RandomSeptember 5, 2006 5:36 pm
I get out of the Prelude on California street. Middle aged, white lady trundles up to me and the following ‘conversation’ ensues.
“Do you speak any English?”
Mutely shake my head.
“Do you speak any Spanish?”
Mutely shake my head again.
“I can’t believe it, I speak five and you don’t speak any"(or something along those lines)
Laughing my head off I watch her condescending, retarded arse head off down the street mumbling to herself about the stupidity of immigrants.
NB. A suggestion I was given for the answering the second question if that situation should pop up again, “no I don’t speak any Spanish.”
at least she didnt launch into a barrage of Spanish right away which happens to me everytime i come to the US.. nobody wants to speak English to me or more likely they think i can’t speak
Comment by savi3 — September 5, 2006 @ 6:48 pm
You so should’ve taken her pic and posted it up on this! You probably read, write and speak better English than her ignorant ass could any day.
Comment by Darwin — September 5, 2006 @ 8:43 pm
actually dont mind the spanish talking cos that’s not making an assumption of a shortcoming…point taken Darwin, will get meself a tiny pocket camera sometime..life’s too wierd not to make a record of it!
Comment by childof25 — September 5, 2006 @ 9:30 pm
i love how she immediately asks you if you speak English before anything else. Got to agree with savi3 too, every time i come to the States the same thing happens to me.
I spent sometime in Senegal a few years back and met some Americans from Alabama who started speaking to me in French because they thought I was a white moor (!). When I responded in English they were shocked, and were then flabergasted at how someone originally from Sri Lanka (who btw speaks with the thickest Canadian accent ever) could possibly speak English so well.
Ignorant bastards.
Comment by rastiadu karaya — September 5, 2006 @ 10:57 pm
no choice but to get inured to prejudism…this incident was funny…but it can get to you sometimes..thankfully the people I work with are the antithesis of this kind of people…which is reassuring!
Comment by childof25 — September 5, 2006 @ 11:25 pm
Dude! Say it in spanish
lol 
Hows it going men? Been a while. Tired.. freakin holiday tomorrow and i got a full day seminar! freaks!
Comment by Evil Lankan — September 6, 2006 @ 5:02 am
Heh, I bet she cannot swear in public with any of the five languages like we can in sinhalese or tamil. That’s one thing I never got used to during my short stay in NY. My buddies were openly cursing and saying all sortsa nasty things and I would go “shhhhh” only to realize we aren’t back at home.
Comment by SpectralCentroid — September 7, 2006 @ 5:24 am
Evil - dude tell me…been running endlessly for awhile…will hit u up soon…
SC - I like the ability to swear like that! though it did backfire on me once on the tube in London…man if looks could kill that Aunty would have had my head on a stake..
Comment by childof25 — September 8, 2006 @ 12:12 am