Sunday, 29 July 2012

vicarious embarrassment

In September of 2011 I stayed in a hotel in the north of Germany. This hotel is the German branch of an American chain founded in 1946. Each guest is handed a small folder with a few hints in German and in English when they check in. Here's a scan of the English part.


I was astonished to see that they have a jurisdiction of their own from Monday to Saturday.
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2 comments:

  1. Limey30 July 2012 at 10:32

    Awfly sorry, Krauto, ole chap, but Ime totally mystified by your comment.
    And by the the word 'courts' in their stuff.

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  2. Kraut30 July 2012 at 12:50

    Blimey, Limey! 'Dishes' and 'courts' are the same words in German, i.e. 'Gerichte'. Does this de-mystify the story?

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