Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Confusing Returns
Today i returned the umbrella that dumpling lady leant me. This was a very confusing event due to language barrier. I walked in with the umbrella in the afternoon but dumpling lady wasn't there -just her other family/colleagues who don't speak any english. So obviously they thought i wanted to eat and were trying to sit me down, and when i said no they brought me the menu, and i was doing that language barrier gesturing thing with the umbrella so they thought i wanted to put my umbrella down, and so eventually took it from me and put it in the corner, presumably so i could sit and eat. And then i walked out. So they now must think i'm very weird - why did i come in, refuse to eat and leave my umbrella, and furthermore....why was i carrying an umbrella on a hot hot sunny day??????????
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4 comments:
oh no! you're in a sticky place! maybe you should check a phrase books for "please welcome back your brolly" or something... "ya mum's brolly..."?
I fell asleep on my table again and missed my tescos delivery! what a bore.
this is certainly a dilemna. is it likely the umbrella will get nicked from the corner where it was put? maybe you should have just taken it away, and gone back when mrs dumpling lady was there again. and what if the family don't give it back to her? how do they know it is their mother's brolly? after all, would you recognize MY brolly?
I think you have stuffed this one.
You will probably blame your mother because she did not teach you how to return umbrellas to kind ladies in Hong Kong? (In Cantonese, of course).
Confusius say:
Person who walks into a cafe to return an umbrella can expect an unforseen reaction.Beware of umbrellas.
you have wise parents, grasshoppah!
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