Sunday, September 23, 2007

You know you live in Bs As when... (part 2)

  • A hamburguesa “completa” means it includes fried egg and ham. In fact, pretty much everything involves egg and/or ham.
  • The only place to get coffee “to go" is McDonald’s.
  • The elevators only hold two people (and may very well flash red lights and beep and call you “SOBREPESO” if you try to fit three) and have doors you must close by hand. Which is thoroughly annoying on top of being weird... imagine that someone goes up to the 8th floor and neglects to close the door all the way, rendering the elevator stuck on that floor, and condemning you to a hellish, never-ending spiral staircase experience.
  • Coffee is almost always served with a little glass of water, often sparkling, and some sort of little cookie or treat. But at the same time,
  • serving tap water at a restaurant is unheard of.
  • EVERYWHERE delivers, including ice cream shops. Now, how this makes any sense, considering waiters practically ignore you when you are actually eating inside an establishment, is entirely beyond me.

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