John e bucătarul-şef (sau managerul bucătăriei) din incinta restaurantului Connoisseurs. Acolo unde să întâmplă să lucrez eu, mulţumesc frumos, salutări lu’ Mihăiţă din partea mea. E marocan sau thailandez, iar mie îmi tot zice că nu semăn deloc c-un român şi se jură că-s marocan. Atâta timp cât îmi dă bere şi mâncare pe banii restaurantului, poate să se jure şi că-s moldovean. În continuare, puteţi urmări, dar numai cu lumina stinsă şi sonorul la maximum, frânturi de discuţii nememorabile între noi doi.
John: And… how much do you earn per hour in Romania? The minimum wage and shit…
Io: In Romania, we don’t have a minimum wage per hour, but a minimum wage per month… Which is 100… or 150$ per month.
John: What, man? 100? If somebody would pay me 100$ per month, I’d stab him!
John: So… What countries are near Romania?
Io: Well… in the Eastern part, there’s Russia, Moldova – which was part of Romania, until the fuckin’ Russians took it away, in the Western part, there are countries like Yugoslavia, Hungary…
John: So… in which part of South America is Romania?
John: What’s Romania like?
Io: Socially speaking, you can say that most of the Romanians copy the American style of living… so there isn’t a big difference between our countries… But in terms of money, Romania’s poor… not a third world country though, but we are pretty poor…
John: Ah… so you’re saying Romania’s not like Africa?
Io: No, man, we’re not like Africa…
John: Hot girl, that one…
Io: What’s that?
John: The girl that just left, she was pretty…
Io: Really? I was checking her behind, to be honest…
John: Oh, man…
John: Holy Gosh, George, what did you do?
Io: Well, I put the chicken in the frying pan… Just like… you said?
John: George, I’m gonna stab you! The fryer, not the frying pan!