This past Thursday night, Adam and I went out for supper and
then decided to buy a water gun to deal with our cat problem. Wednesday night and all day Thursday, there
was a cat outside our window meowing very loudly. It managed to wake us both up Wednesday night. Adam decided that we should buy a water gun
to use as a cat deterrent. So, we went
to the store and found a wide selection of about five or six different water
guns. Unfortunately, there were no
prices on the guns. Adam, being very
logical, decided that we should take three of the guns up to the till and ask
for a price check. Then, we could decide
which one to buy. As we were walking inconspicuously
up to the till with three giant water guns, Adam saw some of his students. We kept walking. We went to the till and Adam asked, “Ikura
desu ka?” which means, “How much is?” I
don’t know what the lady thought he said, but she turned around to a fellow
cashier and said something. This cashier
was on the move and got on her cell phone.
Soon a man came running up to the till.
All the while they’re trying to communicate with us. Once the man arrived, I told Adam quietly, “Maybe
you should try ‘ikura desu ka’ again.”
He did and sure enough the cashier understood and we didn’t need the assistance
of the other cashier or the man. Maybe
they summoned the man because he spoke English or something. The worst part
was, Adam and I found the situation rather humorous and got the giggles. Here we are two foreigners with three water
guns on a dark cool Thursday evening. It’s
obviously an odd purchase. Then, we draw
even more attention to ourselves by asking for a price check while giggling,
looking probably more suspicious than ever.
We managed to successfully purchase not three, but one water gun. The good news is that the water gun
worked. We don’t have a cat problem
anymore.
Note: No cats were harmed in the making of this blog post.
Adam didn’t actually hit the cat, he just sprayed near
it and I guess it decided to go meow elsewhere.
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