Tante Jeanette owns a little grocery store in Sioufi Street in Ashrafieh. She has been there for ages, she knows everyone and everyone knows her. She is the person who still maintains the family values and the integrity of all those living in Sioufi street. She knows what's right, and what's wrong. What's socially acceptable and socially unacceptable! To her, family values come before anything, even the environment...
Last week, on my to have lunch at Nancy's place (located 30 meters away from tante Jeanette's kingdom) I was asked to bring "Satel Laban":
Me: Bonjour
TJ: Ahla ... (4 seconds later) Yiihhhh ma twekhezneh, Ma 3reftak ya Tante.
Me: Hmmm
TJ: Eleh ya tante shou bi trid?
Me: Tante Mona wassetneh 3ala satel laban...
After helping myself to a nice Taanayel Laban within her 3 M2 shop, and of course after paying her 2500 L.L I made the unforgivable mistake...
I picked the satel el Laban which already had a handle integrated into its design so it could be easily carried around...
TJ: 3a mahlak ya tante, la7za
Me: (thinking in my head) Ma32ool Nseet edfa3la? I looked at my hand and i saw the change, it must be something else...
TJ: Rou2 ta a3tik Kees Naylon
Me: non, ma fi lzoum, ma houweh elo maskeh, w ba3dena el beit fashkha (knowing that she wouldn't understand the environmental issue at stake, I still tried hopelessly to...), w ba3dena mishen el Tabi3...
TJ: 3AYB YA TANTE WALAWWW!!!
Indeed and a 3ayb ya tante walaww it was.
In order to bring peace to my heart, I used the same bag later this week, to pick up Amy's stools...
9 comments:
eh inta chou fahammak bel wajbat wel t2alid el libnaniyi.. 3eib takhoud bi2idak satel laban bala kissss.. ma t2illi bi2a w himayi... 3eib ya3ni 3eib... massalan bta3rifff chi inno 3eib tdayifff ahwe bala sayniyi? mich ma2boul tihmoul rakwit el ahwe wel finjan bala sayniyi hatta law la halak... hawdi t2alidna bi hissin el diyafi
hehe, it happens here too. there is this lebanese restaurant around the corner, where I buy lunch about twice a week... I always refuse to take plastic bags, plastic utensils, and napkins...
they started making fun of me... when I get to the cashier to pay, she says mockingly...
"chou? are we saving the planet today"
to that I reply... "yes... always"
Mx9,
yi ya tante shu mahdoum hal post! hehe. Tante J 3a slemta badda kermeilak. Shu aleel el zo2 enta! 3ayb! khod el kees w skot.
Well, at least the bag was ultimately reused!
by the way... who is nancy?
Well if you are _Z and your better half is _N, I am MMMMMMMMM and mu better half is Nancy, ergo Nancy=MMMMMMMMM's _N
Walaw Tante!!!
hilarious :D
j'en suis navree c'est tt ce ke g a dire!! Punaise j'aurai du lire ca avant de poster mais en tt cas HEYDA NE7NA HEYDA JAWNA wel environnement c'est pas notre affaire, c'est le souci des autres... les italiens peut etre???
Mx9,
I have a better one for you. If you're Mx9, then Nancy is Nx9 or Mx9's Nx9!
haha!
Lol do you know that in Prague, they charged me on more than one occasion for the bag at the supermarket ... i ended up bringing the bag each time i wanted to buy food from the supermarket accross the road to put the things in ... and don't even talk about attitude, you pay for the bag and you get attitude, haydol baddoun a million 3ayb ya taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaante :P
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