An American tourist lost his way in Bangalore (India). He approached two policemen and asked them for the direction to the airport.
He first spoke to them in English. They shook their heads and replied, ‘No, English,,,,,ne’
He took out his pocket book and put the same question in French. The policemen continued to shake their heads. He tried to ask them in German, Spanish and Russuan. His efforts evoke the same negative responses.
After the tourist left to seek assistance elsewhere, one policeman said to the other. ‘ We should learn some foreign languages so that we could be more helpful to these tourists.’
‘What is the point? ‘ replied the other policeman emphatically. ‘ This American spoke to us in 5 different languages. It didn’t help him to get anywhere.’
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