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Old Jan 19, 05
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^sharing a laugh with someone because of cultural/language differences is a little different than making them feel stupid and laughing at their expense.

if he thought it was funny and was laughing along with you that would be different. instead, you describe him as if he was frantic and uncomprehending of what was going on. that ISN'T funny. that just makes you an asshole.
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^sharing a laugh with someone because of cultural/language differences is a little different than making them feel stupid and laughing at their expense.

if he thought it was funny and was laughing along with you that would be different. instead, you describe him as if he was frantic and uncomprehending of what was going on. that ISN'T funny. that just makes you an asshole.
Yo sidebitch(and that's official)....you stand up for guys that can't say "yeah" or "no" when they go to another country. HhahA! Get this straight, when you go to another country learn yes, ken, ci, oui, sim or ja! Whatever the language....learn that word and you won't have to worry about running into a bored ice cream scooper like me that thinks it's funny to see a person flail their hands and make monkey sounds. UH! UH! UH! (what kind of person would flap their hands and make deepthroat ape noises for a scoop of ice cream?......a funny one!)


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In all honesty, I don't think that you have ever worked in an environment where the majority of your customers don't speak your language....you get really bored, I mean...you don't hold a conversation of more than two words for eight hours a day with anyone. So when you get someone who is extra obnoxious......hence....a man that pokes the glass and looks at you sideways bringing a noise from deep within his chest to say uh....uh! Like what the fuck.....that shit doesn't sound like any language....does this guy think I'm a fucking monkey? Obviously, this is Oakridge mall...and yeah....I do alot of customer service tending to people that cannot communicate and in fact I'm am the most helpful sales rep in any of the stores I've worked in. If there are no translators my co-workers would send them to me because I'm patient :) But I have no patience for demanding assholes that treat me like I'm some kind of telepathic monkey translator :P
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Old Jan 19, 05
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Yo sidebitch(and that's official)
new nicknames are rad. :)

that's a real shame that you don't get to have many conversations at your workplace...maybe they all pretend they don't speak english to avoid talking to you.
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new nicknames are rad. :)

that's a real shame that you don't get to have many conversations at your workplace...maybe they all pretend they don't speak english to avoid talking to you.
yeah...I always think that :(
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Old Jan 19, 05
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its not even speaking english..

its the people that english is their first language and they still havent mastered it..

its a really good thing i dont deal with people face to face .... sometimes i just put them hold and laugh


there was a guy today that sounded like he had 50 marshmallows in his mouth..
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Old Jan 20, 05
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first off, lou_belle, although they may have told you you were fired for not knowing a second language, the real reason, and they wre just too nice to say it is that no one liked you.

the second thing is, did the guy say anything in any language to you at all? maybe it wasn't that he couldn't speak english, maybe he can't speak at all....maybe he's had a brain injury, maybe he's slightly retarded, regardless, picking on "tards" should have been something you grew out of in elementary school.

stop being such a mean bitch, why do you hate yourself so?
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hahaaa.. reminds me of something funny. i once worked an ice cream stand as well and this guy (also no english) was panto-miming what he wanted with scooping actions and everything and it literally looked like he was asking for a hand job.

no i didn't hit it :)
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Old Jan 20, 05
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Laugh a little. Hey, I had the same problem when I travelled, people laugh when I can't say shit properly? But when you at least try, people can laugh with you. When you hit the glass as though you can't say yes or no......fuckin' yeah.....I'll laugh at you?! Yeah? No? How fuckin hard is that. He was just plain lazy and I took that guy on a trip around the ice cream bin, teaching him every flavour....because hell, I was fuckin' bored of scooping ice cream;P
You have GOT TO BE kidding.

If you went to another country (like Germany) and someone pulled that shit on you, i'd bet you'd have given us a story of you jumping that guy instead. I'm sure you wouldn't just stand there poking the glass making 'ape' sounds, but maybe he really didn't know how to say 'yeah' or.. maybe YOU were the one who looked like a retard. You say you were bored of scooping ice cream? so you scooped HOW MANY flavours more instead of 1? to him you musta looked like a totally fucking useless retard. And you know, just because he couldn't communicate with you, that doesn't mean he's stupid and can't see what you're doing.

If it were me, i'd be thinking, 'WHAT IS THIS MOTHER FUCKER DOING?! he's OBVIOUSLY fucking around with me. but i want my mother fucking vanilla! i'm pointing RIGHT AT IT. LOOK ME IN THE EYE YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE. VAAANNILLLLAAAA' and if you actually knew my language and you could say back to me 'well you didn't say yeah or no'... man, i'd jump right over that counter and straight jump you. you would too if it happened to you and i took YOU through 'a trip around the bin'. you're a fucking prick. WHO THE FUCK gets fired for scooping ice cream?! 'oh man, but you DON'T UNDERSTAND how boring it gets!!!! ' fired for not being able to speak a second language? buddy, if you believe that i got a bridge to sell you. maybe that second language was the fact that you couldn't understand VANILLA when the mother fucker's pointing right at it.

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Old Jan 20, 05
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lou belle seems to be such an innocent lady i hope i dont trip, tumble, and fall, in love
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since when is it not funny to laugh at tards?
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when you realize that one day you'll get old and retarded too. it's called respect.
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Old Jan 20, 05
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since when is it not funny to laugh at tards?
Is it just me or were you the one making all the sad face threads about your socially challenged little cousin? You never know how someone's going to look at her one day.
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Old Jan 20, 05
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^ agreed.

While it sucks that he couldn't communicate with you, it was super mean to fuck with the guy. I agree that he's lazy if it's true that he just didn't CARE to learn yes or no, but like someone mentioned, he could have been mentally challenged and unable to learn :(
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Old Jan 20, 05
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I always find not being able to speak the dominant language so frustrating and belittling. Why would you do that to someone on purpose?

Oh you know, as a professional ice cream scooper, you've got to show how much more dominant/important you are in society by belittling people.

Er. Wait...


ps- respect your elders!
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Is it just me or were you the one making all the sad face threads about your socially challenged little cousin? You never know how someone's going to look at her one day.
oh ya...

i hate having to empathize.
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oh ya...

i hate having to empathize.
Fuck don't we all ?

But you HAVE to sometimes.
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.Forwerd just said I sounded like an Asian parent
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Threads like this get me all revved up... I work with children with special needs, and have worked with adults who have developmental disabilities. I Have a very different persepctive on aquiring and using "language" because of that.

If I ever see anyone disrespecting someone in the same fashion that you did, or worse... I lay right into em on the spot. If I hear about people disrespecting people who have difficulty aquring and using language (for whatever reason), I lay into them as well. Looks like everyone else is giving you a hard time, which is deserved, so I don't really need to jump on the boat late.

But wow... Having a good laugh at someone else's expense is never cool. I work really hard with young children who are learning to use language instead of aggressive beahviours (which is their only current language). I also have learned sign language and how to use Pic Syms to help in visual aids in communication and to communicate with those who are hearing impared or deaf.

I understand how hard it is to teach language. I was fortunate enough to have the dominant canadian language as my first language, but I don't feel myself to be any better than someone who doesn't have English as their first language. And frustrating as it is, I will work at great length and compassion to understand what someone is making an effort to communicate to me, in vocalizations, hand gestures, signs and other behaviours is necessary.
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Old Jan 20, 05
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hahaaa.. reminds me of something funny. i once worked an ice cream stand as well and this guy (also no english) was panto-miming what he wanted with scooping actions and everything and it literally looked like he was asking for a hand job.

no i didn't hit it :)
do you ever hit ANYTHING???
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do you ever hit ANYTHING???
sure do!

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Old Jan 20, 05
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you...you do know that when we say "hit" we mean have sex right?
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He spoke his language fluently.

I work with handicapped children too....riding horses. The kids are so cute;P
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Old Jan 20, 05
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You people took this thread to the next level again. I am neither racist nor do I make fun of handicapped people :D Wtf you just don't know a good runnaround joke when you see one. If that was on the comedy network y'all'd be laughing your asses off, but I kept a straight smile on my face and did my job by the book, you bitches have nothing to complain about. I don't need your fucking karma? Fuck that biatch?!

Let's just say....when in another country that you don't know the language??.....act human.

The only people that were offended in this thread are the handicapped people that you compared to that fucking monkey man friend of yours:P
HAHA!
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