stackyFACTS
Travel

Guided tours force everyone to wait for the slowest person

HERE’S THE INTERESTING PART

Moving through a city as a massive herd requires profound patience. The entire group must constantly pause because one specific individual wandered off to inspect a completely mundane rock, effectively grinding the experience to a halt. You spend more time standing awkwardly in a circle counting heads than actually seeing the sights.

From the Stacky collection1 min read
Guided tours force everyone to wait for the slowest person
STACKY / Travel
Topics in this facttour groupToursFrustration
One discovery leads to another.

Keep exploring facts in this topic.

Travel →
STACKY FOR IPHONE

A bigger world.
One discovery
at a time.

Keep discovering with Stacky. Interesting facts in an app that is always within reach.

Download on the App Store
ONE MORE DISCOVERY?

Keep exploring

All in this topic →
Group walking tours completely block the entire sidewalk
Travel

Group walking tours completely block the entire sidewalk

Thirty people wearing matching lanyards suddenly stopping to stare at a very old door creates a completely impenetrable human wall. They blissfully ignore the…

Discover more
Why cheap keychains break so quickly
Travel

Why cheap keychains break so quickly

The tiny metal rings on tourist keychains are pressed from the softest, most unreliable alloys known to mankind. You will inevitably lose your keys before you…

Discover more
Single lane bridge ended island isolation
Travel

Single lane bridge ended island isolation

For over four centuries, the tiny Ilha de Moçambique was the colonial capital of Portuguese East Africa, isolated entirely by the Indian Ocean. Its…

Discover more
In-flight Wi-Fi providers charge exorbitant rates for service by utilizing a network of satellites or ground-based towers to beam a terribly weak internet connection to your seat.
Travel

In-flight Wi-Fi providers charge exorbitant rates for service by utilizing a network of satellites or ground-based towers to beam a terribly weak internet connection to your seat.

In-flight Wi-Fi providers charge exorbitant rates for service by utilizing a network of satellites or ground-based towers to beam a terribly weak internet…

Discover more
Istanbul claims the unique title of being the only major metropolis in the world to straddle two different continents, neatly divided between Europe and Asia by the Bosphorus…
Travel

Istanbul claims the unique title of being the only major metropolis in the world to straddle two different continents, neatly divided between Europe and Asia by the Bosphorus…

Istanbul claims the unique title of being the only major metropolis in the world to straddle two different continents, neatly divided between Europe and Asia…

Discover more
Why Mexican grasshoppers come with lime and salt
Travel

Why Mexican grasshoppers come with lime and salt

Because westerners are just cowards when it comes to crunchy, leggy protein. Chapulines are Mexican grasshoppers heavily seasoned with lime and salt, offering…

Discover more
StackyMore discoveries in the app
Download on the App Store