Last night Jacob took me out on a date.
No, that’s not what is bizarre. He does thoughtful things like that. He’s a very sweet man.
He surprised me with a Chinese vegan/vegetarian restaurant in Salt Lake called Evergreen. We split a dish made from soy that tasted and looked just like shrimp. Yum.
It was our waitress that made the night a little bizarre. She was a middle-aged woman from Taiwan.
Waitress: Do you speak Chinese?
Jacob: Yes.
Waitress: Nihao.
Jacob: Yang she. (This is the name of our favorite Chinese song.)
Waitress: What?
Jacob, pointing to me: Yang she.
Waitress, clearly touched: Oh…oh. That is so sweet. Liang she.
Jacob and me: Smiling and laughing. We have no idea what is so sweet.
Waitress: She is so beautiful. You are the perfect couple. It is like you are still very much in love.
She leaves.
She brings our food.
Waitress to me: I must tell you something. I feel like I have known you for a very long time.
Me: What’s your name?
Waitress: Anne. Your face, you are so open, so friendly, I feel I can talk to you. What do you think?
Me: Um, sure, yeah I’m pretty open, I like to meet new people. That’s very nice.
Waitress: Where are you from?
Jacob: We have no home. We just travel. We were in China, Thailand, India this year.
Waitress: You look very young, so you must have saved up to do this.
Me: We have internet businesses so we work and travel at the same time.
Waitress: Oh.
She leaves and brings us the check.
Waitress: I have a daughter. She is very young. She is 19 and she is getting married. I am stressed. It is giving me gray hair.
Me: Don’t worry, you look very young!
Waitress: I want my daughter to be like you. You have complete freedom, and this gives you happiness.
Jacob and I, in unison: Are you a fortune teller?
Waitress: Looks at us blankly.
We say our goodbyes and leave.
1 comment:
wow, what a bizarre conversation, you're right. i bet she just didn't understand half of what you were saying :P
btw: cute yellow shirt! you look like a bumblebee, but in a good way
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