Intolerance – a snippet
We conclude that there are 4 potential restaurants that may earn our patronage today. Prior to any final decision making, I call one in particular, just to check.
“Hi, this is San Jose's most premiere restaurant in the Bay Area serving find food to the discerning public, specializing in pasta and seafood in a family style, how may I be of service to you today?”
It's hard to process the message, delivered at speed with a gasp for breath at the end.
“Good morning. I was wondering if you served fries please?”
I am careful not to allow the word 'chips' escape from my lips as it is unfair to confuse the foreigners. I keep it brief, as American's dislike waffle and time wasters. I stop myself from havering over the use of 'premiere.' The pronunciation is so mangled it cannot be French, but I have started a new personal campaign, I shall not be picky about individual words. I shall be tolerant.
“Fries? D'ya mean French Fries?” she asks in a tone of American incredulity.
“Mais oui!”
My bad!
March 16th, 2008 at 10:41 am
LOL! And after all that, how was dinner??
Heidi
March 16th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Ha! Are there any American restaurants that don’t serve fries?
March 16th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Serving fries is definitely a deal breaker for our family. I wonder how they choose the “most premiere” of the family-style restaurants.
Hope it was a great meal!
March 16th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
A menu without ‘chips’ is not worth mentioning! (LOL)
March 17th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
hehehehehe I said the message (at high speed) and I needed to take quite a big gasp of breath at the end… hehehehe cheers kim xxx