Kathy at phone and cultural difference by matcrazy1
Kathy wanted to stay longer with us and to see more in Washington, DC the nezt day. She started to call to her airlines to change the dates but it was impossible without large surcharge. So, she had to come back at midday the following day. One more small thing: I learned again that in US, especially fancy, hotels it's often much cheaper to call from call boxes in a lobby than from a room.SMALL CULTURAL DIFFERENCE
When we arived to Hyatt-Regency Crystal City hotel, Kathy, as always, had many questions to ladies and gentelmen at the hotel reception. It was funny cultural difference that during my travels I always used to look for any information I just needed on info signs, travel literature etc. whereas Kathy always hit at first to alive sources of information. She asked a lot of questions to hotel staff, policemen on a street etc. or she called to the reception, to airlines etc. Sometimes I should learn it from her to save my time. Well, maybe I am still afraid of communication problems with my limited speaking and first of all understanding English skills.Well, the above difference refers not only to Kathy and me. It's maybe small thing but it definetely belongs to cultural differences between American and Polish society.
