The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoHow did they know?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square155linkfedilinkarrow-up1972arrow-down111
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minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoI walked up to a change office to transfer a travelers check to cash. me: Bonjour! he stopped me right there change guy: “I do not speak english” me: nods, shrugs, hands him the check change guy: ignores the check, pulls down the lock shutter.
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThat’s what you get for showing up right as they were closing.
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI did ponder that, It was like 1pm on a Saturday, Hours were posted and should have been open, maybe a late lunch or a bathroom break, he could at least have said anything in French, I spoke enough to get by,
I walked up to a change office to transfer a travelers check to cash.
me: Bonjour!
he stopped me right there
change guy: “I do not speak english”
me: nods, shrugs, hands him the check
change guy: ignores the check, pulls down the lock shutter.
That’s what you get for showing up right as they were closing.
I did ponder that, It was like 1pm on a Saturday, Hours were posted and should have been open, maybe a late lunch or a bathroom break, he could at least have said anything in French, I spoke enough to get by,