Italy help at any time

in Italy for any form of discussion apart from the carabinieri who may just want to shoot you to be on the safe side,though they are still negotiable for ,passing the attitude test,making out your daft and silly and wangling a small gratuity to their favourite charity,(especialy the older ones)…but for anywhere else you may have cause to interact with the local populace I find it is always best to use the following phrase…
… SPEAK ENGLISH YOU SPAGHETTI EATING SURRENDER MONKEY… just keep repeating and repeating whilst increasing the volume of your voice,and sooner or later someone will appear to assist you .that was a tip passed down to me from my dad,and from my grandfather.it worked well enough for them in 1945,times may have changed,but the basic principal of interacting with the locals remains the same. obviously throughout Europe then you just change spaghetti for cheese etc if you are in france :smiley: