{"id":10211,"date":"2006-06-23T10:16:16","date_gmt":"2006-06-23T07:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/06\/23\/lost-in-translation-2\/"},"modified":"2006-06-23T10:16:16","modified_gmt":"2006-06-23T07:16:16","slug":"lost-in-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/06\/23\/lost-in-translation\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost in translation"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Once again my mobile got disconnected, which proves that I am really really bad with bank account management and shouldn&#8217;t paint any illusions.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, today I went to CYTA to pay my bills.  With their new computer systems things are pretty fast now.  I am at the counter and the nice lady tells me the outstanding balance, I pay, she gives me the receipt.  I know that my mobile will be connected in a few minutes, but just to make sure I ask her &#8220;When will my phone be re-connected?&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Her face lightens up, she looks at me like I am the stupid person on Earth, when most of that Earth population were telling her, that she is, and she says: &#8220;Soon!&#8221;.  I smiled.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, she meant that it will get re-connected very soon, in just a few minutes.  But the way she said it&#8230; Let me just express it in a better way:<\/p>\n<p>1. Paying the phone bill &#8211; 78 CYP.<br \/>\n2. Asking the re-connection question &#8211; 0 CYP.<br \/>\n3. Expression on the clerk&#8217;s face &#8211; <strong>PRICELESS!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Once again my mobile got disconnected, which proves that I am really really bad with bank account management and shouldn&#8217;t paint any illusions. Anyway, today I went to CYTA to pay my bills. With their new computer systems things are pretty fast now. I am at the counter and the nice lady tells me the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/06\/23\/lost-in-translation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lost in translation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-10211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9873,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/01\/29\/new-people-arent-anymore\/","url_meta":{"origin":10211,"position":0},"title":"New people aren&#8217;t anymore","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"January 29, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"The other day I met a few new people in the bar. 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