hmmm...if I pretend to only speak English he may get frustrated and leave me alone. I'll just hand him my drivers license.
"Hello!" -me
"Ah, you have your permis de conduire." -him
Crap! He speaks English. I reach for the paperwork out of the cubby.
"I don't really know what you need," as I hand him a stack of papers and a bunch of junk he doesn't need.
"Oh, you don't know what you need. Well, I will teach you. You need this permis de conduire and this registration and...this (pointing to a number)...this....this...you know this. No?
"Oh yes, that number." (whatever the heck that number is for) -me
I think this guy just wants to show off his English skills. I can use this!"
"Wow! Your English is fantastic! Well done! I'm very impressed!" -me
"Oh, (nervous laugh) thank you so much." -him
"And this is everything I need?" (widen eyes a bit) -me
"Yes. Yes. You have everything you need." -him
Oh my goodness! Thank you! You just made my day better! I'm all set for driving, and I have all my paperwork! That's wonderful!" (flash big smile) -me
"Oh, no problem, no problem." (laughs heartily) "Thank you." (shakes my hand) -him
"You have a nice day! Thank you so much!" -me
"OK. Have a nice day." -him
Drive off. No ticket today for breaking any made up Nigerien rules!
