Hospital — 1. m. Establecimiento destinado al diagnóstico y tratamiento de enfermos, donde se practican también la investigación y la enseñanza. 2. m. Casa que sirve para recoger pobres y peregrinos por tiempo limitado. (1. Establishment for diagnosis and treatment of the ill, as well as medical research and education. 2. Temporary shelter for poor people and pilgrims.)
Hospitalero, ra — m. y f. Persona encargada del cuidado de un hospital. (Person in charge of a hospital)
Hospital — 1242, “shelter for the needy,” from O.Fr. hospital “hostel,” from L.L. hospitale “guest-house, inn,” neut. of L. adj. hospitalis “of a guest or host,” from hospes (gen. hospitis); see host (1). Later “charitable institution to house and maintain the needy” (1418); sense of “institution for sick people” is first recorded 1549.
Host — “person who receives guests,” c.1290, from O.Fr. hoste “guest, host” (12c.), from L. hospitem (nom. hospes) “guest, host,” lit. “lord of strangers,” from PIE *ghostis- “stranger” (cf. O.C.S. gospodi “lord, master,” Goth. gasts, O.E. gæst “guest”).
Contents
Introduction
Pre-departure
Transition: Zero to Innkeeper
The Handoff
Differences from the Pilgrim Experience
Ambiance
The Rules
Why?
Mentors
If a Former Innkeeper Shows Up
Responsibility
Who’ll Show Up?
The Welcome
Who Can Stay, Who Can’t?
Getting Mobbed
Families
Stories
Dinners
Bedtime
Overflow
Influence
Work
Shopping (if you have a budget)
Shopping (if you don’t have a budget)
Crime
Bad Mouthing
Ownership, or Lack Thereof
Community Issues
Discretion
Spoilers
Lost Stuff
Keys
Reading the Guestbook
Birth of an Asshole Innkeeper
States of Mind and Body
Questions
Triggers
Avoiding Stress Carryover
Decompression/Recompression
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