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Helpful German Travel Agent Offers Free Travel Tips to Clueless Foreigner

I went to Saturn, an electronics chain store to buy a power plug adapter for my trip to London. As I was explaining to a staff what I was looking for, someone walked on by behind me and muttered, “just go back to Asia!” When I turned around to thank him for his travel recommendation, all I could see was the back of a middle-aged man disappearing into the crowd. “What a friendly travel agent,” I withdrew my gaze and wanted to be clever. The staff just looked at me, silent and expressionless, waiting for me to finish my unfinished inquiry.

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