Cross-Cultural Communication
I scanned the board at the coffee shop, but didn’t see what I wanted. The woman at the register waited for my order.
“Can I get a depth charge?” I asked, not surprised when she furrowed her brow and wanted to know what it was.
“A cup of coffee with a shot in it.”
“Oh,” she smiled. “We call that a red eye. Where are you from?”
Minnesota, I told her. She placed my order, then had another question.
“What do you call it when it has TWO shots in it?”
“A double depth charge. What about you?”
She laughed. “A _black_ eye.”
Vive la difference.
August 19th, 2008 at 7:32 am
That is funny!
Different subject. Did you read Chiggers yet? Do you plan to review it? I see it on your recent books list.
I didn’t like it at all and reviewed it on my blog a couple of weeks ago. Sometimes I feel badly when I don’t like a book…