This roughly translates to "we are out of bread". Now, I expect to hear that occasionally from the maid here at the house, but not when I go to Subway. Yeah, that's right, when I stopped by Subway to pick up dinner tonight at 5:00 p.m., they were out of bread. I don't mean they were baking some and it wasn't complete, they were just plain out of bread.
Unfortunately, places seem to run out of things quite a bit here. Sometimes its understandable. The grocery Store Villa (was at least at one time part of IGA for those of you who recognize that grocery chain) here in Nichada stocks a lot of Western items. They receive a shipment from the U.S. about once a month. So its not uncommon for them to run out of certain things. We feel this shortage because Aleena only drinks one brand of soy milk, Westsoy. Whenever Villa gets it in stock, I buy a bunch of it.
There are other times where running out of things is not so expected. Like the Subway running out of bread. It really shouldn't happen. There is another restaurant in Nichada, a little place that serves pizza, hot dogs, fries, pasta and a few other dishes. I've been there 4 or 5 times with the kids, and they are always running out of things. Either I am just incredibly gifted at picking the one thing that they are out of, or they really do a poor job stocking their inventory. At least twice they've been out of french fries, one time hamburgers, and other ham for a club sandwich. I might not think this is so funny if not for the fact that there is a grocery store thirty feet from the restaurant, and I know the grocery store has french fries (not one of the items that they seem to run out of frequently), ham and frozen hamburgers.
So what do you do when you go to a Subway and they have no bread? The same thing you have to do whenever you encounter problems here, just smile and say "mai been rai klab".
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