Its funny how you start to not question the strange behaviour of others. I will relay a story from one one of my colleagues who is from Canada and doesn't speak any Chinese. (he will be known as J).
J was on his way home from the Airport via taxi. The taxi driver stopped and started explaining in great detail something he wanted J to do. He stopped a few meters prior to a toll gate on a freeway to town. After about 10minutes of talking back and forth and getting nowhere J decided to get out and flag another taxi. When J got out of the taxi he walked through to the other side of the toll gate to get a taxi where the taxi driver he was just with called him over for him to get back in his car. I guess it is cheaper to go through without a passenger.
This is one example of typical situations we deal with and do it with a smile.
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No no that sounds completely logical ... but is there any chance you can meet me at the airport?
Love your big sister who has a feeling her patience will have been well and truely tested after the buearocracy that is Russia!
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Guess if you have patience enough, you will eventually achieve what you wanted. Interesting that J obviously did what was required, without even realizing it.
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