I am English and drink hot tea as opposed to coffee. My husband and I visited a fast food restaurant in America, and I asked a waitress if they had any hot tea.
- Me: "Do you have hot tea?"
- Her: "Well, it is not very warm...but..
.." - Me: "No I mean do you have hot water and a tea bag?"
- Her: "Yes."
- Me: "So you can make me hot tea."
- Her: "Well I can put a cup of iced tea in the microwave for you."
- Me: "No, just give me a cup of hot water and a tea bag, and I will make my own."
- Her: "Do you want ice in the cup?"
Once when I went to McDonald's, I saw on the menu that you could have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets. I asked for a half dozen nuggets.
"We don't have half dozen nuggets," said the teenager at the counter.
"You don't?" I replied.
"We only have six, nine, or twelve," was the reply.
"So I can't order a half dozen nuggets, but I can order six?"
"That's right."
So I shook my head and ordered six McNuggets.
I overheard the following conversation at a Friendly's restaurant:
- Girl: "Boy, I'm really parched."
- Boy: "Yeah, I'm full too!"
A pizza-and-sub takeout recently opened near me. When I got the menu, I decided that I would try the hamburger sub that was listed, so I called.
- Me: "I'd like to place an order for pickup."
- Him: "Certainly, sir. What would you like to have?"
- Me: "I'd like the hamburger sub, please."
- Him: "Excuse me, the HAMburger sub?"
- Me: "Yes."
- Him: "I'm sorry, but we don't have HAMburger."
- Me: "It's right here on the menu."
- Him: "We don't have HAMburger."
This went on a few times, until finally I asked for a cheeseburger sub without the cheese. He was happy to sell me that.
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