A couple nights ago, I had to do a MASSIVE grocery shopping trip in preparation for Restaurant Day.
I ended up missing my bus back home and opted to eat my sandwich and smoothie at the little dining area of Sokos (bottom floor).
Munch, munch, munch was me and happily enjoying my sandwich and my new knitting projects I started.
I noticed someone else was enjoying his meal but I could feel him staring at me from a couple tables away. I looked up at him to see if I recognized him - nope.
So I took my phone out and checked my email and Facebook and continued to enjoy my late night supper.
When I was finished, I still had some time to kill so I just sat there and returned some emails and this man (older fellow) who had been eating and staring at me decided to pay me a visit.
I instantly wondered what I could have done wrong and if there were any signs of my supper in my teeth...
He decided to say hello and tell me that his piece of fish was fantastic. It was so good that he decided to try and get me to go and buy some (despite my 3 massive and fully packed grocery bags - the re-usable kinds not the smaller plastic ones).
He even gave me his price tag sticker so I would know exactly what to ask for and he was just so excited about his fish (kala in Finnish) being tasty that he knows I would love it too.
How did I respond?
I nodded, grunted a bit (I did have some food still in my mouth when he first popped over to see me) and nodded some more.
I then smiled and said, "Hyv��! Kiitos - ja heippa!" (Good/great! Thanks and bye!)
This was deemed a very respectable response and he merrily went on his way.
I don't think he was drunk at all - just wanted to get courage to perhaps talk to someone - maybe he felt lonely or maybe that fish was to die for.
I ended up missing my bus back home and opted to eat my sandwich and smoothie at the little dining area of Sokos (bottom floor).
Munch, munch, munch was me and happily enjoying my sandwich and my new knitting projects I started.
I noticed someone else was enjoying his meal but I could feel him staring at me from a couple tables away. I looked up at him to see if I recognized him - nope.
So I took my phone out and checked my email and Facebook and continued to enjoy my late night supper.
When I was finished, I still had some time to kill so I just sat there and returned some emails and this man (older fellow) who had been eating and staring at me decided to pay me a visit.
I instantly wondered what I could have done wrong and if there were any signs of my supper in my teeth...
He decided to say hello and tell me that his piece of fish was fantastic. It was so good that he decided to try and get me to go and buy some (despite my 3 massive and fully packed grocery bags - the re-usable kinds not the smaller plastic ones).
He even gave me his price tag sticker so I would know exactly what to ask for and he was just so excited about his fish (kala in Finnish) being tasty that he knows I would love it too.
How did I respond?
I nodded, grunted a bit (I did have some food still in my mouth when he first popped over to see me) and nodded some more.
I then smiled and said, "Hyv��! Kiitos - ja heippa!" (Good/great! Thanks and bye!)
This was deemed a very respectable response and he merrily went on his way.
I don't think he was drunk at all - just wanted to get courage to perhaps talk to someone - maybe he felt lonely or maybe that fish was to die for.
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