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Ordering a meal in Namibia
At 12:30 I decided to seek out some lunch. The ladies in the office mentioned a fish restaurant around the corner that was reasonably priced and sold a decent fare. I was more than happy to try it out. So off I went round the corner and through the sand. Did I mention that Namibia is very sandy!! Well its mainly desert land for goodness sake..
So I saw a meal on the menu that was basically stew fish with rice.. They called it Thai Fish special!! So up I went to counter and ordered the meal and proceeded to have the oddest conversation of the day. I am still wondering what went wrong:
ME: may I have the Thai Fish please
Her: blank look
ME: may I have the Thai fish
Her: blank look again
ME: (louder this time) THAI FISH
Her: (smiling) It not ready yet. come back
ME: When shall I come back
Her: When it ready
ME: WHAT? how will I know when it is ready.. can you ask please
Her: (smiling and happy she skipped off to ask and comes back and pronounces quite sweetly) They say come back when it ready. Can you come back? I shall order it for you.. Make sure and come back when it ready!
I gave up at that point, walked out and bought two oranges from the happy vendor and went back to my desk and ate that smiling to myself at the conversation I just had. How would I know when it was ready!!!!!!!. Do Africans possess knowledge of readiness powers that I don’t know of or have.. Like the power to know when a fish meal is ready? Apparently they do as Faith the Programme Director tells me to go back around 1! It should be ready around then! I went back to the smiling woman who was happy to see me and gave me my meal with a pleasant smile and told me to come back tomorrow.
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