake non-Brontëites

YorkshireLive shares the rightly-called 'rant'  of visitor to the Brontë Parsonage Museum who took offence at the Covid measures in place at the museum.

"I do not appreciate being accosted at the door of the museum and embarrassed in front of other visitors for not wearing a mask when masks are now just like the Brontë sisters. History.

"I told her we don't wear masks and then proceeded into the house where a number of staff using walkie-talkies were busily telling people where they could go and what room they could go in next due to social distancing.

"We will always be courteous about giving people space but we do not need to be ushered around like cattle.

"If visitors are that bothered about Covid then don't go. Normality means that. No masks. No distancing. Not happy? Don't go." (Andrew Robinson)

Manners seem to be like the Brontë sisters too: history. And the same would apply to this person: if you are bothered about Covid restrictions in a private museum (which may put in place all the restrictions they see fit) then don't go. The rant goes on about everything from the price of the tickets to there being no toilet: all things you can check out online before you go and embarrass yourself. Not surprisingly he/she also mentions Hitler for no reason, a sure-fire way of portraying yourself as an ignoramus. This is what the Brontë Parsonage Museum says about this rant:

A spokesman for the museum told YorkshireLive that it had intended to reply to the review but it hadn't uploaded.

This is the museum's reply: "We are sorry you had to wait a short time before entering the Parsonage.

"As you acknowledge, the Museum is an intimate building and as visitors take differing amounts of time to study the exhibits and read the interpretation, there is occasionally a delay in being admitted.

"Once inside, however, all visitors are welcome to spend as long as they wish and our friendly and informative staff are on hand to help with any inquiries.

"We are aware that the Government has now dropped all covid restrictions and that the wearing of masks is now a personal choice.

"However, due to the ongoing number of daily cases and the limited space in the Museum, our staff have been trained to invite visitors to continue to wear them for the time being.

"There is no obligation to do so, but we know that many other visitors have been very grateful for this and the fact that we monitor numbers to avoid over-crowding; something which not only helps staff, volunteers and visitors feel safe, but also ensures a better visitor experience.

"We can assure you that there was no intention to embarrass you or make you feel awkward." (Andrew Robinson)

And from snowflake visitors to snowflake readers. Daily Mail has great fun mocking a website which shares trigger warnings for thousands of books. Here are some of the Brontë novels as misunderstood by the hilarious Book Trigger Warnings:

Jane Eyre

Trigger Warnings

Ableism 

Blinding/Eye Trauma

Death

Ethnic slurs

Fire 

Illness

Mutilation

Parental/Guardian abuse

Sexism

Suicide

Representation

Adopted main character

Wuthering Heights

Trigger Warnings

Child abuse

Chronic illness

Death

Emotional abuse

Gravedigging

Physical abuse

Pregnancy

Starvation

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Trigger Warnings

Domestic abuse

Gaslighting

Death as a trigger warning should be in most books. And for shame! They've forgotten to add it to The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.

Finally, La Nación (Argentina) has some alerts for the upcoming Saturdays in San José, Argentina:

Cada función de marzo a las 2 p. m. en Cinema Studio contemple las siguientes películas:

Sábado 12 de Marzo: Cumbres borrascosas (1939; de William Wyler)

Sábado 19 de Marzo: Jane Eyre (1944; de Robert Stevenson) (William Venegas) (Translation)