Language barrier

Telemarketer: My name is [Adam Randor], ma’am…[Adam Randor], ma’am…Ma’am like madam, madamoiselle…No, my name isn’t ma’am…No, my name is [Adam Randor], ma’am…[Adam Randor]. Would Senorita work better?

130 West Canal Street
Winooski, Vermont

Overheard by: Kelly G.

Restaurant customer waving to waitress: Check, check!
Waitress: No, ma'am, we don't take checks!

Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: t bean

Coworker: Apparently, according to German law, I'm entitled to a castle.

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: Matt McLaughlin

Excited coworker: Cool, you have a French accent!
Office mover: I am from Iran.

Navy Yard
Washington, DC

Call center rep to another: You know, some people who don't speak English very well are like, so ignorant!

Seattle, Washington

New girl to male employee: Teach me how to say something sexy in Spanish.
Male employee: Okay. Like what?
New girl: How about “put your dick in my mouth”?

Spa
Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: Can't Wait Till i Leave

Asian girl hanging up phone: Why can’t Asian people speak English?!

133 East 13th Street
New York, New York

Person #1: Where is Marcelo?
Marcelo (walking in conference room): You didn't tell me the time of the meeting changed! You gave me your shaft!
(silence, followed by uncontrollable laughter)
Person #2: Whoever is teaching Marcelo English slang, please stop.

St. Paul, Minnesota

Overheard by: Highly Amused

Sales girl: Oh my God, this girl came in today and she was from, like, China or something, and on the credit card receipt she signed her name in, like, Japanese!
Manager: Ew! You're in America! Come on, learn English!

Ithaca, New York

Foreign coworker: What does it mean, ‘nappy-headed hos’?

333 Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois