C'mon, this is Caaaaanada! They have to have maple syrup, don't they?
I spent my first Friday at this job inserting into a Word doc hundreds of pictures of potential places for movie scenes. Aside from that, Francois #1, Francois #2, Patrick (? - not 100% sure what his name is, but he brought me grapes today), and I went out to a Chinese restaurant called "Wok et Soupe" for lunch. In an effort to corrupt my new international friends, I taught them the fortune cookie game. They loved it and totally cracked up at their fortunes.
They taught me that when something bad happens -- like maybe you burn your mouth on really hot food -- you exclaim, "Tabernacle!" After they taught me this word, however, they told me never to use it because it is a very bad word. Sometimes they try to show off their English, which involves making the wiggly version of the Hawaiian "hang loose" hand symbol, but saying (with a strong French accent), "Thumbs up!" I wonder where they learned that...they are very entertaining.
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I had to deal with an angry co-worker today that did not work with me to constructively resolve a rather terse situation (he was far from offering to buy me grapes). As he left my office, I said "tabernacle you!" under my breath. I'm pretty sure he heard it as he stopped in his tracks, turned around, and looked at me perplexed for a moment, then walked away. If only he knew how badly I just threw down...if only he knew....
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