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!
lol hahaha, guess all those tickets in the US were well practiced for that. ok maybe not. but i still thought this was funny.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you have your Dad's grace when it comes to policemen, tickets, . . .
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