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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Police once apprehended a man at a train station in Kyjov (Kiyov), Czech Republic. He was reported to be drunk but they only found him terribly confused. Turns out, he was a Ukrainian trying to return to Kyjev (Kyiv) but a cashier in another town misunderstood and showed him the wrong train.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At least that's the same continent and not literally on the other side of the world.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He only had a 150km detour. You can’t blame him for thinking “Kyjov” is the Czech spelling of “Київ” as he might not even have known the alphabet.

[–] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The whole thing is an advertisement on a baggage carousel in Austria for a company called Commend that offers intercom systems.

Salzburg airport's website has no mention of a special desk for those trying to reach Australia. If there were 100 errors per year, that would be 1 every 3 days, providing limited need for a desk.