I had just hopped in a taxi heading towards Vientiane, Laos.
My taxi driver didn’t speak much English (though he certainly tried!), but we managed to have an interesting conversation - mostly about American politics.
“Do you like wahhhh?” he asked.
“Yeah,” I replied automatically.
“HUH???”
I have to admit: I actually had NO idea what he’d said.
“Wait, what do you mean?” I asked.
“Do you like wahhh? Like, pew pew pew!”
He made finger guns, and suddenly it clicked. GUNS?!
“Ohhhhhh. No, I don’t like war,” I clarified.
Moral of the story: Don’t assume you understand - especially when someone’s asking if you like war!
(📸 Vientiane, Laos)
