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nadinbrzezinski

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Fri Feb-20-09 09:35 PM
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1. True story, many years ago I picked up a patient down in TJ

fine, that is expected.

Well, at the time I had my maiden name on my name tag, Brzezinski... which is a VERY COMMON Polish last name

So this fine gentleman started talking to me in ... wait for it... POLISH

So I tell him, NO Popolsko, aka I don't speak Polish

Thankfully he spoke English...

And his injuries were minor

He and I laughed about it once he realized the only language we shared was English...

Oh and to the credit of the Polish Consulate... they were there FAST.

I wish I could say the same about the US Consulate.

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