its a gulf not a GAP...

Gaps and Gulfs, plenty of both.

I found out early on in living in the Philippines that while trying to ask a store clerk for something or explaining to a contractor what I wanted,  I almost always got smiles and nodding heads who indicated they knew what I meant or wanted.
I found out quickly that it was not so, as store clerks would direct me to or show me items that were nothing at all like what I requested,  and contractors would begin doing something completely different than what I had asked for.

I do understand that it my be embarrassing to admit that they do not understand me, sometimes my wife still doesn't.   So, and to this day, when something of any importance needs to be done or found using verbal communication, my wife does the talking. 
It makes life a lot easier (most of the time), and no misunderstandings or embarrassed clerks or contractors.

P.S.  Did you eat the hamburger?

The effort put into making that 10 inch burger with the ingredients provided (including that thin beef patty maybe he should have used 2pcs instead) was still a job well done in my eyes provided it wasn't too expensive & as for Raul I would have given him a piece of my mind right in his face.
Omo

Soonretired wrote:

one time this guy, Raul Delgado,he was a 'cool' guy haha...real coool.
   he went with me and a lady named mrs. rigdon and some other kids to go pick up a pizza we had ordered. when we got there we gave the money to Rauul to go inside and we were waiting in the car. he came out of the pizza place carrying the box by the side like books, end /edge in hand..we were all in the car shocked and yelling,as we yelled he proceeded to toss the pizza box in the air and as it spun he would catch it with a clap of his hands like killing a bug. over and over he tossed it spinning up and caught it between his clapping hands ! he continued acting cool of course....
    we were all shocked and yelling in the car, like what the hell is he doing?"
well ol' Rauul was from puerto rico,and had never seen a pizza and his family always ate rice and beans.
tossing rice and beans in the air and catching them like that made no difference when you ate it.
it was a cultural gap, no, a cultural GULF we were not bridging.

sometimes i run into the same thing here and i always remember Raul.
once in leyte park hotel i ordered a hamburger with room service.it arrived and i shit you not it was 10 inches tall! it had everything you could imagine on it including pineapple and thousand island dressing and mango slices! and there was no way on earth i could fit it in my mouth to take a bite,and with all the toothpics sticking out to hold it together it would have been dangerous anyway, the actual meat patty was less than 1/2 the bun size and not as thick as a slice of bread in there somewhere! hahahaaa..
but i KNEW the guy in the kitchen tried his best and most likely had never seen an actual hamburger.

anyway...be it construction or food..sometimes its not a GAP... its a GULF.

Hi my friend, you should know that the original hamburger is German. After the WWII the US forces occupying Berlin enjoyed so much the german burger that when they came back to the US they developed their own burgers and it became the national food/symbol of the US.  The German burger was different from the US one etc. in fact each country adapt its own burger. according to the ingredients, taste etc. So when you say that he probably did not see a real burger, what do you mean ? :-)

I must have missed something during those 3 years i spent in Germany...never saw a burger on any menu in any Gasthause I visited

According to Connecticut Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, the hamburger, a ground meat patty between two slices of bread, was first created in America in 1900 by Louis Lassen, a Danish immigrant, owner of Louis' Lunch in New Haven....not sure if he was a german/danish immigrant but hey long live the burger.

I was told the story of the hamburger by a German friend years ago but yesterday I checked wikipedia and it shows controversies. Hamburger from the German city of Hamburg. It seems that some part, the meat puty is coming from Hamburg but the idea of 2 pieces of bread coming from the US. It looks like a story of migrants from Hamburg to New York in the 19th century. I will tell my German friend to research more about it as he is now retired and has more time   
The story of food is fascinating. For example the Spanish are sure that adobo is a Spanish dish adopted by the Filipinos. But in fact it is the opposite. When the Spanish came to the PH they tasted adobo prepared by the beautiful ladies. When they went back to Spain they made their own adobo and enjoyed it 

Soonretired wrote:

anyway...be it construction or food..sometimes its not a GAP... its a GULF.

When my husband first arrived here, he wondered why is there a short garden hose in the bathroom next to the john? I explained to him what it's for. Using it was weird for him at first. Now, he's already crossed that bridge. Using toilet paper alone just won't do.

geolefrench wrote:

I was told the story of the hamburger by a German friend years ago but yesterday I checked wikipedia and it shows controversies. Hamburger from the German city of Hamburg. It seems that some part, the meat puty is coming from Hamburg but the idea of 2 pieces of bread coming from the US. It looks like a story of migrants from Hamburg to New York in the 19th century. I will tell my German friend to research more about it as he is now retired and has more time   
The story of food is fascinating. For example the Spanish are sure that adobo is a Spanish dish adopted by the Filipinos. But in fact it is the opposite. When the Spanish came to the PH they tasted adobo prepared by the beautiful ladies. When they went back to Spain they made their own adobo and enjoyed it 

Thanks bro.  It make my day. Happy new year to your family.  😀😀😀😀👍👍🥰🥰

manwonder wrote:

The effort put into making that 10 inch burger with the ingredients provided (including that thin beef patty maybe he should have used 2pcs instead) was still a job well done in my eyes provided it wasn't too expensive & as for Raul I would have given him a piece of my mind right in his face.
Omo

Google: Heart Attack Grill

Heart Attack Grill (In Las Vegas, of course)  All my years in Vegas, once was enough for us. They have a scale to take your weight, over 350 lbs or 158 Kilograms or 25 Stones EATS FREE.

The wait staff are dressed in Candy Stripe Uniforms a throwback to Nurses attire. There was so much fat in the burgers, I could feel my arteries closing up with each bite.

A favorite coffee shop in Vegas was in the Longhorn Casino which has a one pound burger. Look on You Tube for a woman scarfing it down in record time.

Also the old Sahara Casino (Vegas) had a six pound burrito and you get some special award if you could eat it in a certain time.

Slots of Fun (Vegas) had a 1 1/2 pound hotdog.

"Only in USA"   

ONE pound isn't so much though, I eat such weights in meals three times per day now. But some tiny Filipinas eat more than that, even having eating as hobby  haha