Speak English or Else I'll....

[lou_belle]

"Sir...Can I help you?"
"Uh....uh.............uh!" He taps on the glass.
"You want ice cream? How many scoops would you like?"
"Uh! Uh!........uh." He points on the glass above the vanilla.
"You want chocolate?" I start making his cone."Scrumdidilee-umptious....I love chocolate."
"UH!....UH!.....UH!" He waves no, and stabs the glass above the vanilla.
"Oh.....sorry," I clean off the scoop and start scooping again,"you wanted maNGO....yes, yes....mango is another good one....mmmm?...mM!"
"UH!UH!UH!UH!" just freakin' now.
"Oh, sorry...which one ARE you pointing to?.....the mint?" I scoop up a ball of mint ice cream and hold it looking at his face curiously. "Hrmmm....well? This isn't it? You want pecan?" I scoop a ball of that too.
"UH!......uh.....uh!" The tip of his finger is swelling and white.
"Oh....my god, sorry! HAha...I thought you were pointing to the pecan...but it is so obviously rainbow that you want! Tt*sorry."
"Nuh...nuh..uh!"
I ask once more, "This one??"
"Nuh.....uh nuh."
"OH! Gosh, this whole time you wanted vanilla? Heh..well jeez....that was simple enough? Golly.....I love vanilla the most!"

MuahhHEHEhehheheHAh~

[dabbler]

maybe he's dumb (as in can't speak)

[lou_belle]

Ba HA! :D

[*K*i*t*t*e*n*]

Maybe he just moved here from another country? poor guy

[~god~]

Gump. Forest Gump.

[*K*i*t*t*e*n*]

I can see that, lol

[~god~]

Originally Posted by *K*i*t*t*e*n*

I can see that, lol

can you? I saw it too.
in a dream

:P

[lou_belle]

You may think it's mean....but you should have seen how happy he was when he got that scoop of vanilla! OH BABY! He slurped it right up! Like a hundred licks per minute:P

[Carrie]

where do you work that there are all these yummy icecream flavors?

[lou_belle]

I know....mmm I got soooo ungry for ice cream. Purdy's ice cream;P

[Carrie]

which one? and do you give samples?

ps will you give me a free extra scoop?

[*K*i*t*t*e*n*]

MMMM i want ice cream now, purdys is the best

[galaxie]

Originally Posted by *K*i*t*t*e*n*

Maybe he just moved here from another country? poor guy

When in Rome...


That's funny though.
When I worked at Off the Wall, there were ALWAYS people who wanted help but couldn't speak a word of English or French. It was sooo frustrating, and one of them finally was able to communicate with one of the staff members that spoke her language, and she called me stupid for not knowing what she wanted! GAH!

[LeeBrat]

lol..its so annoying when ppl do that

[*K*i*t*t*e*n*]

its soo stressful when you cant understand what people are trying to say and they just keep sayin it over and over and the more and more they say whatever they are sayin youre just like "uhhh helppp"

[crookedking]

maybe you should've noticed that he was pointing at the vanilla the whole Time.

[Mr.Dave]

I think they did and were showcasing their ability to be a dink.

Maybe I'm fucked, but I enjoy the challenge of trying to communicate with someone that doesn't speak my language. Rewarding once you get it, and you avoid belittling someone because *gasp* they're not like you!!

[robyn]

I always find not being able to speak the dominant language so frustrating and belittling. Why would you do that to someone on purpose?

[yoko*]

^agreed.

wow... that was a really terrible thing to do, especially if you knew exactly what they wanted to begin with. Would you want that done to you if you travelled elsewhere? Laughing at people for their "disabilities" = uncool.

[sidekick]

which Purdy's do you work at?

i would like to go there and get you fired.

[bebu*funfun]

the language barrier in richmond is really difficult. i question why some ppl who can't speak a word of english would come into a mainstream WHITE FOOD restaurant. i had to walk the lady through the menu yesterday and it was still difficult cuz she spoke mandarin while i am only fluent in cantonese (its kinda like french/english..some words are just a lil off) but i went through each dish with her and in the end shes like "CLAM CHOWDER" ughhhh.. after all the explaining on teh steaks, brisket, and salmon she goes and says clam chowder in english. it was a hoot. but i dont understand.. at elast bring a friend who can speak a liil more. difficult situation.

[sidekick]

like dave said, communicating with someone when you speak different languages can be frustrating, but also a rewarding experience.

it's a good thing to remember that there ARE different languages and cultures and religions and people living in our country. taking advantage of someone and degrading them simply because they speak a different language is extremely cruel. it's not like their intelligence is different than yours.

well in lou_belle's case i would say intelligence is a large factor, but mainly because she doesn't seem to have any.

[penguinabc123]

hahahaha to funny, i get this all the time at work, they point and there money then stare at me, one of these im just going to pocket it and yell out next haha.

[lou_belle]

Originally Posted by Sidekick

which Purdy's do you work at?

i would like to go there and get you fired.

I already was fired.....becuase I couldn't speak a second language. Haha!

[lou_belle]

Originally Posted by Sidekick

like dave said, communicating with someone when you speak different languages can be frustrating, but also a rewarding experience.

it's a good thing to remember that there ARE different languages and cultures and religions and people living in our country. taking advantage of someone and degrading them simply because they speak a different language is extremely cruel. it's not like their intelligence is different than yours.

well in lou_belle's case i would say intelligence is a large factor, but mainly because she doesn't seem to have any.

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