June 5, 2018　=========

☆  tactfully   巧みに

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If you speak tactfully, it means that you speak carefully and try not to offend people. My friend and her husband are currently traveling in Tokyo and she just posted the most hilarious update on Facebook. Today is their first day in Tokyo, and she must have eaten something bad on the plane I guess, because her post says that she has had “the squirts” all day! There really is no way to say diarrhea tactfully, but “the squirts” is one funny way!

Her poor husband went to the drug store for her, but he cannot speak Japanese, so he had to “tactfully” use body language to explain that his wife had diarrhea and needed medicine.

The good news is that he was able to get medicine for her! And my friend say it’s true, not a myth, that Japanese public toilets are very clean! Ha ha… Do you have an amusing travel story? Have you ever had to explain something difficult tactfully?

Bye,

Chris