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Можно без оскорблений? С Вами же по-хорошему говорят.
"Can you talk without insults? We so far were polite with you."
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Я ещё и не так могу оскорбить. Убирайся-ка отсюда подобру-
поздорову! А то ведь и по морде можешь у меня схлопотать! "It was
not an insult yet. You would better go away with a whole skin! Otherwise I am
going to hit you in the mouth!"
5. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME IN ONE QUEUE - BE VERSATILE.
Shoppers in Russia should have many special qualities to survive the
everyday struggle for food. One of them is time management. You would spend all
your life standing in line for something, if you did not learn to handle several
queues
at the same time.
Let us assume that you took place in a queue for meat. Wait until
somebody else has joined the queue. Now you can put
your management plan in
action by asking that person behind you:
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Вы будете стоять? [ Y.y 'bu-dye-tye sta-'yat'] "Will you stand?"
Я отойду минут на пятнадцать. [Ya a-tay-'du mi-'nut na pyat-'nat-
tsat'.] "I will be away for fifteen minutes or so."
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Пожалуйста. A потом мне тоже надо будет уйти. [Pa-'zha-lus-ta. А
ра-'tom mnуе 'tо-zhe 'na-da 'bu-dyet uy-'ti.] "It is okay. And then I will
need to leave myself."
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Now you have time to rush across the road and take place in a queue for
fish. Then you will come back to your first queue. Both queues
are moving very
slowly; so you will have plenty of opportunities to check the situation in each of them
and even take place in a third queue to buy imported shoes.
In three or four hours you will have everything you wanted: meat, fish, and
shoes. This achievement will give you the feeling of great satisfaction and
happiness - that special kind of excitement which was never experienced by
satiated shoppers of the West.
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6. By the time you have approached the cashier's window or the salesperson's
counter, feel free to ask questions and make requests for some simple service, but do
not be too frustrated if your questions are not appreciated
and the service is not
provided - just try, try, try again!
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