Friday, August 29, 2008
Kangaroos in Aotearoa
In Toronto I was amused that McDonalds arches have the Maple leaf in their Icon. I am not sure if McDonalds is trying to pretend to be Canadian or if Canada wants to be more like McDonalds. However I had this little conversation with the franchise manager when I took the picture:
"Hey man, you want to take a picture of me?"
" No, just taking a picture of the arches. I thinks it is funny u got the maple leaf in it."
"Oh... so not from here. Where you from?"
"I am German but I lived in New Zealand for the last 5.5 years."
" Ah New Zealand that is cool! Your first time in Canada?"
" Yeah, thought I visit on my way back to Europe."
"Oh yeah, that a great time of the year to visit. Hope you like it. So you don´t have a kangaroo, or a crocodile in your arches over there?"
"No, just the arches. But I lived in New Zealand but I don´t thinl Australia has anything in it."
"Ahh...right New Zealand. Which City? Melbourne."
"No, Melbourne is in Australia."
"Brisbane, Sydney or Perth?"
No, I lived in New Zealand....different country."
"Ah...Auckland."
" I didn´t live in Auckland, I lived in Palmerston North."
"Oh..that´s great man! You know the former boss of McDonalds was Australian. But he died on a heart attack last year or so."
"Oh...too much of your food, aye?"
"Haha , I think it was too much of the competitions food."
He was a very nice guy and obviously you don´t need a geography degree to run a McD franchise. But why does the McD boss eats the competion food?
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