The Mixed-Up Order Numbers

Dmitri walked into a busy restaurant to pick up his order. He ordered a chicken curry and a bottle of water. The counter had ten bags waiting for different customers. Corinne, the worker at the counter, called out order numbers. "Order twelve!" she said, and Dmitri stepped forward.

Dmitri entró a un restaurante concurrido para recoger su pedido. Pidió un curry de pollo y una botella de agua. El mostrador tenía diez bolsas esperando a diferentes clientes. Corinne, la empleada del mostrador, anunciaba los números de pedido. «¡Pedido número doce!», dijo, y Dmitri dio un paso adelante.

She handed him a bag with the number twelve on it. Dmitri thanked her and walked outside to his car. He opened the bag and looked inside before he drove away. Instead of chicken curry, he found a large pizza. "This isn't my order," Dmitri said to himself.

Ella le entregó una bolsa con el número doce. Dmitri le dio las gracias y salió hacia su auto. Abrió la bolsa y miró dentro antes de arrancar. En vez de curry de pollo, encontró una pizza grande. «Este no es mi pedido», se dijo Dmitri.

At the same time, another customer named Yusuf opened his own bag. Yusuf wanted a large pizza for his family dinner. But his bag had a container of chicken curry inside. Yusuf checked the number on his bag. It also said twelve, just like Dmitri's bag.

Al mismo tiempo, otro cliente llamado Yusuf abrió su propia bolsa. Yusuf quería una pizza grande para la cena de su familia. Pero dentro de su bolsa había un recipiente de curry de pollo. Yusuf revisó el número de su bolsa. También decía doce, igual que la bolsa de Dmitri.

Yusuf walked back into the restaurant with his bag. He found Dmitri near the counter with his own bag. "Excuse me, I think we have the same order number," Yusuf said. Dmitri looked at both bags and started to laugh. "You have my curry, and I have your pizza," he said.

Yusuf regresó al restaurante con su bolsa. Encontró a Dmitri cerca del mostrador con su propia bolsa. «Disculpa, creo que tenemos el mismo número de pedido», dijo Yusuf. Dmitri miró ambas bolsas y empezó a reír. «Tú tienes mi curry, y yo tengo tu pizza», dijo.

They both showed their bags to Corinne at the counter. She checked her list and found the problem quickly. Two orders both got the number twelve by mistake. "I'm sorry about that," Corinne said. "Let me fix this." She switched the labels and handed each man the right bag.

Ambos le mostraron sus bolsas a Corinne en el mostrador. Ella revisó su lista y encontró el problema rápidamente. Dos pedidos habían recibido el número doce por error. «Lo siento mucho», dijo Corinne. «Déjenme arreglar esto». Cambió las etiquetas y le entregó a cada uno la bolsa correcta.

Dmitri opened his new bag and smelled the curry. "Perfect. This is exactly what I wanted," he said. Yusuf checked his pizza and nodded with relief. Both men thanked Corinne and walked toward the parking lot. "Have a good dinner," Corinne called after them.

Dmitri abrió su nueva bolsa y olió el curry. «Perfecto. Esto es exactamente lo que quería», dijo. Yusuf revisó su pizza y asintió con alivio. Ambos hombres le dieron las gracias a Corinne y caminaron hacia el estacionamiento. «Que disfruten la cena», les dijo Corinne mientras se alejaban.