The World Cup Host sure got alota fun going, Unlike other world cup hosts Brasil does not seem to give a hoot about interpreting their language to their visitors, causing them make alota funny errors.
Let's us have a view from the eyes of Mr Ubani Tony.
He says
I am laughing all the way because the language barrier has made people go hungry and eat what they did not ask for. Imagine a supporter who asked for food but because he could not name the particular one he ended up eating grilled lizard?
The look on his face forced another to ask what he ordered for. More inquiries and sign languages led to the hotel to bring somebody who understands and speaks English. ‘’He is eating grilled lizard. It is a delicacy from China and very rich in protein”, he said. A bout of vomiting followed in the toilet.
How did it happen? ‘’They told me to place my order from a book. There is grass in all of them. I picked the one I saw meat on. I didn’t know it’s lizard”, our man bemoaned, still cleaning his mouth with a white handkerchief. “chei! I don eat alangba!
Toilet for Mans, Toilet for Womans !
The Brazilians love their language and do not give a hoot whether you understand or not. Unlike other World Cup hosts who provided interpreters, they are very few here if you are lucky to find one.
That has also added to the fun of covering of the World Cup. Imagine you are pressed to urinate and you have a female volunteer to ask for direction to where you can ease yourself. After repeatedly saying toilet, toilet and no response, one used his number six to point to my zip and she roared in laughter and directed me to the toilet.
After the relief, I looked back to see a sign boldly written in English ‘’Toilet for Mans” and yet another one ‘’Toilet for Womans”. It made me remember the road sign I saw in Warri in one of my trips to cover Warri Wolves Football Club. It read ‘’Man at working”. And on closer look, there was only one man working on the road. So, it couldn’t have been ‘’Men at work”.
Half bread … “Half bread is better than none,” so a popular saying goes..The Brazilian hotels, apparently sensing the high influx of visitors, might have been hampered by bad publicity following the pre-world Cup protests applied the spirit of enterprise in taking in visitors at reduced rates than earlier advertised.
They stationed their army of marketing canvassers with mouth watering offers. They offered free rides to such hotels to the new arrivals. It was a win – win situation for all.
Very funny tho
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