Comprehension dawns
Aug. 11th, 2005 10:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qatarperegrineEvery morning our new tea guy, Kasim, brings me a glass of water and a mug of green tea. When he comes to pick up the cups he asks me if I want more and I say, "No, I'm fine," but five minutes later he brings more anyway.
Somehow it only just occurred to me that he must be understanding the "fine" but not the "no." This should help me stop drinking two unasked-for cups of green tea a day.
Oh, and in other Arabic hospitality related news, I ate my first FRESH dates yesterday. Man are they good! They're crunchy, roughly apple-textured, but sweeter than any other fresh fruit I can think of. Yum!
Somehow it only just occurred to me that he must be understanding the "fine" but not the "no." This should help me stop drinking two unasked-for cups of green tea a day.
Oh, and in other Arabic hospitality related news, I ate my first FRESH dates yesterday. Man are they good! They're crunchy, roughly apple-textured, but sweeter than any other fresh fruit I can think of. Yum!
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Date: 2005-08-14 10:55 am (UTC)KHALAS!
:-D
Elke likes pointing out the semantic incongruity of that statement. Her reply is usually "I know you're fine, but that wasn't the question - would you like one?(/more)"