05.10.06
I hope they don’t start wrestling
Today Jason and I volunteered a little time to build a set for a school play that his oldest will be in (they were clearly desperate for volunteers to ask us!). As Jason and I were cutting and measuring wood, the four ladies that came to help broke out in a pretty heated discussion. There was a lot of yelling and quite a bit of hand waving. I caught the gist of most of their argument, and they really didn’t seem to be talking a deep subject. But they were so passionate about it!
When it was all over, they all went back to chatting about their kids and gossiping about their neighbors. It was like nothing even happened.
All of which leaves the American who was awkwardly trying to ignore it all puzzled. Were they really fighting? Were they that angry? Were anyone’s feelings hurt? Or was it just the stereotypical Italian way of getting a point across?
April Houk said,
05.13.06 at 6:10 am
Here in Haiti, people argue and yell even when they are both on the same side of one point. I used to think Haitians were always mad, but it is there way of discussing and even cheering on a point.