Once again, I am lost.
-Hello new place.
As always, no map.
I walk a bit here, and a bit there. I have no clue in what part of the city I am.
-Oh well, I might as well get some late breakfast, a coffee maybe.
I see a sign that reads: Cafe-Restaurant. The place is empty except for one table where a couple sips coffee. I pick a table and sit down. The waiter ignores me, so I call him and he drags himself to my table. I have practiced in my head what I'm about to say, and with my best smile I plunge:
-Un cappuccino s'il vous plait.
He looks at me in disgust, and with a heavy accented english replies:
-No. Unless you pay in advance and drink it in less zan 10 minutes. Ziz is a Restaurant, can't you see we are in lunch time.
I can feel my expression change dramatically, and my right eyebrow rising . I exaggeratedly look around to make my point that the place was empty.
-Non, merci.
That was a great first impression the Parisians made on me.
Raf
-Hello new place.
As always, no map.
I walk a bit here, and a bit there. I have no clue in what part of the city I am.
-Oh well, I might as well get some late breakfast, a coffee maybe.
I see a sign that reads: Cafe-Restaurant. The place is empty except for one table where a couple sips coffee. I pick a table and sit down. The waiter ignores me, so I call him and he drags himself to my table. I have practiced in my head what I'm about to say, and with my best smile I plunge:
-Un cappuccino s'il vous plait.
He looks at me in disgust, and with a heavy accented english replies:
-No. Unless you pay in advance and drink it in less zan 10 minutes. Ziz is a Restaurant, can't you see we are in lunch time.
I can feel my expression change dramatically, and my right eyebrow rising . I exaggeratedly look around to make my point that the place was empty.
-Non, merci.
That was a great first impression the Parisians made on me.
Raf
jajaja no me habias contado esta!! que mala onda!
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