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I remember I had an embarrassment. I have these embarrassments often. I remember I was flying on a European plane. Went to the toilet and struggled with the system to open the faucet. The faucet is not unscrewed, there is something written on it. I looked closely, something incomprehensible was written. Well, I think I'll try to press since it is not unscrewed. I pressed it and it did not unscrew. I looked again - incomprehensible. I press again as hard as I can. Suddenly the water rushes in. I'm thinking. Broke the Swiss company's plane. I look out of the bathroom, I think I'll call my husband for help, but there's already a line. What can I do? I ask the closest guy in line in English how to close the tap. He goes back and presses it again and the water keeps coming. I think I'm screwed. So the guy asks the steward to do it and he passes his hand and it stops. What a miracle! And he says, "Thank you" in English, smiling. Can you imagine that? The faucet system was simple. You press it, the water goes off automatically. The man that was in line for the toilet was not Russian. I thought I was the only sucker. And this is all after China, where all sorts of systems switches you can hardly guess. You live and learn.
I remember I had an embarrassment. I have these embarrassments often. I remember I was flying on a European plane. Went to the toilet and struggled with the system to open the faucet. The faucet is not unscrewed, there is something written on it. I looked closely, something incomprehensible was written. Well, I think I'll try to press since it is not unscrewed. I pressed it and it did not unscrew. I looked again - incomprehensible. I press again as hard as I can. Suddenly the water rushes in. I'm thinking. Broke the Swiss company's plane. I look out of the bathroom, I think I'll call my husband for help, but there's already a line. What can I do? I ask the closest guy in line in English how to close the tap. He goes back and presses it again and the water keeps coming. I think I'm screwed. So the guy asks the steward to do it and he passes his hand and it stops. What a miracle! And he says, "Thank you" in English, smiling. Can you imagine that? The faucet system was simple. You press it, the water goes off automatically. The man that was in line for the toilet was not Russian. I thought I was the only sucker. And this is all after China, where all sorts of systems switches you can hardly guess. You live and learn.