I want to share an incidental event that happened today, just cuz it tickled me.
One of the shops in The Shambles I visited today was the Pandora gift shop - last year I bought a gorgeous enameled metal white rose of York key ring there, which is with my car keys. Today I picked up four postcards @ 15p = 60p. The lady in the shop said she had basically no change. All I had was 20p in coins -- and then 10 and 20 pound notes, way too big. So I was tempted to leave them for another day, and I wanted to say "Maybe I should just forget about it for now." But what came out of my mouth was "Perhaps I'd best leave it, then." That was a Completely British Sentence®, one I have never spoken before! I have already started speaking Brit! lol
It gets better: she asked me what change I had and I told her just the 20p. She asked for it and gave me the postcards. She said "If you make it back this way someday, you can give me the forty -- if you don't, then don't worry about it." I thanked her sincerely. And a couple hours later, I came back with 40p and handed it to her -- her face lit up and she said, "Oh, you remembered!" It was a sweet moment that gave me some hope.
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Date: 2018-12-04 11:06 pm (UTC)One of the shops in The Shambles I visited today was the Pandora gift shop - last year I bought a gorgeous enameled metal white rose of York key ring there, which is with my car keys. Today I picked up four postcards @ 15p = 60p. The lady in the shop said she had basically no change. All I had was 20p in coins -- and then 10 and 20 pound notes, way too big. So I was tempted to leave them for another day, and I wanted to say "Maybe I should just forget about it for now." But what came out of my mouth was "Perhaps I'd best leave it, then." That was a Completely British Sentence®, one I have never spoken before! I have already started speaking Brit! lol
It gets better: she asked me what change I had and I told her just the 20p. She asked for it and gave me the postcards. She said "If you make it back this way someday, you can give me the forty -- if you don't, then don't worry about it." I thanked her sincerely. And a couple hours later, I came back with 40p and handed it to her -- her face lit up and she said, "Oh, you remembered!" It was a sweet moment that gave me some hope.