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[Kerkes]

Anyway, here's what happened to me 8 years ago.
I went on a holiday to Prague with my classmates, to celebrate end of high-school. We stopped in Vienna, at Prater park. My friend and I were hungry, so decided to grab a snack from a fast food stand. We ordered some hot-dogs, and then I went to my other friends who were asking me for some advice on what alchohol/ciggars we should buy. Before that, I went back to the stand and told to my friend at the fast-food stand :"You stay here, and keep an eye on this old idiot (who was working at the fast food stand) not to mess up something with the hot-dogs". Few minutes later, I returned. The "old idiot" looks at me and says in my native language:"Well, boys, are you from Croatia? Me too." My only tought in that moment was "Earth, please do open beneath my feet." I never felt so ashamed in my life.

[Baronius]

You can never know who understands your language even in a foreign country, so it's good to be careful. Generally, it's good to thoughtful so you don't hurt anyone with your statements.

Once you get past it, people begin to take you more seriously. Even worse, you start to take them more seriously.

Usually, certain things are always expected from a child of a given age. As the child gets older, the number of these things increases -- which is natural, because the child gets more mature, and (in fortunate case) gets education. When a child (or teenager, etc.) says something inappropriate or impolite, its severity/significance really depends on the context and on the content of what he says. A few slip-ups and the temporary problems due to adolescence are natural, and can be distinguished from more permanent things (such as the lack of proper education/upbringing).

And yeah, the world is a small place.

Yes, it is.

By the way, if someone might have not realized, the awkwardness in the story I told is the way my father's friend addressed the priest. You don't say "Heya my pal'" to a priest. In its Hungarian form, it isn't particularly rude, but definitely inappropriate and very impolite to address a priest (or any person beside your "pals"), but I'm sure this was obvious.