Next time, I’m going by Chan
I went to get a haircut the other day. To make sure that I wouldn’t have to wait when I got there, I phoned the place to book an appointment.
-Hi, I’d like to book an appointment for a haircut. Are you going to have someone available at 5 or 5:30?
-5:30 is OK. Name?
-Simon.
-Who?
-Simon. S-I-M-O-N.
-Oh, Samuel. OK. See you at 5:30.
I thought that it was kind of weird that he screwed up my name, but chalked it up to the language barrier on his part since English wasn’t the guy’s first language. I get there at 5:35 (Chan Standard Time, remember), and I spoke to the guy behind the counter. (more…)
