en français...

Something amazing happened....I got to speak French at work!

I have 6 years of French education...I took it for 3 years in HS and also minored in it at Ferris, but I have never gotten to use it.  I have actually been kinda depressed about this useless knowledge that I paid for, but I finally got to put it to semi-good use!

This tour group from France came to the restaurant where I work a few weeks ago and I did not even know that they were French until they were already ordered and waiting for food. Funny story there--a majority of the tourists in the group have some sort of disability so one person orders for them all.  When they visited a few weeks ago, they all ordered "Coca" so the server made 13 hot chocolates...nope, they wanted COCA COLA! Anyway...this is where my French knowledge would have came into play.

This time, I knew in advance that the group was coming.  It was pouring rain out and they were so happy to be at the restaurant they were not even trying to speak English.  A lady rushes in and says..
              "une serviette afjkhfkahgakjgha s'il vous plait".  
I was confused as to why she was asking
                             ...so I said, "pourqoi?" (why)...
and she said, "ahkjhgoiahgalkjgahg une serviette"...

So, I told the server to get her some napkins.  The customer was OVERJOYED that I "knew" what she said and the server went running to the owner to proclaim this new-found knowledge that Jaci know how to speak French!

I managed to say a few more simple saying..."Ah, oui d'accord" (Ah, yes, ok) and "Oui, je parle francais un peu"....little do they know that I really speak A LITTLE French!  Oh well, made those classes seem worth it.

Au revoir!