He Was Just Visiting a Museum With His Girlfriend—Until People Realized He Actually Served on the Ship
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Imagine going to a museum and slowly realizing you’re the most knowledgeable person in the room and everyone assumed you’re a docent/tour guide.
This is exactly what happened to a man who visited the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in DC while having previously served aboard the USS Enterprise while he was in the Navy.
Since he was actually there, he had plenty to share about the ship while others looked at the replica. He was answering his girlfriend’s questions about it, but at some point, other people showed up asking him questions as well.
He became a volunteer museum docent without ever applying.
Read the full story below.
USS Enterprise
My boyfriend served on the USS Enterprise when he was in the Navy.
We went to DC on vacation a few years ago, and visited Smithsonian Air & Space.
They have a scale model replica of the boat, and he was enjoying explaining things to me and answering my questions.
But other people wanted to learn from him as well.
He answered a lot of questions.
At one point, he looked up at me, and realization hit him that he had accidentally turned into a museum docent.
He’d been answering questions from other museum visitors for about 15 minutes.
He’s a bit of an introvert and does not like public speaking, but he kept answering a few more questions.
That’s so cool! What did Reddit think?
Lol.
Wrong one!
He was a decent docent!
Another reader chimes in.
True!
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It must be a cool experience to see a miniature replica of something and think: “I was in there!”
He didn’t imagine he’d become a docent for one day, but his qualifications were simply too good to waste.
It’s awesome that he was happy to share his experience and other people were also happy to listen.
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