"Whole hand"

This appeal is known to us rather from the literature than from the daily practice of communicating with each other. It's a different matter in Romania.

I stand in anticipation of my turn at the gas station. In front of me, the driver screws up the gas tank cap and says goodbye to the girl in a blue corporate uniform: "Whole hand."In this case, this phrase just replaces our "goodbye", but it sounds warmer. More than once I asked the Romanians what the difference between the traditional "goodbye" and the "whole hand" was, and they answered me: the latter is just as usual as the first, and enjoys equal rights with him, but expresses, nevertheless, the respect of the man towoman.

Okay, I think so. Respect for a woman is wonderful. In some European countries, not only to pronounce "whole", but also to touch lips to a woman's hand at meeting and saying goodbye is considered an ordinary sign of good parenting, often even on first acquaintance. Romania is one of those countries.

"Whole hand"( or "whole hand") you will hear in shops and cafes, in museums and polyclinics. Similarly, over the phone. And all this is not only goodbye, but also instead of our hello.

Another expression, widespread among Romanians, "with pleasure."Particularly pleasant is it "cuts" the rumor of a Muscovite who turned to the Bucharest service sector. In Romania, very often, saying "thank you", you will hear "with pleasure."Of course, words can be pierced in many ways. And an international telephone operator in busy minutes of work does not necessarily with warmth in her voice notify about the pleasure that she received with her order for negotiations. However - will notify.

Sooner or later the newsboy trails the soles of his shoes. And then it turns out in a big shoe store.

The seller consistently, without fuss, but also without indifference serving customers in the queue, finally draws attention to me."What do you want?""Here is this pair, please. .." After trying on several models, I ask you to write a check. I return from the ticket office, get a box and get: "With all due respect," the owner of the counter answers with dignity. And then, probably, realizing where he smiled and added in Russian: "Goodbye."

Of course, one does not need to consider that everywhere and everywhere to manifest among people such warm or at least short relationships, which are written here. Things happen. But this "every" does not dominate, does not cause vexation, so well known to our metropolitan resident.