taxi driver
Today I had a misunderstanding with a taxi driver. I think it's because I'm not fluent enough when I speak... When I gave him a bill to pay, I told him: "you can round it up to eleven". It's something we do in France, when paying a taxi: we round up what we have to pay to the next euro. So I do it in Ireland too, but I was hesitant and I guess it sounded like a question? He thought I had asked him to give me back €11 instead of €10, when in fact I wanted to give him €11 instead of €10... And I didn't have time to explain.
Well, now someone else in Galway thinks French are stingy!
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Taxi Driver
Today I had a misunderstanding with a taxi driver. I think it's because I'm not fluent enough when I speak... When I gave him the money to pay, I said: "you can round it up to eleven". It's something we do in France when paying a taxi, we round up what we have to pay to the next euro. So I do it in Ireland too, but I was hesitant and I guess it sounded like a question? He thought I had asked him to give me back €11 instead of €10, when in fact I wanted to give him €11 instead of €10... And I didn't have time to explain.
Well, now someone else in Galway thinks French are stingy!
You were right in your expression, I would say "Call it eleven.'
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Haha. Driver is fool.
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This also happens in the UK and Ireland. Next time just say"keep the change", if you give them 11 euros for a ten euro bill.
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