Call center rep to another: You know, some people who don't speak English very well are like, so ignorant!
Seattle, Washington
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
Coworker: Hello. I don’t speak English.
Newton, Massachusetts
Older gentleman with thick Slavic accent, leaning over counter towards male cashier: Oh, those are niiice pants.
Cashier, cheeks reddening: Um, excuse me?
Older gentleman: I don't speak English so good. I am European. Your trousers, they are good. How much?
Wal-Mart
Mountain View, California
Overheard by: lith
Spanish teacher, in Spanish: Margarita, what are you doing today?
Margarita: [Mutters something in Spanish.]Student: Did you just say, ‘I’m planning to attend the party where it is raining babies’?
Margarita: Baby shower. I’m going to a baby shower!
Community college
Tucson, Arizona
Overheard by: oh my
Judge: Do you read, write, and understand English?
Defendant: Sometimes.
Judge: When don't you?
Defendant: When I party!
Courthouse
Norristown, Pennsylvania