Friday, March 23, 2007

Danish Dankort

Yesterday, on our merry way home from Copenhagen, Karlsson and I stopped for booze at Tårnby Brugsen.  It had been an exciting day in the hearing industry and we needed something to dull the excitment.  

I picked up a crate of beer and some wine and took i to the checkout to pay for it.  My Visa/Dankort card didn't work.  It kept teling me to use the magnetic stripe instead of the chip.  After half a dozen tries the checkout-chick rang for the manager who came over.  He noticed that I had an accent so asked,

-Er det en almindelig Dansk Dankort? Is this a Danish Dankort?

I thought of replying

-No, this is a Venezuelan Dankort. . .

Provincial views abound even in Copenhagen.

1 comment:

............ said...

even there, you say? All right then.