Sheepish
I tried to be thoughtful when the hotel maid came to clean my room: moving my belongings to make her job easier, insisting she take her time…just trying to be a warm human being. Cleaning up the messes of faceless people probably wears on you.
It quickly became apparent that she spoke little English…she couldn’t even recognize “thank you.” I eventually pieced together that she was from Poland and moved to London less than a month ago. In a moment of brilliance, I whipped out my phone and googled “how to say thank you in polish.”
dziękuję
Okay. “How to pronounce thank you in polish.”
jenn-koo-yeh
So now I’m thinking twice. “Does Borat really say ‘thank you’ in Polish? This can’t be right. I mean, I just got this from Yahoo! Answers.” I blurted out “chenquieh” followed by a sheepish grin, and found myself sleeping in another hotel for the rest of the trip.
Just kidding. She got the message.
