Dumb foreigner thread

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I would have asked if I could help.
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rozzieoz wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2023 6:12 pm I would have asked if I could help.
I frequent the coffee shop practically on a daily basis. All the staff speak pretty good English. If I'd have intervened I'd have spoiled the fun for them all laughing at the crazy western woman. Even the staff member dealing with her had trouble keeping a straight face.

They all seem like quite a close-knit team. If her colleagues felt she needed a hand, they'd have intervened themselves. They certainly didn't need me to intervene and spoil the fun.
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Yes , it is woman’s day and so no school today .
Is that because most of the teachers are women who need a break ?
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pissontheroof wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:25 am Yes , it is woman’s day and so no school today .
Is that because most of the teachers are women who need a break ?
It's because Cambodia made it a public holiday, for whatever reason. Laos did so as well, and it took me by surprise once when I visited.
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Celebrate women having the right to work by taking the day off. Brilliant.
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Bubble T wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:27 pm Celebrate women having the right to work by taking the day off. Brilliant.
That's not what this day is about.
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pissontheroof wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:25 am Yes , it is woman’s day and so no school today .
Is that because most of the teachers are women who need a break ?
And what about transgenders, do they get half a day off ???
And who gets the morning off, and who gets the afternoon off ??
As many woman have bad mornings, probably better give the "female-trangender" the morning, no ??
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Bongmab69 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:34 pm
pissontheroof wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:25 am Yes , it is woman’s day and so no school today .
Is that because most of the teachers are women who need a break ?
And what about transgenders, do they get half a day off ???
And who gets the morning off, and who gets the afternoon off ??
As many woman have bad mornings, probably better give the "female-trangender" the morning, no ??
Ask an other guy - how would i know ?
I was trying to figure it out
I never heard of such a thing as international woman’s day to be a reason to skip school .

I went outside to meet the school bus 🚌 if he came ,
to say it’s my fault that p jr. was still asleep 💤

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You might be overthinking this a bit.
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