Thursday, April 19, 2007

A very Dutch experience

Yesterday afternoon, Charlotte and I were out for lunch together in the beautiful sunshine while Ellie slept soundly in her stroller. I ordered a coffee, which turned out to be undrinkable. Charlotte insisted I tell the server, though I had no belief that the server would care (it wasn't a coffee place, so it isn't their specialty). At the end of the meal when we had our server's attention, Charlotte politely informed her that my coffee was undrinkable and tasted quite bitter. The server's response did not disappoint. She merely said, "Yes, that's how it tastes."
Welcome to Holland.

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