That reminds me - on this WPBC I actually had a bit of an uncomfortable moment with a server (not one of ours, but someone who served us at lunch in Triton's): His nametag said he was from Italy, and since I love to practise my Italian I spoke to him for a bit. He then said he wasn't actually born in Italy but in Switzerland, but he didn't live in Switzerland anymore and was glad about it, because Switzerland was much too much like Germany for his liking - and he made a disgusted face. I wanted to stop him before he said something he might regret, so I smiled and said "Oh be careful, before you continue I just want you to know that I am German".
Somehow, though, he must have completely misheard that sentence - he continued for a while about how Germans are always so humourless and so punctual. I laughed along with him - because what can I say, most of us ARE quite punctual and maybe really just a tiny little bit humourless!
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Upon serving the first course, he then asks me "So anywhere, where are you from? Not from the States, right?". And I say "No, sorry, from Germany!". He stared at me as if he had seen a ghost ... and for the rest of the meal I had the feeling he was a bit angry that I had led him into a trap. Which I hadn't! I did tell him straightaway, he just didn't hear me! Oh well, I guess I gave him a good scare
And the next time I saw him on another day, he greeted me in German