August 24, 2008 1:06 PM
No Problem.
This is not going to seem like a very big deal, but today, something incredibly strange happened to me in a cab:The driver spoke English.
Okay, well, it wasn't that much English. Actually, all he said was "No problem" when I told him where I wanted to go.
But in two months here, I'd yet to hear any cab driver say more than "okay" or "bye bye." The fact that this cabbie knew an additional phrase was shocking.
To put it in a larger context: yes, I'm expecting a significant culture shock when I return to the States and find out that most everyone speaks the same language as me.
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