Anybody who comes to Venice, and drinks Starbucks coffee, or goes to the Hard Rock for a drink, or eats at the Burger King or the MacDonalds that are here (or buys shoes from the Foot Locker) deserves to be punched in the junk.
Repeatedly.
Mal: Hell, this job I would pull for free. Zoe: Can I have your share? Mal: No. Zoe: If you die, can I have your share? Mal: Yes.
'The Train Job'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
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Sean K - Jun 23, 2010 12:19:51 pm PDT #23555 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
§ ita § - Jun 23, 2010 12:23:26 pm PDT #23556 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I ate at a MacDonalds in Moscow. It was a cultural experience. I don't know what they're like in Italy.
Sean K - Jun 23, 2010 12:25:42 pm PDT #23557 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I ate at a MacDonalds in Moscow. It was a cultural experience. I don't know what they're like in Italy.
Okay, but a) you're not really a USian, b) msbelle would totally get a pass if she came to Venice and wanted to eat at the Burger King here, and c) okay, I kinda wanted to try a MacDonalds in another country too, just to see what it was like.
But COME ON!!!! We were AT a COFFEE PLACE!!!!
sj - Jun 23, 2010 12:27:43 pm PDT #23558 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I often feel that way about American things abroad. Although, I admit to stopping into a Hard Rock cafe in London and in Rome to get my friend a teddy bear because she collects them. I did not eat at them.
Polter-Cow - Jun 23, 2010 12:28:59 pm PDT #23559 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
okay, I kinda wanted to try a MacDonalds in another country too, just to see what it was like.
When we were in the Frankfurt airport for seven hours, we found a McDonald's, and I recall their having some very strange sauces. It's definitely worth checking out, for kicks.
billytea - Jun 23, 2010 12:38:10 pm PDT #23560 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
When I was in Greece I had an American couple ask me directions to the nearest McDonalds so they "could get a decent cup of coffee".
When I was in Egypt, I was for the most part on board with the cultural differences. There was one day, however, after a distinctly unpleasant experince with a shopkeeper when I snapped and walked for half an hour to find a Maccas for lunch, just so I'd know what to expect. (I figured I'd find one in the vicinity of the American University.)
meara - Jun 23, 2010 12:38:28 pm PDT #23561 of 30000
In college we had mcdonalds when in Scotland--but only the apple pies. Because (a) apple pie and icecream was 99p, and more importantly (b) they're still fried not baked there! Here I just eat them at checkers (sigh, none around here)
Laga - Jun 23, 2010 12:42:05 pm PDT #23562 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
My brother tells of being excited to find a place that served tacos in Dublin only to find they were sloppy joes on pita.
§ ita § - Jun 23, 2010 12:42:56 pm PDT #23563 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
We ate at McDonalds in London all the time. Where else you gonna get a burger?
I had a friend I went to Jamaica with who wouldn't eat the free Jamaican food right in front of him, preferring to travel and buy a burger or a steak rather than try new food.
Him, I judged. You're a university student. Be cheap, be adventurous.
Toddson - Jun 23, 2010 12:45:07 pm PDT #23564 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I can understand wanting someplace familar on occasion but ... coffee? in Italy? eesh