...La pioggia continua a scrosciare....ci spostiamo per trovare riparo ma ormai siamo completamente zuppi...come faccio a tornare in albergo???
Sono confusa, bagnata ed infastidita dalla situazione...ma Lukacz viene in mio soccorso...o quasi....mi porge il numero dei taxi e mi invita a chiamare per far venire immediatamente un cab a prelevarmi...
...bene, facile a dirsi, ma non a farsi...chiamo...ripensandoci adesso, rido di me stessa....ma in quel momento...bagnata fradicia e tanto ma tanto arrabbiata...continuavo a non capire come mai la persona dall'altra parte della cornetta non riuscisse a capire le mie indicazioni e continuasse a chiedermi dove fossi...
...solo per capirci...avevamo trovato riparo sotto la tettoia di una stazione Shell...e io al telefono dicevo: "Sono alla Shell"...ma la persona non capiva...solo dopo aver detto "Sono alla stazione di servizio della Shell", dato che dire solo "Shell" non era sufficiente, come probabilmente lo sarebbe stato in Italia, ...ci siamo accordati che sarebbe arrivato da lì a 15 minuti....
Aspettiamo ancora ed ancora...Lukacz non mi molla un attimo...la serata e fredda e il punto poco illuminato, perciò mi dice che preferisce aspettare con me ( proprio come il mio collega italiano...penso)....Alla fine arriva un taxi...sono super felice!!!
Saluto il mio accompagnatore, lo ringrazio ancora tantissimo per la pazienza e mi dirigo verso il taxi...salita gli chiedo se è lui la persona con la quale ho parlato al telefono: lui mi dice di no, ma sul momento non ci faccio caso...sono all'asciutto, sono salva e sto per tornare in albergo per cenare...e sì, stavolta una cena con i fiocchi...ho proprio fame!!!!...
Arrivata in albergo, pago il conducente...corro in camera ad asciugarmi e cambiarmi velocemente e poi mi dirigo verso il ristorante; la cuoca e la ragazza che serve in tavola mi conoscono ormai da una settimana perciò appena mi vedono arrivano sorridenti la prima con il menù e la seconda con una bottiglia di BULMERS (sidro di mele...ne sono diventata ghiotta)...ah, penso, la serata è finalmente finita!!!!...
....ad un certo punto...dopo aver ordinato...il mio cellulare inglese inizia a suonare...non capisco chi possa essere è un numero che non conosco...rispondo e sento una voce maschile dall'altra parte...mi parla ma afferro pochissime parole....chi cavolo è?....
Oh..no!!!! E' il tassita...è alla stazione della Shell e mi chiede dove io sia...ma allora quello che mi ha prelevata, chi era???
Faccio mente locale e penso ai particolari...ma sì, era un tassista che doveva fare benzina...e io invece, pensando che fosse quello chiamato da me, ho dato per scontato
che cercasse me...
Oh...no!!!! Cerco di scusarmi e di spiegare la situazione...alzo la voce e tutti nel ristorante si voltano a guardarmi...sono tanto imbarazzata e frustrata....chiudo e quasi quasi vorrei piangere...ma sono lì in un luogo pubblico...
Si avvicina la cameriera e provo a raccontarle l'accaduto....lei mi tranquillizza dicendomi che è capitato anche a lei tante volte appena arrivata in UK...lei è polacca ed è li da poco più di 4 anni...mi tranquillizzo un pò, anche se continuo a pensare alla figuraccia e a quanto sono stata stupida e poco attenta...alla fine arriva la mia cena e, sconsolata, inizio a mangiare....
HOW DO I GET BACK TO THE HOTEL????
The rain keeps pouring down ... .... we go to find shelter but now we are completely wet ... how do I get back to the hotel??
I'm confused, wet and annoyed by the situation ... but Lukacz comes to my rescue ... or so .... gives me the number of taxi and invites me to call immediately a cab to take me ...
... Well, easier said, than done ... but I call ... looking back now, I laugh at myself .... but at that time ... soaking wet and so very angry ... but I kept do not understand why the person on the other side of the receiver could not understand my instructions and continued to ask me where I was ...
... Just to be clear ... we had found shelter under the roof of a Shell petrol station on the phone ... and I said: "I am at the Shell" ... but the person did not understand ... just after saying "I'm at the Shell petrol station ", since only say" Shell "was not sufficient, as it probably would have been in Italy, ... we agreed it would come from there in 15 minutes ....
We look again and again ... Lukacz not leave me a moment ... and the night cold and dimly lit point, so I said to prefer to wait with me (just like my Italian colleague ... I think) .... Came a taxi ... I'm super happy!
I greet my companion, I thank you again so much for your patience and I head up to the taxi ... ask him if he is the person with whom I talked on the phone he tells me no, but in that moment I do not mind ... I have saved and I am going back to the hotel for dinner ... and yes, this time a dinner with all the trimmings ... I really hungry!! ...
Arrived at the hotel, pay the driver ... I run in the room to dry and change me quickly and then I headed to the restaurant, the chef and the waitress know me, so just come see me smiling with the menu and with a bottle of Bulmers (cider ... we've become greedy) ... ah, I think, the night is finally over!! ...
.... At some point ... after ordering ... my English phone starts to ring ... I do not know who it is and is a number that does not know ... I answer and hear a male voice talks but ... I grabbed a few words .... who is he? ....
Oh .. no!! He is a taxi driver ... is at the Shell station and asks me where I am ... but then what has taken me, who??
I think the details ... but yes, it was a taxi driver who had to get petrol ... and instead I thought that he was the one called to me, I assumed...
Oh ... no!! I try to apologie and explain the situation ... I raise my voice and everyone in the restaurant look back at me ... I'm so embarrassed and frustrated .... I shut down and I almost cried ... but I'm there in a public place ...
I approached the waitress and I try to tell her what had happened .... she reassures me that it happened to her so many times just arrived in UK ... she is Polish and is there over 4 years ... I calm down a bit, although I still think of the fool and that I was stupid and careless ... finally got my dinner and, sadly, beginning to eat.
HOW DO I GET BACK TO THE HOTEL????
The rain keeps pouring down ... .... we go to find shelter but now we are completely wet ... how do I get back to the hotel??
I'm confused, wet and annoyed by the situation ... but Lukacz comes to my rescue ... or so .... gives me the number of taxi and invites me to call immediately a cab to take me ...
... Well, easier said, than done ... but I call ... looking back now, I laugh at myself .... but at that time ... soaking wet and so very angry ... but I kept do not understand why the person on the other side of the receiver could not understand my instructions and continued to ask me where I was ...
... Just to be clear ... we had found shelter under the roof of a Shell petrol station on the phone ... and I said: "I am at the Shell" ... but the person did not understand ... just after saying "I'm at the Shell petrol station ", since only say" Shell "was not sufficient, as it probably would have been in Italy, ... we agreed it would come from there in 15 minutes ....
We look again and again ... Lukacz not leave me a moment ... and the night cold and dimly lit point, so I said to prefer to wait with me (just like my Italian colleague ... I think) .... Came a taxi ... I'm super happy!
I greet my companion, I thank you again so much for your patience and I head up to the taxi ... ask him if he is the person with whom I talked on the phone he tells me no, but in that moment I do not mind ... I have saved and I am going back to the hotel for dinner ... and yes, this time a dinner with all the trimmings ... I really hungry!! ...
Arrived at the hotel, pay the driver ... I run in the room to dry and change me quickly and then I headed to the restaurant, the chef and the waitress know me, so just come see me smiling with the menu and with a bottle of Bulmers (cider ... we've become greedy) ... ah, I think, the night is finally over!! ...
.... At some point ... after ordering ... my English phone starts to ring ... I do not know who it is and is a number that does not know ... I answer and hear a male voice talks but ... I grabbed a few words .... who is he? ....
Oh .. no!! He is a taxi driver ... is at the Shell station and asks me where I am ... but then what has taken me, who??
I think the details ... but yes, it was a taxi driver who had to get petrol ... and instead I thought that he was the one called to me, I assumed...
Oh ... no!! I try to apologie and explain the situation ... I raise my voice and everyone in the restaurant look back at me ... I'm so embarrassed and frustrated .... I shut down and I almost cried ... but I'm there in a public place ...
I approached the waitress and I try to tell her what had happened .... she reassures me that it happened to her so many times just arrived in UK ... she is Polish and is there over 4 years ... I calm down a bit, although I still think of the fool and that I was stupid and careless ... finally got my dinner and, sadly, beginning to eat.