So I was just at the post office and listened to quite a long, involved conversation between the postwoman and a man at the counter; she spoke every word in French, he spoke every word in English. Absolutely no attempt on either part to speak a word of the other's language.
The woman went in the back and got his mail, which is what he was asking for (no hand gestures needed, either). She returned dragging a sack that would have felled Santa. I said, "Fan mail?" The woman, who spoke only French, looked up at me with a laugh on her face; the man didn't even turn around.
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