Drunkeness.. Again!
The title said it already. This time the drunk man, or to be exact: the drunk old man, sat in the bus next to me. He seemed quite sober for an intoxicated man but his mouth obviously smelled alcoholic. At first I didn’t notice him, but then he started a conversation with me, in a friendly way, with a funny smile. Basically, he asked from which country I were. What can I do but to answer him?
Drunk Man : (speak in Polish) Where are you from? Are you a Chinese?
Me : No, I’m from Indonesia.
Drunk Man : Ah, you are from Korean?
Me : No, Indonesia.
Drunk Man : Vietnamese?
Me : Indonesia.
Drunk Man : So, you are Japanese?
Me : (give up) Yes, I am.
The drunk man smiled and I grinned, hoping he was satisfied with our little nonreciprocal chat. But then he continued:
Drunk Man : (saying something in Polish)
Me : Przepraszam, nie rozumiem (Sorry, I don’t understand)
Drunk Man : (still speaking in Polish) Do you speak Deutsch?
Me : No.
Drunk Man : French?
Me : No.. (I thought I have claimed myself as a Japanese?!?)
Drunk Man : Ahh.. Mademoiselle !!
Along with that, he cheered up and saw my (beautiful) hands with (perfect) nails polished in glitter. To my surprise, he suddenly lifted up my hands, lean closer to look carefully to my nails, thought for awhile, and then he claimed
Drunk Man : Manicure!!… ah, Manicure.. (right to my face)
Me : (stunned) Oh, yes, yes..
Drunk Man : (still pointed at my nails) Bella.. bella..
Me : (speechless)
Drunk Man : (saying something in Polish and lean even closer to me)
Me : (start to panic, looking out to escape) Oh, my stop. Przepraszam… Do widzenia.
Try to be calm, I got out of the bus and found myself still 3-bus-stop away from my destination. Thanks to my prejudice and carefulness, I had to wait in 1,5° C coldness for another bus to come.
Speaking of drunk people in Poland, here is a related news from detik website. In Otwock, a mother-to-be was drinking heavily just in time of her labor and sure enough, she gave birth to a drunk baby. What in the world… !!
Drunk Man at the Bus
“You’re not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.” (Joe E. Lewis, American Comedian and Singer, 1902 - 1971).
I saw a drunk man at the bus today. He was so intoxicated that he actually passed out before the exit door and couldn’t get his body up. His friend slapped him a few times, shook his head and body, talked to him a loud voice to wake him up. After three bus stops and no result, eventually he was dragged out from the bus.
The scene took place in front of my seat. I didn’t take picture because it would be inappropriate, I supposed, but it was indeed my first time watching a drunk man at the bus. In Indonesia, it would certainly make a scene and other passengers would heavily chatting about it. But in Poland, I guess people don’t pay much attention to it. They just sat still with no words and kept enjoying the bus ride.
But really, people do awful stuffs when they are drunk. Check Google or Yahoo images and you’ll find a lot of amazing pictures showing what people are capable to do when they are intoxicated by alcoholic beverages.
But being a mother, I must say this picture is the worst (where the h*** are the parents??) :
Photo taken from here.
