since it's better to apologize than to ask permission
18 February 2009
On the Street
I was yelled at by a stout, possibly homeless Polish woman: "Przepraszam." I said I don't speak Polish and kept walking. "Przepraszam Pani!" she repeated in a much more demanding voice. I repeated my refrain and walked a bit faster.
I wonder if she wanted money. You might be perceived as a well-to-do young professional in that environment.
What can you do but what you did? There was never going to a mutual understanding with the Polish woman you speak of here ... two cultures, two women on two extremes of a social and cultural continuum.
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I wonder if she wanted money. You might be perceived as a well-to-do young professional in that environment.
What can you do but what you did? There was never going to a mutual understanding with the Polish woman you speak of here ... two cultures, two women on two extremes of a social and cultural continuum.
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