Hagkaup, Garðabæ

- Fyrirgefðu, það vantar plastpoka þarna.

Starfsmaður forðast augnaráð.

- I don’t speak Icelandic.
- Oh, what languages do you speak then, eh, Jan, is it? Swedish? Finnish?
- English will be fine.
- OK. I was just looking for some plastic bags, to put the pastry into.
- I’ll go and get some.

Á leiðinni.

- Where are you from?
- From Latvia.
- Ah. Latviešu. That’s what Latvian is called ... in Latvian, isn’t it?
- How did you know that?
- I read it on Wikipedia. How would you say “Do you speak Latvian” ... in Latvian?
- I don’t know, I don’t speak Latvian.
- Why not?
- Because there are two languages in Latvia. I am Russian.

Samtalið virðist ekki bjóða upp á umræður um samskipti þjóðarbrota í Lettlandi og áþján kommúnismans.

- Your bags are there.
- Spasjiba!

Starfsmaður sýnir merki vanþóknunar.