My lack of practice finally caught up to me

I'm half Taiwanese but was born and raised in Australia, so whatever Chinese I learned was usually okay to pretty poor. I tried to pick it back up and study formally a couple times but found I learn better on the ground.

Unfortunately, when I went to visit a little Chinese supermarket by myself where all the staff primarily spoke Chinese, when the lady told me how much I owed her I didn't quite catch it and asked her, "多久? Duōjiǔ (How much longer?)" instead of "多少 Duōshǎo (How much?)

It wasn't until I was out of the store that I realised my mistake and how rude I was... I'm an idiot

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