Again, I didn't quite make it out for a walk this morning.
This morning, I went (online, not in person!) to the monthly Berlitz "brown bag" meeting. Berlitz would LOVE to require us to attend these, but they can't, because if they did, they'd have to pay us for them. Anyway, this time I did attend but really wished that I hadn't.
We ate lunch at Greg again today and had some of our usual dishes.
This evening, I did the weekly grocery shopping at Shufersal. They have installed new self-service cash registers, so naturally I had to try one of them. When I saw the total, it seemed rather high, but I didn't check the receipt carefully, at least not until I got home. THEN, I saw what I had done. I buy 8-packs of yogurt cups, plain for me and fruited for David. When I got to them, the machine asked me how many, so I figured the code for a single cup was probably the same as for a pack, so I carefully entered 8. But, of course, when I looked carefully at the actual receipt, I could see that I had paid WAY too much for them. So, I had to drive all the way back over there to get it corrected. Of course, the customer service lady was very nice, so it was really no problem (other than the extra trip over there for me).
I once again experienced something about Israelis that never ceases to amaze me. I explained the problem in Hebrew well enough that she understood what had happened. But she used her somewhat limited English to make sure I felt comfortable and understood what she was doing. As virtually ALWAYS happens with Israelis, she acted quite apologetic about her English, and this is something that always amazes me. The American attitude is this: if you go to another country, it is YOUR responsibility to learn the language there (and rather quickly, since Americans really have no idea how difficult that actually is!). Here is Israel, they somehow feel like THEY have failed if they can't speak perfect English! So strange!
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