To say if you were in the V&A lift today

[ThereAreManyPathsToGoal]

and ~ literally ~ barged me out of the way to get to the members room till seconds ahead of me you are RUDE. And next time I won’t seethe quietly I will call you out.

The NHM's members room used to be a smelly poky room but they've upgraded it for somewhere bigger upstairs. Amusingly, there used to be quite a lot of 'do not access - asbestos' signs up there...

Tbf a lot of families use it to skip queues during school holidays/weekends.

I felt it needed to be done, it's the right thing to do, just you know, in case! I'm not responsible for what my soul gets up to when I'm not concentrating! I won't admit to bank robberies though, as I don't have anything to show for it when I'm "back in the room"! 😁

The British Library one is brilliant. It has three rooms, one of which has a tv with news showing with captions so no sound. There's plenty of room and lots of people settle in there for hours. I find it restful and relaxing. The chairs are comfortable.

The daft phrase 'call you out' always makes me think en garde and visualise lots of slashed faces in Heidelberg though I'm sure there were other places to call someone out! Didn't it used to be 'tell you off' or something?

Have strong words with?
I agree. It sounds so bloody sanctimonious to 'call someone out.'

I got it from the Sharpe novels - same protocol. Definitely an olde saying.

Yes, yes you can. Definitely. If you stay after closing time the T. Rex may chase you out. And if you can't find Andy's clock, it means he's on an adventure. (ifkyk)

More serious answer: the NHM converted lots of gallery space to shop space. Less to learn, more to buy. It used to be a research institute that welcomed visitors. A lot of collections will shortly be moving to a business park 1h40 away (tube, train, bus), making them very inaccessible to researchers. So yeah, it's a shop, not a museum.

@letshavetea @GalaxyWasOnOffer re food and surly staff. iirc catering in the V&A, NHM and BM is run by Benugo. The staff there are not museum staff. They get £11.44 an hour - minimum wage.

Historically, calling someone out means challenging them, and I think it retains that meaning, and that it's separate from all the alternatives suggested on here. Yes, it's not always used appropriately, but I still think it's a useful phrase to have in one's armoury.

'Age before beauty' works well too, especially in my mid 70s, actually after today's birthday I'm now late 70!

Blaming your soul! 😂 You've done this before, haven't you?

Not worth becoming NMM/RMG member at the moment for the Members Room - it's currently inaccessible due to the Great Court roof repairs 😟
It was at the front of building looking towards Queens House, nice sofas and a high bench with chairs. Mood lighting. Not especially special but a quiet room to get away from the hoards and not bad as an alternative work space when fed up working from home 😀

Well she'd be welcome to it. Last time I went to the members restaurant it was dreadful.

I couldn't possibly say! 😁

I used to like the phrase 'demand satisfaction', stirred my teenage bits enormously!

I can only think of Miranda when you say "Rude!", makes me smile.

The manager man in the V&A members room is rather horrible.

And yes it is a bit noisy in there.

I also got membership for the Chanel exhibition. Went 3 times so it was worth it! Really looking forward to the Cartier exhibition next

Surprised how many clothes were in the Naomi Campbell one, it was quite good too.

Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳

Which lift ?

I think I got V&A membership for the McQueen exhibition, but since then there have been so many wonderful ones - wedding dresses, Dior, Chanel, Faberge. 100% agree about looking forward to the Cartier one!

Probably someone warming up their Jumble Sale elbows.

Should have done it today, then, instead of assuming you could reach them through Mumsnet!

I think OP has done the right thing - that lift barger will be on MN for sure.

No - 'call out' dates back to the 1700s and 'calling out' to a duel

"Like call in, call out is a phrasal verb recorded since at least the late 1400s, with a sense of “summoning people into some service, as during an emergency.” In the 1700s, call out took on the meaning of “challenging someone to a fight, like a duel.” To call out, as in “to challenge someone on bad language and behavior,” is found by the 1980s, with a similar construction, call on, evidenced much earlier in the 1940s"

Next time, shout after them, “You’ve left a fart in here!”.

Wow - I'm in!

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