USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.
Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.
I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."
"They just come with the table, man."
They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.
This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.
I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.
"Did we…?"
"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."
Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.
My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."
Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.
I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.
Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.
I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.
Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.
@Laudrupszn low football IQ plus tunnel vision, had all time dribbling and great finisher with both feet and didn’t make the most out of it kinda sad tbh
Anyone ever wonder why palmer stopped taking corners? He had top delivery in the euros and under poch? Everyone else had neto and enzo delivering meatballs for 2 years.
I’m starting to worry that sending thousands of Scots (a nation of people who pride themselves on their ability to wind people up) to the United States (a nation of people who are so easily rattled & also have guns) may be a bad idea x
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>historic levels of haram ball
>no offensive output to compete for la liga
>buy top level attacker for 90 mil
>play 4411 where said attacker is on an island
> 10 league goals, deep cup runs, 3rd in la liga
>attacker wants to play for barca
>crashout
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