Jack and Jill
Went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water
Went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water
This is a nursery rhyme almost all of us grew up with. And I've been thinking about it a lot in the past few days. And it has little to do with the fact that I have a child now.
A few weeks ago, I called an agency here and asked them to send me a part time maid for three hours. This lady came and was going about the cleaning.
I needed a bucket for something and asked her to please bring it to me.
She brought me a stool. I then said, "I need a bucket please."
She went to the living area and brought me a folding chair. I didn't know how to explain it to her and so stopped what I was doing and went and brought the bucket. By this time, she had started doing something else and so she didn't see what it was that I really needed.
About half an hour later, she came to me with a bucket in her hand and said, "Ma'm, I need to use a pail. May I use this one?"
1 comment:
something similar happened with me too..I went to a chinese minimart and asked for a bucket..the fellow there did not seem to get it..I finally remembered the nursery rhyme(jack and jill) and asked for a pail and I got it ..hehe
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