Shoot, we use them to see how far we've walked/run. Tell that to someone in the 30s.
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Shoot, we use them to see how far we've walked/run. Tell that to someone in the 30s.
Running__ | __2014: 1300.55 miles__ | __2015: 2036.13 miles__ | __2016: 1012.75 miles__ | __2017: 1105.82 miles__ | __2018: 1318.91 miles | __2019: 2000.00 miles |
I am sitting in the store writing this on a computer I can put in my pocket that is more powerful than all of the computers at NASA in 1969 combined.
I found this funny, along the lines of: There's no fighting in the War Room!A lady just came up to me and said “Speak English, we are in San Diego.” So I politely responded by asking her “how do I say ‘San Diego’ in English?” The look of bewilderment on her face made it feel like a Friday.
In a situation like that I would sorely tempted to speak some pidgen French with an exaggerated accent, like:
I attempted to use the little French I had learned (and have long since forgotten) to open every conversation and the people I talked to instantly switched to English to keep me from embarrassing myself too much more than I was already doing, or perhaps to keep me from butchering the language. Either way, it was always friendly, especially as the burden was on me and they removed that burden 100% of the time.
Well yeah, and especially in a resort town. I mean, I can't be the ONLY visitor they get who doesn't speak French.Sudy wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 1:04 pm That's an amusing image. I guess I can understand if she didn't speak any English herself, but why the drama? People have a right to protect their culture, but in business and in one-on-one exchanges with other humans, you do the best you can to accommodate one another.
That comment was not only rude, it's a head scratcher because most of the trash must be from things given out by the flight attendants. Are the stupid Americans carting boatloads of consumables on to the flight? Are they expected to abstain from eating to lighten the load on the FA's?YellowKing wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 2:04 pm My sister-in-law (who speaks fluent French) was on a flight to Paris and the flight attendants were going around collecting trash from the meal service. As she handed hers over, the flight attendant remarked something to the effect of "stupid Americans always pile up so much garbage." My sister-in-law immediately remarked (in French), "Wow, that was a very rude thing to say." Needless to say the flight attendant was mortified.
My sister-in-law didn't make a big fuss, but she did contact the airline and point out that they may need to train their staff not to insult their customers in a different language.
Other than that, however, she absolutely loved Paris and said everyone was super friendly.
I might be a difference in method. The American pile their trash whereas, at least in the mind of that FA, some other people place it on the tray in a neater manner so that it doesn't fall off.Jaymann wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 2:40 pm That comment was not only rude, it's a head scratcher because most of the trash must be from things given out by the flight attendants. Are the stupid Americans carting boatloads of consumables on to the flight? Are they expected to abstain from eating to lighten the load on the FA's?
I hate this type of situation.Sudy wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 12:10 pm I actually did encounter this in Toronto once, in high school in the late 90s, when a substitute geography teacher told two of my classmates to stop speaking Mandarin or Cantonese to each other. At least there I can appreciate the angle that public schooling was supposed to be increasing their English aptitude, but I still wish I'd stood up for them. They weren't being disruptive at the time;
Would you go so far as to suggest it is fucking spectacular?