Far and Distant Land

[lizwilliams]

I had to send a fax yesterday and we don't have a fax machine here, so I went to the newsagents', which has a fax facility.

The woman behind the counter had to check the rates for faxes abroad. She said: 'I'm not good at geography. Belgium. Remind me.'

I said: 'It's in Europe!'

I feel a bit mean about reporting this as she was very nice and very helpful. At least I didn't wind her up by telling her that it was part of Africa.

Comments

[madwriter.livejournal.com]

>>I feel a bit mean about reporting this as she was very nice and very helpful. At least I didn't wind her up by telling her that it was part of Africa.<<

Which one might be tempted to do if she had not been nice and helpful. But then the fax would probably just cost more, and the lady could just look at an old map and say, "See? Belgian Congo!"

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I should have told her it was part of Yorkshire.