December 21, 2005
The perils of multiculturalism
While divesting ourselves of our remaining posessions I thought I'd offered one acquaintance a coffee machine. The mystery of why her husband was bringing a van from Den Haag to pick up the coffee machine (I'd already offerred a perfectly good plastic shopping bag) was solved when it became apparent that she was under the impression that she was getting a bicycle.
Coffee machine/bicycle.....these things happen. Maybe it was something to do with her non-existent english and latin-Dutch combined with my non-existent portuguese and cheerful Dutch.
Luckily I am a woman of many bicycles and was able to whip something up that I had prepared earlier and that wouldn't be missed too much.(Sorry Kathy) Of course I could have tried to explain the error to her but God only knows where we'd end up after THAT conversation!
Posted by Faith