Sunday, August 08, 2004
Yet Another Vignette
SCENE:
Setting: A lowbudget sushi restaurant, around lunchtime
Characters: FAB, FAB's Ma, Various Restaurant Employees (clearly Asian, but patently not Japanese), Waiter (clearly Asian, but patently not Japanese).
Waiter (clearly Asian, but patently not Japanese) refilling water glasses as FAB and FAB's Ma enjoy their sushi. Various Restaurant Employees (clearly Asian, but patently not Japanese) chattering loudly in the background in a language that sounds like Chinese, is clearly Asian, but patently not Japanese. Waiter finishes pouring water and begins to walk away from the table.
FAB's Ma: konichiwa!
Waiter does not hear or does not acknowledge.
FAB: He's not Japanese.
FAB's Ma: He's not?
FAB: um, no. None of the people who work here are. Can't you hear them talking?
FAB's Ma: Then what are they?
FAB: Dunno. Chinese maybe? Or some sort of South Asian.
Waiter returns to do something or other.
FAB's ma: Excuse me sir, where are you from?
Waiter: Murrasia.
FAB's Ma: What?
Waiter: Murrasia.
FAB's Ma: Ahhhh. Smiles vacantly.
Waiter walks away.
FAB's Ma: Whispering. Do you know where that is?
FAB: What? Where what is?
FAB's Ma: Murrasia.
FAB: Uhh...I think he meant Malaysia.
Setting: A lowbudget sushi restaurant, around lunchtime
Characters: FAB, FAB's Ma, Various Restaurant Employees (clearly Asian, but patently not Japanese), Waiter (clearly Asian, but patently not Japanese).
Waiter (clearly Asian, but patently not Japanese) refilling water glasses as FAB and FAB's Ma enjoy their sushi. Various Restaurant Employees (clearly Asian, but patently not Japanese) chattering loudly in the background in a language that sounds like Chinese, is clearly Asian, but patently not Japanese. Waiter finishes pouring water and begins to walk away from the table.
FAB's Ma: konichiwa!
Waiter does not hear or does not acknowledge.
FAB: He's not Japanese.
FAB's Ma: He's not?
FAB: um, no. None of the people who work here are. Can't you hear them talking?
FAB's Ma: Then what are they?
FAB: Dunno. Chinese maybe? Or some sort of South Asian.
Waiter returns to do something or other.
FAB's ma: Excuse me sir, where are you from?
Waiter: Murrasia.
FAB's Ma: What?
Waiter: Murrasia.
FAB's Ma: Ahhhh. Smiles vacantly.
Waiter walks away.
FAB's Ma: Whispering. Do you know where that is?
FAB: What? Where what is?
FAB's Ma: Murrasia.
FAB: Uhh...I think he meant Malaysia.