Funny story from my trip home from London - While waiting in the airport I sat across from a young guy and his grandmother (she looked like she was). They were each reading something when I sat down and I didn't take any notice of them while I pulled out my Sudoku and relaxed for the hour and a half till we could board. A little old lady came by and needed a seat so I gave her mine and I settled for the floor. A toddler crawled near my feet peeking into my bag so I played with him. Then the lady looked at me, sized me up and leaned to talk to the guy...in German. (Unbeknownst to them I'm a master Kraut). She started telling him how good looking I was and how proper and sophisticated I acted. She was pleased with what she saw and thought he should say something to get to know me when we got on the plane and maybe get my number when we landed. This made me snicker and I almost snorted (almost). She looked up at me funny, but I just kept my nose in my game. That's when I thought I'd play a little game with her. I pulled out the novel I had been reading and dropped it on the floor. She nudged the guy to pick it up for me and I thanked him and asked where they were heading to...IN GERMAN. You should've seen her face....priceless - she was mortified!! Needless to say she didn't say a thing after that and didn't talk to me on the plane even though they sat kitty-corner to me. I became invisible in her eyes.
Now for the moral of my story - be careful what you say and how you say it, you never know who might hear or understand you. Hopefully it's all good!
That is an awesome story! Thanks for sharing:)
ReplyDeleteI did this the other day with a family from Colombia that came to my workplace. By the time I had printed out their receipt, we were laughing and talking like we'd known each other for years.
ReplyDeleteBut you're totally right - you gotta watch what you say (and in what language you say it in).
HAHA!!! Anne! Loved your story! are you ready for my version of this story? i will probably blog about it too...but for now I will tell you - yesterday I was walking in the park holding hands with George and a group of teenage girls were totally talking about us in Russian - George totally knows Russian - so it was really funny they were saying, "look at those two- do you think they are together? no they are brother and sister? no they are together!" etc So funny!
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