Tinned question for Brits

[pengolodh_sc]

Greetings,

I am this summer working at a small museum, and we occasionally get 
buses of cruise-ship passengers on day- or halfday-excursions.  When 
we get British cruiseship-passengers visiting, they occasionally give 
me or the other guide some money, saying "for the tin".  Am I correct 
in assuming this is not meant as a tip to the guides, but as a 
contribution to the museum (there presumably being a tradition in 
British small museums for a tin inwhich visitors donate money to the 
museum)?

Incidentally, if you think your summerjob is bad, remember that there 
are worse jobs:
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID=571047

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter, "Melody" wrote:
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> But I like to read how others are dealing with the main list.
> I for one glaze over it and am just waiting for it to calm down.
> Mostly because the repetition of basic topics and questions were
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I deal by avoiding the main-list completely.  I thought catching up 
to OTChatter was bad enough.

Best regards
Christian Stubø