一昨日(the day before yesterday, they've got a word for that)
We enjoyed some legendary kindnesses.

The Flixbus drivers, to save me the anxiety of a connecting fare negotiation, out of their own pockets, paid my fare. Since they couldn't pay with cash, two passengers stepped up. Four of them built a bridge. Thank you. Gods bless you. We love you,

One issue was determining if my Parisian Shitometer was full. At first La Director and his codriver said no. I politely shuffled away. Shuffling interrupted by the drivers re-alighting and saying yes.
Afterwords, we had some silent discussions on whether they were testing US.
At the first enquiry, We immediately and emphatically replied, no, you weren't testing me. There is a huge and subtle difference between being tested and investigating whether one or more of OUR many shotometers are full.