tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post5931950628880056956..comments2024-03-18T23:23:20.948+01:00Comments on Itchy Feet: the Travel and Language Comic: ToppingsMalachi Ray Rempenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827725501736261649noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-68392594874387955332016-03-01T06:19:12.928+01:002016-03-01T06:19:12.928+01:00I'm surprised the waiter gave you options to a...I'm surprised the waiter gave you options to add or subtract toppings at all. My experience ordering pizza in Italy was that if it wasn't explicitly on the menu, it wasn't happening!<br /><br />And God forbid you ask to split a pizza. We weren't that hungry, but the waiter we asked responded "it's not possible". We ended up getting two separate appetizers that together cost less than the pizza. But at least the waiter let us do it.<br />Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04692371258444154274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-69009303139775359682014-12-26T01:53:59.295+01:002014-12-26T01:53:59.295+01:00Ahaha
If I were him, I'd just say "yes&qu...Ahaha<br />If I were him, I'd just say "yes" to whatever the next option would be, as long as it resulted in the kind of pizza he wanted. Although if he was asked to repeat the order to confirm it...Skyrosiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12960690737477314817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-51925407510435613242014-10-17T12:39:14.605+02:002014-10-17T12:39:14.605+02:00Great point. This is why I love to travel - you le...Great point. This is why I love to travel - you learn that little things you take for granted, like the freedom to choose between a thousand peanut butters, are not universal, but cultural. And neither way is good or bad. We might improve a lot of things we do at home by observing the way others do it.Malachi Ray Rempenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827725501736261649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-18713657415800051572014-10-15T00:38:50.916+02:002014-10-15T00:38:50.916+02:00This really great comic deserves more than just a ...This really great comic deserves more than just a few comments on the correct spelling of pizza names! It touches a super interesting topic - I've for a long time been amazed (and overwhelmed, I have to admit) by the wide choice often offered to customers in the US, and by the funny effects it creates when American companies like Starbucks through company policy push that kind of customer service down on unsuspecting customers in countries where this isn't the norm nor expected. ("No, just give me the normal one. Yes, I mean, there has to be a standard one that everyone takes.") There's also a good book written by Takeo Doi on his experiences about that topic as a Japanese in the US. Coming from a country where customer service is understood as "making the choices FOR the customer, so he doesn't have to worry about the details himself", you can imagine what kind of situations he gets into when coming to a country that's famous for the possibility to always "have it your way". I kinda understand both sides, but it's always fun to compare them and, well, laugh about it. :)Schluchtenscheißernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-21176348327718390992013-10-27T17:23:14.559+01:002013-10-27T17:23:14.559+01:00Quattro stagioni, with only one g :)Quattro stagioni, with only one g :)Costnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-87834787192165024362013-09-18T16:43:34.129+02:002013-09-18T16:43:34.129+02:00Cavoli! You're right!Cavoli! You're right! Malachi Ray Rempenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827725501736261649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-37583412847742193042013-09-18T16:35:25.682+02:002013-09-18T16:35:25.682+02:00I think it's "quattro staggioni".I think it's "quattro staggioni".Eduardonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-11881248616179680992013-07-05T13:04:05.755+02:002013-07-05T13:04:05.755+02:00Che palle! My badChe palle! My badMalachi Ray Rempenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827725501736261649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-30095915438928514322013-06-23T21:51:51.788+02:002013-06-23T21:51:51.788+02:00*Quattro stagioni :)*Quattro stagioni :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-36368744484780592482013-06-23T20:38:59.672+02:002013-06-23T20:38:59.672+02:00Ah, where a meal is not just food - but an event.Ah, where a meal is not just food - but an event.Tom Mullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278895429095112761noreply@blogger.com